DAY 12 - AT SEA - SUPER BOWL SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 7, 2010

SURPRISINGLY WE ROSE AT 7:30, ON OUR OWN, AND BEGAN TO GATHER OUR DIRTY CLOTHES. THE LAUNDRY OPENS AT 8:00 AM. WE WERE NIAVE ENOUGH TO THINK WE WOULD BE THE ONLY ONES TO UP AND WASHING THAT EARLY IN THE MORNING. OH HOW DUMB. THERE ARE 8 WASHERS AND 8 DRYERS WITH PEOPLE MILLING AROUND IN EVERY SQUARE INCHE OF SPACE AVAILABLE.

I WAITED A SHORT WHILE AND GOT A MACHINE BUT WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE PLACE TO CLEAR OUT BEFORE WE COULD FINISH. SO, AFTER A QUICK BITE TO EAT WE TRAVELLED DOWN TO THE LOUNGE FOR JOHN LAWRENCE’S PRESENTATION ON ZIHUATANEJO AND TOPOLOBAMPO

RETURNING TO THE LAUNDRY ABOUT 11:00, WE FOUND THE PLACE EMPTY.

FILLING 2 WASHES WITH CLOTHES AND TRANSFERRING THE BLUE JEANS TO THE DRYER, WE WERE OFF TO THE CABIN TO WAIT FOR THE WASHING CYCLE TO END. WITHIN A SHORT TIME WE RETURNED AND STRUCK IT RICH, IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING.

THE JEANS WERE REMOVED AND THE 2 LOADS OF WASH WERE PLACED INTO THE DRYER. GEORGIA CLOSED THE DOOR AND PUSHED THE START BUTTOM. DON’T YOU KNOW THE BUGGER STARTED RIGHT UP AND CONTINUED TO RUN.

EXITING AGAIN TO THE CABIN, WE SET THE CLOCK FOR 30 MINUTES BEFORE RETURNING TO THE LAUNDRY. THE THING WAS STILL RUNNING, GO FIGURE.

AS WE WERE FOLDING OUR CLOTHES, ANOTHER LADY CAME IN TO TRANSFER WASH TO THE DRYER. GEORGIA SUGGESTED SHE USE THE DRYER WE JUST EMPTIED. SHE LOADED UP THE DRYER, PRESSED THE BUTTO AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW, THE THING STARTED RUNNING AGAIN. I THINK WE FOUND A WINNER. WE SAVED A FEW BUCKS.

THE SUPER BOWL PARTY STARTED AT 5:00 BUT WE GOT TO THE LOUNGE AROUND 4:15 FOR A FRONT ROW SEAT. SINCE WE HAD SO MUCH TIME I TOOK THE LAPTOP SO I COULD WORK ON THE CHINA TRAVEL LOG. GEORGIA BEGAN TO TELL ME ABOUT THE GUY SHE MET IN THE POOL. HE WAS EXPOUNDING ON THE USE OF THE BLOG FOR INFORMING THE FAMILY BACK HOME ABOUT THE WORLD CRUISE. JUST THEN SHE SAW HIM WALK INTO THE LOUNGE AND BEFORE I KNEW IT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CREATION OF A BLOG.

I MADE SOME MENTAL NOTES AND PROMISED MYSELF TO START CREATING A BLOG AFTER RETURN FROM OUR TOUR IN ACAPULCO, WHICH I DID.

WE ENJOYED THE GAME MORE SO BECAUSE WE DIDN’T HAVE TO SWEAT OUT EVERY PLAY AND IT DIDN’T MATTER TO US WHICH TEAM WON, ALTHOUGH WE WERE BOTH CHEERING FOR THE COLTS. INCIDENTALLY, THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR THE GAME AND PARTY THEY RAN OUT OF FOOD. I GUESS THEY DIDN’T EXPECT THE TURNOUT; FEAR NOT, WE DID NOT STARVE, THEY MADE LOTS MORE FOOD.