Third day at sea
I was wrong, this was technically our third day at sea. We left Sunday, got to Puerta Vallerta on Wednesday, so we had 2 and a half days at sea…Tuesday would have been our second FULL day at sea. This was written Tuesday (I’m posting this on May 1st, and trying to back-date it, so we’ll see if that works)
Tuesday, April 25, 2006, our second day at sea:
Well, I got interrupted yesterday before I could finish my story, but I wanted to write about today, because our first concert, with Aaron Hagar and the Waboritas was today, from 1:30-3:000 p.m. though by the time they got started, the concert was really only about an hour, but it was really good. The lounge has three levels, essentially, so we sat in the second level, and had a really good view. Sammy did not come on this cruise, there was a question and answer period yesterday, where they said he gets sea sick really easily, and that’s probably why. He’s supposed to meet us on Friday at the ship, when we dock in Cabo San Lucas, and take us to the Cabo Wabo Cantina for a private concert from 10:30 a.m. to whenever. There are only 850 of us in this group, so it’ll be a small, kind of intimate affair, so that should be very cool. Anyway, what I noticed about Aaron, is that at 36 years old, his father, who is 58, seems like he has more energy. Aaron did not move around much. Now it might have been the stage, which is really small, but Sammy is always moving around the stage, interacting with people in the audience, and generally making it a real party. Other than that, Aaron did a really good job, and the concert, while short, was great. He played some Otis Redding “Dock of the Bay”, some…oh shoot, who did the song, Brown Eyed Girl? He did that song, he did some of his dad’s songs. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Then Ronnie Montrose came out for the last song, which was almost more of a jam session…that man can PLAY… he’s like in his 60’s, and he’s just all over that guitar. I just love watching and listening to him. What I love/envy (just a little) about these guys is that they’re so full of energy and still loving what they’re doing. That is just awesome. I wish I could have gone into rock and roll… I really do. It looks like such fun. Sammy Hagar is a health nut, from what Aaron says, he’s always running, working out… and it shows on stage. The man is amazing, and I really respect that a lot. I was thinking about this today, because they’ve got a scrapbook, and I was thinking about the things I’d like to tell Sammy. I was never a huge fan, that’s Jerry, but I totally respect and admire a man who in an industry of people who have dropped dead from their alcohol and drug abuse, who are jerks (David Lee Roth, for instance), Sammy keeps himself clean, and he’s a NICE person…he’s really genuinely nice, he loves his fans, and his fans love him back for it. I think the fans keep him going, too. He could be thinking about retirement, and when he talks about it, he just pretty much says that the fans need him.
So anyway, tomorrow we dock in Puerta Vallerta, and Jerry is hoping to meet up with Sean to talk about the villa. I keep telling Jerry that we’ve got to close this thing so that we can move there…lol, I’ve told everyone that we’re moving to Mexico, and poor Shabree was just devastated when she heard we were taking a boat to home home and she wasn’t going… you had to see her face, what a POUT. She says “I thought we were going to home home.” And then Becca is like no, not we, as in all of us, but we as in mommy and daddy, but she was pointing between us, so then Shabree thought that Becca was going… we told her no, all you girls are staying with Tiffani, and just mommy and daddy are going to home home. I wish we could have brought her, and we’ve learned today that we probably COULD have brought them, and on Friday when we go to our concert, just left them with the Camp Carnival counselors all day. And tomorrow we could have taken them to P.V. Though it’s not QUITE home home, it’s close. We were thinking about doing some tours, but the ones I want to do, the dolphin experiences, I can’t, because of the pregnancy. So that’s another reason I told Jerry he’s got to get this thing closed, when we come back, I want to go do the dolphin experiences not pregnant. And I am kind of hoping we can get some sort of resident discount, lol.
I’m not sure if I mentioned it, probably never got around to it, but we got a pretty nice cabin. We’ve got doors that open out, but the view is obstructed by a life boat, lol. That’s all right… how much time do you spend in your cabin anyway? Not a whole lot, truth be told. When we’re here, we’re either using the bathroom, or sleeping. But we have a nice bed, instead of bunk beds, that counts as a huge whoohoo. And it’s a pretty large room, all things considered. It’s got a little couch, and a table, and a little desk. I told Jerry, I wish I’d brought my scrapbooking supplies. Truth be told, we were supposed to have this deal closed a couple of months ago, and I was hoping THEN that I’d be able to go to a scrapbooking store, fill my tote, and bring it to home home. Then I wouldn’t have to pay any taxes on it, and that would be really nice. Well, I’d have to pay the tax in California… but then I wouldn’t have to pay MORE tax to bring it into Mexico… I have no idea what that would cost me, but I wouldn’t even have to deal with it. And since I would theoretically already know PV so well, it wouldn’t be a big thing to go back to the villa for the day and just chill out there. We’re in port for a good 12 hours, I think, and Guayabitos is only a 45 minute drive away. Maybe next year, lol. It’s just that the one thing about moving to Mexico, is, how do I continue to scrapbook? That’s the one, biggest thing for me. Anyway, enough about that, back to the cruise.
The food has been, of course, fantastic, wonderful, delicious. I went to lunch today, and there were something like 4 things on the menu I wanted for lunch. I’m not sure what’s for dinner, but I do know Jerry is going to eat light, because there’s a late night buffet that is Mexican food, and of course, he LOVES Mexican food. So he’s really looking forward to that. I’m going to eat well at dinner. We ate at 3, after the concert, I’d just finished lunch at 1:30, but I had half a hamburger. We have late dinner, so dinner is not til 8:15. It’s 7:30 now. My computer says 6:30, so that’s messing me up just a bit. I need to get off here in a few minutes and change. Jerry went to the internet café to check his email to see if Sean can meet us tomorrow or not. Hopefully he can, I think Jerry has some ideas he wants to present so wecan close this deal. I told Jerry that without Karen, Sean won’t make any decisions, but I think Jerry finds it easier to get along with Sean than with Karen, though Karen seems to me to be the decision maker, and I’m NOT sure that Sean will make any decisions on his own without her.
I keep hearing some woman screaming in the cabin beside me, and I’m wondering??? Actually, I’m finding it annoying and distracting, because my mind is wandering… but I’m pretty sure. I don’t need to hear this… I really don’t.
ANYWAY, I should probably get dressed for dinner. It’s getting to be close to that time, and shorts are not allowed in the dining room. We were thinking about doing a tour called “Rhythms of the Night” in PV tomorrow, but I think we’re going to skip it. Maybe next time, If we haven’t already done it when we move here. That is one thing about this cruise, is that it’s given me some ideas of what I’d like to do when we come move here.
Jerry just walked in, so I guess I’ll get to it.