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The Bang Bang Theories

The Old Man Is Snoring

If you haven’t heard by now, it rained throughout our vacation. But! One day, the sun tried it’s darndest to peek through:



And when it did? Six thousand people emerged, too. Not an open spot to be found on any of the upper decks.



That’s just a snippet of the folks who were out. I managed to find a little spot in a nook on one of the decks that had a couple of vacant chairs and was sequestered away from little crumb-grinders (a.k.a., squalling kids) and I plopped myself down and read my book, and tried my darndest to process some Vitamin D. I worry about that, it seems to be something that’s in the news lately, Vitamin D deficiencies. So I do my part to find sunshine.


Mostly, though, it looked like this:


I wish I could say that was a re-touched photo, but it’s not. It was really that drab.

Notice rain spots on shirt and wet-rat hairdo:

So not every vacation can be a hit. It was still a vacation, and I’m privileged to have been able to travel once again. So suck it, Rain. You’re not gonna get me down. But I do acknowledge that it’s not nearly as much fun to be stuck indoors on a cruise ship. I’ve never minded at-sea days before, in fact I normally love them, but I’ve learned that I love them only when I can sit in the sun and read for hours and hours. Sitting in my room isn’t nearly as much fun, although there is room service, which is a plus.

p.s., I read The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. It’s a good thing I was sequestered with it, it forced me to get past the first 150 slow-moving pages and then it picked up and was a good fun roller-coaster ride. I couldn’t wait to hit the airport and pick up the 2nd one, which is calling my name right now.
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