Elephants overhead

Last night as I was stitching & listening to an audiobook, I was also treated to thumps, bumps, percussion, and loud music overhead. The NCL Joy, unlike many of it’s sister ships doesn’t have a separate studio area for solo travelers. Instead, it offers similar prices on interior cabins which happen to be located in inconvenient places. One of those places is forward on Deck 5. As a general suggestion, when cruising it is best to be on a deck which has passenger decks both above and below. Deck 5 is the lowest deck. Above me? The theater. From what I can tell, the stage and speakers are directly overhead. It is loud. But it is till better than being billeted in a warehouse with 499 of my various best friends and overhead lights that never go off. Always figured that sleeping accommodations in some deployment locations had to be good training for something.

About Holly

fiber person - knitter, spinner, weaver who spent 33 years being a military officer to fund the above. And home. And family. Sewing and quilting projects are also in the stash. After living again in Heidelberg after retiring (finally) from the U.S. Army May 2011, we moved to the US ~ Dec 2015. Something about being over 65 and access to health care. It also might have had to do with finding a buyer for our house. Allegedly this will provide me a home base in the same country as our four adult children, all of whom I adore, so that I can drive them totally insane. Considerations of time to knit down the stash…(right, and if you believe that…) and spin and .... There is now actually enough time to do a bit of consulting, editing. Even more amazing - we have only one household again. As long as everyone understands that I still, 40 years into our marriage, don't do kitchens or bathrooms. For that matter, not being a golden retriever, I don't do slippers or newspapers either. I don’t miss either the military or full-time clinical practice. Limiting my public health/travel med/consulting and lecturing to “when I feel like it” has let me happily spend my pension cruising, stash enhancing (oops), arguing with the DH about where we are going to travel next and book buying. Life is good!
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