Last Day Cruise Blues

It is not that I really mind that this wonderful cruise is coming to an end. It is just that getting through this particular day can be a pain.

The seas are rough, I need to pack, and trying to check in for my flight is absolutely insane.

In order – rough seas – I can live with. I don’t usually get sea sick. Haven’t so far this cruise and not expecting to have any issues this last night. But the bobbing and weaving around makes it a bit challenging occasionally to navigate across the cabin, much less ensure that I have all the small, rolly-things under control and tucked into the correct pocket. I am thinking that I may wind up going with the toss the suckers in and sort-em-out when I get home. I have acquired almost nothing on the trip, having lost the taste for souvenirs a number of years ago after trying to figure out exactly WHAT I was going to do with all those fridge magnets. I don’t scrapbook. I am also taking home less than I brought. The two puzzles will remain here on the ship and I am tossing my sandals as they have reached the end of their life expectancy.

The checking in process is what is driving me nuts. It took 10 minutes for the United site to load. I have no interest in using the app since I won’t be on line in the terminal unless there is free wi-fi. In any case, I have hard copy documents + pictures. So I finally, after about 10 tries (no, the slider on the side doesn’t move the form up – it closed the pop-up). Slow learner here – after trying several things – using the down arrow worked after clicking somewhere – anywhere inside the pop-up border, I  was able to upload my documents. But no, that is nowhere near enough! I then had to manually enter all the data on my immunizations.

And, after all of that – the site tells me it is “processing” whatever the H that means. But I can’t go any further in the process for the moment. I wonder if the process needs human eyes or counseling to process….

Ah well. Not much else accomplished today. I am tired and need some sleep!

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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