Today is an “At Sea Day”, so we are on the boat all day long. The boat has plenty of activities to keep us busy, but I speak for the whole family when I tell you the #1 thing we wanted to do today was SLEEP IN! (Okay, not Dad, but every family has an odd ball, right? …kidding, of course! Love ya Dad!) Anyways, Em, Mom, and I slept in good and late. We’ve had a packed last couple of days so we definitely deserved it. We also played BINGO later on in the day. None of us won, but we all came very close. Wahh wahh wahhhh! Tonight was formal night, so we dressed up all fancy and had a lovely dinner in the dining room. We ended the night by watching tonight’s show, Pulse. Very nice!
Anyways, I know these blogs must get boring for ya’ll, so we decided it might be fun since we’re “At Sea” all day and on the boat to tell the top 5 funniest stories or anecdotes from the ship, so far. Sound good? Here we go…
#5 Dinner awards. Every night, there are always several choices to choose from on the ship for dinner. Every night, these choices become a fierce competition between the members of my family. It has come to the point where we won’t even willingly say what we are going to order in fear that another might copy or steal your idea. (Keep in mind we all do it and we all know that more than one person can order a selection). Anyways, when the course comes out and everyone eats their chosen dish we all spontaneously say, “I win” or “Oh yaa I definitely won”. To other diners, this may seem odd. However, it is quite clear to all of us at the table what these comments mean. We are declaring that our dish is superior to all the others, that we are the best “choosers” for that course of that given meal. Super silly Patterson family quirk/game.
#4 The broken door. Yesterday, Emily and I headed for the public restroom near the dining room. As we were leaving Em pushed the door open for us. (There was no attendant present to do it for us…you’ll hear about that later) She must be working out, because she pushed so hard the door came of its little mechanical track that hooks it to the button that opens the door automatically. Yep, Emily broke the bathroom door and we didn’t stick around to be blamed. It was a hit and run.
#3 The Sailor Picture. Every day there is a photo opp as you get off the boat onto the shore. Usually they’re very silly, gladiators in Rome, a lady with a pizza in Naples, and a sailor in Pisa. Well, Dad got away from us when getting off the ship, so he was left to deal with the photo people on his own. Usually, we all stop and pose with whatever character they have together. However, on this particular day, this did not happen. Left alone and defenseless, Dad was forced to take a picture with the MALE sailor. This alone is funny. However, the story got funnier after we went to look for the picture. What we found was priceless! Another man (who looks super European or super “light in the loafers”) happened to be in the side of the picture close enough to Dad to make them look like they were possibly together. Hysterical. Sorry, Dad, I had to share this one.
#2 The bathroom attendants. Okay, so here on the Solstice they have attendants who are paid to stand in the public bathrooms and open the doors for you and point you to an open stall. SO WEIRD. Like um what is the point?! Also, do they get bathroom breaks? If they do, do they use the one they work in, or do they go to another one with another attendant to assist them?
#1 The hand sanitizer people. Oh goodness, where to start?! Well every time you leave the ship, return to the ship, enter a dining hall, leave a dining hall, walk into a new area of the ship, exit an area of the ship, sneeze, cough, laugh, breathe there is someone there with a hand sanitizer squirter waiting to squirt your hands. At first it was no big deal, but now its just humorous. Every time we see one we all start to giggle and back away. We’ve learned if you don’t look them in the eye they don’t mess with you. You can refuse, but you feel them judging you. Emily is the first to give in. She secretly loves the sanitizer. Mom and I are highly opposed. Mom insists it dries out your hands, so she never lets them squirt her. Don’t think they don’t try, though.
We’ve got a lot more stories to share, but after a long day of relaxing I’m ready for bed, so that’s all you’re getting for tonight! I hope you all are enjoying these blogs as much as I enjoy writing them! We’re still tryin to get Mom to write one…maybe I can finally get her behind the keyboard, tomorrow!? We love and miss all of our family and friends! Oh and our doggies…Mrs. Kristi if you read this, tell Paige to the girls we miss them! :)
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