I'm sitting in my sun spot on the sofa sipping coffee. Yes, we are home after a long day yesterday of hurry up and wait. We got showered & dressed, had a quick breakfast in the buffett - my last GORGE of smoked salmon for who knows how long. Every morning I swear I eat the equivalent of ⅓ a package of the Norwegian frozen smoked salmon from Costco. I'd drive us into the poor house if I kept up that habit. And oh the melon - I ate so much melon! It was wonderful!
Okay, back to yesterday… disembarkation couldn't have been faster! We collected our suitcases, basically walked through customs, and were out the door at the Uber stand in minutes. I think we got to the airport just after 8am! Our flight was at 12:20, so we had a bit of a wait but luckily! Sonia & Perry were on the same flight so we chatted with them at the gate and before we knew it our flight was called.
The flight was less than 3 hours - he must have had one heck of a tailwind! We walked through customs, and before we knew it we had bags in hand and were saying a tearful goodbye to Sonia and Perry. Carm got the car and away we were, zigging ourselves through heavy traffic (Carm took the back roads which had countless left turns onto busy rush hour roads) and dark roads - pulling into the laneway never felt so good.
See the ship in the background?
I think I left off our last day with packing… we watched ‘the Voice’ (our friend was in the 3 finalists but didn't win), we had a final supper in the dining room… mooched around for a bit before heading back to our room. We had to get the suitcases out into the hall soon after dinner. I crashed on the bed - honestly I can't remember feeling so tired - and sent Carm out for the evening. He was back by 9:30 and I'd already been asleep for a while. I felt sad to miss out but I just couldn't do it…
It was with a bit of trepidation that I stepped onto the scale this morning - I told myself I'd be happy if I gained less than 6 or 7 pounds… but I only gained 1 ½ pounds! Even with all the extra calories from drinks! I did try to make healthier choices, but if there was something I really wanted, I'd have it. I had dessert most nights, but did skip a few times cause I was just that full! We had gelato once, hotdog & fries once. I think the big difference is that most nights we wouldn't snack before bed - a few times we dashed to the buffet for some fruit (and shrimp if they had it), but generally we were still full from supper! I also only got up once in the middle of the night for their amazing chocolate chip cookie… it's not like I was denying myself, I just didn't feel like it.
The pets were ecstatic when we got home but settled down quickly. They were obviously well taken care of 😀 . Christina had cleaned up the house and even put flowers out for us! It was a nice welcome home.
Awesome!
“everything“
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