Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[bobmacliberty]

I shared a golf cart with a guy last Tuesday who emailed our foursome that evening to say that he hadn't been feeling well while playing, went home, and tested positive for Covid.  I developed mild chest congestion and a slight cough that night.  Tested myself Wednesday...negative.  I was feeling slightly worse on Thursday and tested again...still negative.  By Saturday, I had added plugged ears and sinus congestion.  Tested a third time...again negative.  At this point, my golf buddy's wife had also tested positive. 

 

Either I've got a head cold (again) and the timing is a pure coincidence that I shared a golf cart with a Covid positive person and didn't catch it, or I somehow get false negatives when I test. 🤷‍♂️  Either way, I've been staying in the house for the last several days, trying not to cough or sneeze on Micheline.  The good news is that I've been able to file our tax return and get a few house projects done.

[CrzLvr2]

On 3/19/2023 at 3:12 AM, aussielozzie18 said:

Back to regular programming and Sydney spam…

 

Yay!🤩 I’m glad you’re back with your regular programming!! 🥳

AND… I certainly would NOT call it spam!! 😲

I love looking at your beautiful photos and learning about Australia!! 
 

😊 Sue

[Ozark_Kid]

1 hour ago, bobmacliberty said:

The good news is that I've been able to file our tax return and get a few house projects done.

Man I'm glad you posted that. Taxes.  I keep getting busy with stuff and keep forgetting to do the taxes.  It won't be hard.  I have spreadsheets made up that calculate my taxes so I can get an idea what I want to pull out of my 401Ks.  Next year's is basically done already.  😆 Now off to gardening.    😆 oooops. 

[h20skibum]

6 minutes ago, Ozark_Kid said:

Taxes

You guys are early with taxes.  There is almost a month left to do them.  I have mine mostly done, but still waiting on a couple things to enter, before they are finished. 

[bobmacliberty]

9 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

You guys are early with taxes.  There is almost a month left to do them.  I have mine mostly done, but still waiting on a couple things to enter, before they are finished. 

 

I usually end up owing money on my taxes (rather have me earning from the money than the government) and therefore file at the last minute.  There are a couple of things about my return that are a little painful though, and it's always a relief when I click the submit button in TurboTax.  One less thing to worry about.

[lenquixote66]

16 hours ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said:

Most Pens games I have been to at PPG

Paints Arena have been through work in the suites.  They are fantastic (except for the work part! ugh)  

I have been to zero hockey games but more than 1000 basketball games including HS,college,semi pro and pro games.

[lenquixote66]

17 hours ago, DaniDanielle said:

I second that Happy Mother’s Day😁

I third that 😀

[DaniDanielle]

I hope all the Covid people get better quickly and all the regular people get better quickly also🤞

[h20skibum]

A few years ago, I got a dvd for Christmas, that had the top 10 best Pens game.  Although we would go to five or less a year, somehow I fortunate enough to be at six out of the 10.  
 

Probably the most memorable of the bunch for me was Mario’s comeback game.  

[xpcdoojk]

22 hours ago, George C said:

Last night we went to Jefferson Starship then Leo Sayer both great shows looking forward to Hollies tonight, had dinner in suite restaurant, big plus on this class you can order from suite menu or MDR since they are next to each other.yesterday we were in Puerto Plata today San Juan wife walked around a little I stayed on the ship. We have had same suite on last 3 rock and romance cruise, have yet to use the hot tub on our balcony.

Are there any original Jefferson starship members?

[xpcdoojk]

2 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

I shared a golf cart with a guy last Tuesday who emailed our foursome that evening to say that he hadn't been feeling well while playing, went home, and tested positive for Covid.  I developed mild chest congestion and a slight cough that night.  Tested myself Wednesday...negative.  I was feeling slightly worse on Thursday and tested again...still negative.  By Saturday, I had added plugged ears and sinus congestion.  Tested a third time...again negative.  At this point, my golf buddy's wife had also tested positive. 

 

Either I've got a head cold (again) and the timing is a pure coincidence that I shared a golf cart with a Covid positive person and didn't catch it, or I somehow get false negatives when I test. 🤷‍♂️  Either way, I've been staying in the house for the last several days, trying not to cough or sneeze on Micheline.  The good news is that I've been able to file our tax return and get a few house projects done.

I tested negative, back around Xmas for four days before finally testing positive.  I was already feeling better by the time I tested positive.  The tests are not very effective. JMHO

[George C]

28 minutes ago, xpcdoojk said:

Are there any original Jefferson starship members?

Just one, last night we saw Hollies who had two members that have been there since they founded in 1963 and they have toured ever since , for some reason they didn’t sing “long cool woman in a black dress “ there last song was a great version of there “ he ain’t heavy he’s my brother “  tonight they have one of the original members of Chicago , grass roots are playing at the pool this afternoon, will do Le Petit Chef for dinner again. 

[Ozark_Kid]

1 hour ago, h20skibum said:

You guys are early with taxes.  There is almost a month left to do them.  I have mine mostly done, but still waiting on a couple things to enter, before they are finished. 

😆 last year I was basically done the end of January but I like to wait a day or two and recheck it.  I ended up checking it again early April 🙃. 

[lenquixote66]

4 minutes ago, Ozark_Kid said:

😆 last year I was basically done the end of January but I like to wait a day or two and recheck it.  I ended up checking it again early April 🙃. 

We normally prefer to file in March.One of our son in laws does ours.

[DaniDanielle]

Charlie and our older daughter are filing today, need it over with.   She is worried how being a widow will affect her taxes.

[h20skibum]

Was looking at the artwork from the bird show, and some of those prices.  I think we got a better deal on the painting we just bought from a new impressionist.  Only $100!   Tried to talk the artist down a little, but he was firm. 

 

Oh, did I mention he is 10, and my grandson. 😂

 

And Susan just paid for another original today, that is getting made into a beach towel. 

 

[Arzeena]

Booked the Bella 2. Very excited.

[bobmacliberty]

2 hours ago, xpcdoojk said:

I tested negative, back around Xmas for four days before finally testing positive.  I was already feeling better by the time I tested positive.  The tests are not very effective. JMHO

 

Your message, and other stories like it that I've heard, made me just test again for a 4th time.  Still negative.  Guess it's just a cold.  I must be "Florida soft" already...play golf in the 40s with a cold wind and my body rebels.

[Ozark_Kid]

I have some sad news to share..... I recounted my garlic.   I thought I had 176 but after a double count 😔 I only have.....174.  😔 

[dani negreanu]

So, instead of .... [like my very first post]

 

roaming the streets and souks of Marrakech, I'm unpacking our luggage....

 

Due to DH not feeling well, we had to cancel a few hours before our flight, boarding passes at the ready.

 

DH started complaining about back pain more than a week ago, happens to the best of families, took some very light pain reliever and hopped for the best.

 

By Tuesday, though, he made an app. with our family doctor for the following day. So, Wednesday evening he came home, saying that the dr. gave him something for the pain, and assured him that in 2 days time, he'll be good to go. Took the pill, had a good night sleep, and the future seemed pink.

 

Thursday evening he took a turn to worse, the pain radiating from the back all the way to his upper abdomen. We had a sleepless night, and at 8am were already at our dr. clinic, who, allegedly, had 8am-10am hours, it being Friday, a half day work here.

 

By 9am (!!) his secretary made an appearance, claiming she hasn't the foggiest idea when the dr. will follow.... IF he will follow.... 

 

Mind you, after noon on Friday, the only option is ER. In the end, the dr. was MIA. I'll add that he's our entire family dr for the last 25 years, but 4-5 years ago he started to "slack". We keep saying that we'll change him (we're allowed to do that every 3 months, but somehow we felt disloyal to actually do that).

 

We had my b'day celebration Friday evening, but I really wasn't in the mood... DH managed to put a brave face when we got to the restaurant, and DS1 (who was also celebrating his b'day), playfully offered to touch his father's aching back and take his pain away... and, miraculously, it worked!!!! He kept saying: "I'm pain free, I'm pain free". And the evening turned to be a very joyous one.

 

The "pain free" lasted well into the Saturday, we packed and decided that what we'll see and do -- it will be OK. The only thing missing will be DH's Nikon camera, which he decided not to schlepp because of his back.

 

But Saturday night the pain came back in force, to the point of me offering to take him to ER or call an ambulance. He refused, and we had a sleepless night, where it was clear to me that we'll have to cancel. All this time DH continued to take the daily pill, which didn't deliver.

 

Again, at 8am we were at the clinic, again, nobody showed until 9am, when we gave up and asked the clinic in-charge to find us another dr ASAP.  Luckily, there was a resident in a clinic nearby, who sent us ASAP to the nearest ER. By this time, I cancelled our flights and our riad (hotel) in Marakkech.

 

Some tests and roentgen pics later, nothing "catastrophic" was found (heart attack and pancreatitis was feared mostly), as the ER dr. phrased it, and I stubbornly asked for something to relieve hubby's pain. In the end, he was given an infusion and sent home with another prescription for his pain.

 

The big problem is that he's very limited in the range of pain relievers pills, since he has one kidney which took an "early retirement", and the other one reciprocated with a caught early RCC, so he's missing a chunk from the one and only working kidney. The struggle is always between pain and kidney...

 

The new pain reliever seems to slowly work, he manages to get an hour or two of sleep, and tomorrow -- another batch of BW.

 

It seems that we're not so lucky with our travels abroad lately. And, living in such a stressful country, we really need the breaks.........

 

[Ocean Boy]

3 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

So, instead of .... [like my very first post]

 

roaming the streets and souks of Marrakech, I'm unpacking our luggage....

 

Due to DH not feeling well, we had to cancel a few hours before our flight, boarding passes at the ready.

 

DH started complaining about back pain more than a week ago, happens to the best of families, took some very light pain reliever and hopped for the best.

 

By Tuesday, though, he made an app. with our family doctor for the following day. So, Wednesday evening he came home, saying that the dr. gave him something for the pain, and assured him that in 2 days time, he'll be good to go. Took the pill, had a good night sleep, and the future seemed pink.

 

Thursday evening he took a turn to worse, the pain radiating from the back all the way to his upper abdomen. We had a sleepless night, and at 8am were already at our dr. clinic, who, allegedly, had 8am-10am hours, it being Friday, a half day work here.

 

By 9am (!!) his secretary made an appearance, claiming she hasn't the foggiest idea when the dr. will follow.... IF he will follow.... 

 

Mind you, after noon on Friday, the only option is ER. In the end, the dr. was MIA. I'll add that he's our entire family dr for the last 25 years, but 4-5 years ago he started to "slack". We keep saying that we'll change him (we're allowed to do that every 3 months, but somehow we felt disloyal to actually do that).

 

We had my b'day celebration Friday evening, but I really wasn't in the mood... DH managed to put a brave face when we got to the restaurant, and DS1 (who was also celebrating his b'day), playfully offered to touch his father's aching back and take his pain away... and, miraculously, it worked!!!! He kept saying: "I'm pain free, I'm pain free". And the evening turned to be a very joyous one.

 

The "pain free" lasted well into the Saturday, we packed and decided that what we'll see and do -- it will be OK. The only thing missing will be DH's Nikon camera, which he decided not to schlepp because of his back.

 

But Saturday night the pain came back in force, to the point of me offering to take him to ER or call an ambulance. He refused, and we had a sleepless night, where it was clear to me that we'll have to cancel. All this time DH continued to take the daily pill, which didn't deliver.

 

Again, at 8am we were at the clinic, again, nobody showed until 9am, when we gave up and asked the clinic in-charge to find us another dr ASAP.  Luckily, there was a resident in a clinic nearby, who sent us ASAP to the nearest ER. By this time, I cancelled our flights and our riad (hotel) in Marakkech.

 

Some tests and roentgen pics later, nothing "catastrophic" was found (heart attack and pancreatitis was feared mostly), as the ER dr. phrased it, and I stubbornly asked for something to relieve hubby's pain. In the end, he was given an infusion and sent home with another prescription for his pain.

 

The big problem is that he's very limited in the range of pain relievers pills, since he has one kidney which took an "early retirement", and the other one reciprocated with a caught early RCC, so he's missing a chunk from the one and only working kidney. The struggle is always between pain and kidney...

 

The new pain reliever seems to slowly work, he manages to get an hour or two of sleep, and tomorrow -- another batch of BW.

 

It seems that we're not so lucky with our travels abroad lately. And, living in such a stressful country, we really need the breaks.........

 

Really sorry to read this.😌

[molly361]

Sorry to hear that  @dani negreanu

[NHProud]

30 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

So, instead of .... [like my very first post]

 

roaming the streets and souks of Marrakech, I'm unpacking our luggage....

 

Due to DH not feeling well, we had to cancel a few hours before our flight, boarding passes at the ready.

 

DH started complaining about back pain more than a week ago, happens to the best of families, took some very light pain reliever and hopped for the best.

 

By Tuesday, though, he made an app. with our family doctor for the following day. So, Wednesday evening he came home, saying that the dr. gave him something for the pain, and assured him that in 2 days time, he'll be good to go. Took the pill, had a good night sleep, and the future seemed pink.

 

Thursday evening he took a turn to worse, the pain radiating from the back all the way to his upper abdomen. We had a sleepless night, and at 8am were already at our dr. clinic, who, allegedly, had 8am-10am hours, it being Friday, a half day work here.

 

By 9am (!!) his secretary made an appearance, claiming she hasn't the foggiest idea when the dr. will follow.... IF he will follow.... 

 

Mind you, after noon on Friday, the only option is ER. In the end, the dr. was MIA. I'll add that he's our entire family dr for the last 25 years, but 4-5 years ago he started to "slack". We keep saying that we'll change him (we're allowed to do that every 3 months, but somehow we felt disloyal to actually do that).

 

We had my b'day celebration Friday evening, but I really wasn't in the mood... DH managed to put a brave face when we got to the restaurant, and DS1 (who was also celebrating his b'day), playfully offered to touch his father's aching back and take his pain away... and, miraculously, it worked!!!! He kept saying: "I'm pain free, I'm pain free". And the evening turned to be a very joyous one.

 

The "pain free" lasted well into the Saturday, we packed and decided that what we'll see and do -- it will be OK. The only thing missing will be DH's Nikon camera, which he decided not to schlepp because of his back.

 

But Saturday night the pain came back in force, to the point of me offering to take him to ER or call an ambulance. He refused, and we had a sleepless night, where it was clear to me that we'll have to cancel. All this time DH continued to take the daily pill, which didn't deliver.

 

Again, at 8am we were at the clinic, again, nobody showed until 9am, when we gave up and asked the clinic in-charge to find us another dr ASAP.  Luckily, there was a resident in a clinic nearby, who sent us ASAP to the nearest ER. By this time, I cancelled our flights and our riad (hotel) in Marakkech.

 

Some tests and roentgen pics later, nothing "catastrophic" was found (heart attack and pancreatitis was feared mostly), as the ER dr. phrased it, and I stubbornly asked for something to relieve hubby's pain. In the end, he was given an infusion and sent home with another prescription for his pain.

 

The big problem is that he's very limited in the range of pain relievers pills, since he has one kidney which took an "early retirement", and the other one reciprocated with a caught early RCC, so he's missing a chunk from the one and only working kidney. The struggle is always between pain and kidney...

 

The new pain reliever seems to slowly work, he manages to get an hour or two of sleep, and tomorrow -- another batch of BW.

 

It seems that we're not so lucky with our travels abroad lately. And, living in such a stressful country, we really need the breaks.........

 

Dani , I’m so sorry that your DH is still n pain . I hope , he finds relief soon .  
 

So sad you had to cancel your much anticipated time away from your stressful situation at home. 

[Husky1987]

Always a fun sign to see on the first hole of a South Carolina coastal golf course…

 

[bobmacliberty]

39 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

So, instead of .... [like my very first post]

 

roaming the streets and souks of Marrakech, I'm unpacking our luggage....

 

Due to DH not feeling well, we had to cancel a few hours before our flight, boarding passes at the ready.

 

DH started complaining about back pain more than a week ago, happens to the best of families, took some very light pain reliever and hopped for the best.

 

By Tuesday, though, he made an app. with our family doctor for the following day. So, Wednesday evening he came home, saying that the dr. gave him something for the pain, and assured him that in 2 days time, he'll be good to go. Took the pill, had a good night sleep, and the future seemed pink.

 

Thursday evening he took a turn to worse, the pain radiating from the back all the way to his upper abdomen. We had a sleepless night, and at 8am were already at our dr. clinic, who, allegedly, had 8am-10am hours, it being Friday, a half day work here.

 

By 9am (!!) his secretary made an appearance, claiming she hasn't the foggiest idea when the dr. will follow.... IF he will follow.... 

 

Mind you, after noon on Friday, the only option is ER. In the end, the dr. was MIA. I'll add that he's our entire family dr for the last 25 years, but 4-5 years ago he started to "slack". We keep saying that we'll change him (we're allowed to do that every 3 months, but somehow we felt disloyal to actually do that).

 

We had my b'day celebration Friday evening, but I really wasn't in the mood... DH managed to put a brave face when we got to the restaurant, and DS1 (who was also celebrating his b'day), playfully offered to touch his father's aching back and take his pain away... and, miraculously, it worked!!!! He kept saying: "I'm pain free, I'm pain free". And the evening turned to be a very joyous one.

 

The "pain free" lasted well into the Saturday, we packed and decided that what we'll see and do -- it will be OK. The only thing missing will be DH's Nikon camera, which he decided not to schlepp because of his back.

 

But Saturday night the pain came back in force, to the point of me offering to take him to ER or call an ambulance. He refused, and we had a sleepless night, where it was clear to me that we'll have to cancel. All this time DH continued to take the daily pill, which didn't deliver.

 

Again, at 8am we were at the clinic, again, nobody showed until 9am, when we gave up and asked the clinic in-charge to find us another dr ASAP.  Luckily, there was a resident in a clinic nearby, who sent us ASAP to the nearest ER. By this time, I cancelled our flights and our riad (hotel) in Marakkech.

 

Some tests and roentgen pics later, nothing "catastrophic" was found (heart attack and pancreatitis was feared mostly), as the ER dr. phrased it, and I stubbornly asked for something to relieve hubby's pain. In the end, he was given an infusion and sent home with another prescription for his pain.

 

The big problem is that he's very limited in the range of pain relievers pills, since he has one kidney which took an "early retirement", and the other one reciprocated with a caught early RCC, so he's missing a chunk from the one and only working kidney. The struggle is always between pain and kidney...

 

The new pain reliever seems to slowly work, he manages to get an hour or two of sleep, and tomorrow -- another batch of BW.

 

It seems that we're not so lucky with our travels abroad lately. And, living in such a stressful country, we really need the breaks.........

 

 

So sorry to hear this Dani.  I understand how debilitating severe pack pain can be, and the disappointment of what back pain can do to a holiday😞.  I'm hoping that your DH recovers quickly and that you can reschedule your Marrakech trip in the near future.