As we approach New York, both RQS and I dread our return home. No, it's not because our cruise is ending. Instead, it's because we're coming back to some of the coldest weather we've had in a while. When I look at the NYC weather forecast, I see subfreezing weather for the day we return. That means that we'll have to be outside, on the waterfront, while we wait for our ride home. And then, once at RQS's place, I'll have to cart most of my bags up to Croton that same day. If I'm lucky, my car won't be covered by too much snow. But I won't know until I get home.
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This morning started with another Room Service breakfast. This time, it came early. Only one problem: they forgot to bring sweetener with the coffee. But we made do. Around 11, we left the room to have a snack and to do some laundry. Around 1, we returned to the room with our clean laundry and all traces of breakfast were gone. I had a table I could fold clothes on!
Around 3:15, we went to afternoon tea, expecting to meet a new acquaintance there. She wasn't there when tea service started, but she did appear at our table a bit late. I told her of my idea for an adaptive garment, and she loved it - she doesn't have the use of one arm, and my garment idea would have solved one of her needs, making it easier to get dressed in the morning. While there, I showed her a few pictures of me in Marian mode, and she loved it. She wants to find out more at some later time.
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Tonight would be the last gala night of the cruise, and today's laundry run gave me a clean white shirt for the night. Yay! I don't have to break open another new shirt for this time in a suit and tie! So I took out the suit one last time for this trip, and went to dinner with RQS. This was the night of the chef's parade, where key restaurant personnel were saluted for the hard work they do. I preferred something like this, where we didn't have to completely disrupt our meals, than to endure Princess's Baked Alaska parade towards the end of their cruises.
