Monday, April 17, 2006

Cruise News

Royal Caribbean: If You're Still Hungry, It's Your Own Fault.

A great cruise with a great group. Seven had to miss the trip because they were in school or in the process of moving to a new town. We missed them and wished they could have come. Especially JRP, who had some stage shows and, we hope, some schoolwork to take care of. He would have been in his element. We celebrated RMH's 50th birthday and JSH's 90th. JSH and JFH won several hundred dollars at the gaming tables. ABM, D, and I learned to ride Segways and tooled around Cozumel on them. D and I thought they were cool, but ABM, the only one of us to graduate to the zippy red key, has higher standards. He pronounced them dweebie. My tattoo is only India ink and will wear off by next weekend, but that should be time enough to decide if I need a durable one.

The best news of a great week, however, was that WCG brought his grandmother's engagement ring along. On the last night of the cruise, he offered it and a little Moët Brut to CPM and asked if she would marry him. She said Absolutely. He took this development more calmly, as shown, than the rest of us: