Cruise: Day 8 - About Packing

I used almost every single thing I packed and wished I had packed more: fancier shoes and more necklaces. I looked around to see how everyone else had fit all their stuff into things they could carry themselves. I think the secret was a bigger suitcase. I had a carry-on suitcase and a large knapsack (plus Robin took three items for me in his carry-on). A normal suitcase with a smaller knapsack would have worked better. People say you should pack lightly, and I like the concept, but I'm not sure yet how to carry it out. I'm afraid it involves doing laundry, which I tend to really not want to do on vacation.

Today we got up, finished packing, had one more free breakfast, disembarked, went to Robin's favorite fish place, Goode Company Texas Seafood in Houston, drove home, unpacked, and went through the mail. Then I read all my favorite LiveJournal blogs. I love blogs. Love, love, love. I even found out more things about one of the other people who came on the cruise. With eight people, it's hard to talk to everyone as much as you want to.

Then I discovered that LiveJournal is being weird about posting journal entries out of order, so I posted all the back-dated ones so I could post this one. To find them all, click on the "cruise" tag.

It was nice to have an extra week of summer (though well air-conditioned); it was 45 degrees (7C) when we returned (55 in the house). So I had hot chocolate for supper. Mmm.