Besides meeting people, part of the fun of being in a Facebook cruise group is buying the T-shirt!!! I ordered our on May 24, 2011 and there were received and ready for pictures on May 31, 2011. It feels like things are starting to fall into place!
As time started to fly by, different people were having meet & greets in their area. I thought it would be a good idea to organize something in our area. The date was set for October 15, 2011 and would be at J. Gilligan’s in Arlington. We had a blast. It was great to meet new cruise buddies and catch up with ones we met on the Carnival Conquest. The Irish Nachos were so delicious (as always) and the staff was very attentive to our needs. I definitely took a lot of pictures and it was difficult to select a few for my scrapbook. So, I did what anyone would do and picked my favorites! I will only be sharing a couple of the pages on here as I have not asked for permission to show friend’s and their kids/grandkids on here. FYI… I have no idea who the fairy is, but since we cannot see her face, we can only assume she dressed up to watch the Ranger’s play-off game.
Now the time has come… I must find my perfect travel mascot. I searched on-line specifically for a red frog and I did not find anything I couldn’t live without. I had no choice but to go to Toys R Us and search there. I just knew that they would have the perfect from for me!!! After some searching, I finally found my frog I named Fernando deFrog Cruz! Her is perfect. (So perfect that after the cruise, I went and bought 2 more!) Once I had him at home, he immediately had to start training and earning his keep! I hope I don’t start having second thoughts about him!!!
As our travel dates get closer, it is time for me to put together our travel binder. Our travel binder holds everything we will need for our trip. All pre-cruise confirmations and cruise documents are in sheet protectors and are placed in the binder in the order they will be needed. Passports are in the zippered old school pencil/pen holder. I also include extra sheet protectors to use for the Fun Times and other information we receive along with the dreaded Sail & Sign statement… or as Jim calls it, The Sign & Sink statement!!!
In the next installment, travel dates are planned and confirmed, I double check everything, how I plan our packing lists and packing, driving to Galveston, and a condo tour. At least that is my plan 🙂
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