Saturday, December 28, 2024
As I write this, we are a week away from going to Fort Lauderdale. I'm not freaking out, yet. I'm really trying to spend my time making sure we have what we need. I've made decent progress on excursions. I have Colombia, Costa Rica, and Puerto Vallarta figured out. I'm close to the Los Angeles tour. I am working with Sage Travel through the 10 or 12 stops in the Mediterranean. I finally found someone in New Zealand. Unfortunately, it will only work out to be about a three hour tour. I'm still looking. We need to get something in Hawaii. I'm going to work in the next week and concentrate on that. And then next on the list is Australia. I feel pretty good because I've got the upfront ones taken care of. We will have plenty of time on this ship to work through the list.
I want to get our financials straightened out before we leave. I'm not exactly sure what this means right now, but it will be things like auto pay where I can. We want to turn certain services off like Hulu, etcetera. The ones that we're not going to use. We have to do some work on getting our taxes put together. Obviously, we can't do that until after the 31st and even then, we're not going to have much. We will have to do this from the ship.
Beyond that, I want to do some work on making sure I have content for my various devices. I can download Netflix movies. I can buy and or create wish lists from my audible books. I’ve given some thought to loading up Babel and maybe trying to learn Spanish. There are a couple of books that I have already put on my kindle app. Basically, I want to overload on content. I remember the TV in the cruise ship not having much. We do have several at sea days. It's likely that I won't use but maybe 20% of it, but I want to have it if I need it.
It might be too late, but we might look for a tuxedo for me. Mary says that I have a suit. I have not worn it in probably 5 or more years. I have a couple of sports jackets which I have not worn recently. Basically, I am a week away from leaving and I'm trying to decide what clothes I have. If I don't have the right clothes I have to figure out where I'm going to get them from. I'll figure it out. Worst case, they go in T-shirts and jeans.
There are other little things that we need to figure out. I got FaceTime figured out for my parents. We should be able to do FaceTime video calls. That will help. I think I mentioned it earlier, but we have AirTags figured out. I still need to work through the visas for Australia and New Zealand. That reminds me I need to go back through that note from the cruise specialist lady.
Mary on the other hand seems to have her stuff handled too. Since, I last wrote, she's been to the pharmacy two or three times. Now she officially has everything. In many cases she has more than she needs. I notice the piece of paper on the end of the table which lists everything that she needs from a medical perspective. It's actually 2 pages. I did not look at it in detail. Mary, too, has the concern about clothes. As I write this, she is out at a store somewhere trying to find clothes. She had a bunch of pants delivered the other day.
We’re a week away . . . we’ll make it.