We expected to spend the day packing, but awoke to news that was good in some ways, not so good in others. Both aspects have to do with Roxan’s dad. His condition is markedly improved from yesterday, and we learned that a treatment given over the weekend has extended his life by days to weeks. That’s a mixed thing because its a treatment we believe now he would not have wanted.
It feels somewhat callous/self-centered to say this, but we are relieved we don’t have to get off the ship in LA tomorrow. We’re remaining on the cruise until it’s necessary to go home, with the support of family members back home in the decision. Maybe not all, I don’t know honestly, but Roxan’s mom agrees, so that’s what matters most. We’ll go home when she says it’s time or Roxan says it’s time. My role in this is logistics and support. <grin>
So now we have the happy but tiring process of unwinding all the arrangements to end the trip tomorrow. NCL has been wonderful through the process and we know we’re on a day-to-day situation for the duration of the trip. We know how we’ll get home and where we won’t make the attempt for safety reasons. So the rest of it being day-to-day is okay, after all living life a day at a time is all we can do anyway!
We have some self-care things today (massages, a show, and dinner at Cagneys as part of a package I bought). Tomorrow is Los Angeles, and we’ll be meeting another co-worker and my best friend. So there probably won’t be much to talk about for the next few days. I wil post a brief Kinky Boots review sometime soon, and there are some other random things to catch up and report on.
and then