Monday, September 30, 2013

NFL Red Zone

I went to my bothers apartment to watch football yesterday. I did this two weeks ago two. He has the NFL Red Zone package in his place and we don't. What that means is that whenever theirs a game that's 20 yards away from the end zone, they will turn it on to that game. They will also show parts of most games if there are no games in the red zone. If there are multiple games in the red zone, they will do split screen so that you can see them both. There are no commercials on this station! It's so awesome because you get to see all scoring opportunities in every game live. When there are 9 games on at one o'clock, this station is a must have! The only problem is that it's $10 a month. I believe that's $10 a month for the entire year. It's only worth it for a few months a year. You would only watch that station one day a week. I believe you get a few other stations with that package, too. I'm not sure what they are though. If you are a huge NFL fan, you should get this station. I guess I'm not a huge NFL fan because I will not be getting this station. Although it's a great station, it's not worth $10 a month for a year when I will watch the station one day a week for 8 hours. It'll be hard watching only one or two games at one o'clock next week on my regular TV.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Fall Foliage

I heard that people travel from the midwest and all over the United States all the way to the northeast just to see some fall foliage. Why? I don't understand why seeing leaves change colors is so beautiful. People drive hours to other places because those places have reached full foliage. I just don't get it. I'm sure I don't like it because I've lived here for 26 years. I know that once leaves change colors, they fall on the ground. Once they hit the ground, I have to rake. I cannot stand raking. I wouldn't mind if those people obsessed with seeing foliage would like to come over to my house and rake for me. Then they can really experience the great northeast falls. Everyone also loves the cool weather. Not me! The only good things about fall are apple cider and pumpkin pie. Leaves changing colors does absolutely nothing for me.

Saturday, September 28, 2013

People Watching

I went to Saratoga today to walk around the town and check out the souvenir shops that no one buys anything from. I had my fun with people watching. There were two young guys playing a guitar and some other instrument on the street. One had extremely long hair. They had a sign that said broke and sexy. The one guy had an awful voice. The other guy was very annoying with his odd sounding instrument. We also heard some very strange conversations out of a number of people. I think half of the fun of being in a crowded place is watching the people. People do and say some odd things.

Friday, September 27, 2013

Counting Steps

Have you ever counted how many steps you have taken in one day? Of course you haven't. That would be ridiculous. I did it today though while at work. Okay, I didn't literally count my steps. I put on this small device that my dad has that counts the steps for me. He said that he does about 15,000 steps a day at work. I know that at times I walk a lot around the school. I wondered how many steps I would take. I took 5,641 today from 7:30-3:30ish. That's equivalent to 2.5 miles. I supposedly burned 1,900 calories. I find that extremely hard to believe. When I ran on the treadmill today, without the step counting device, I ran 3 miles and burned over 500 calories. How can I burn 1,900 calories  by walking 2.5 miles and only burn 500 calories by running 3? A little device like that costs $60! I wouldn't pay that for it at all. It was interesting to have it on for one day and see how many steps I took.

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Music Teacher

I ran into my old high school music teacher last night at Applebee's. He has been retired for 4 years now. A little over a year ago, he opened his dream place. It's a music studio that offers lessons, aerobics, Zumba, and much more. I had an old saxophone I tried to sell a few months ago with another store. That didn't work out at all. I gave my old band teacher my saxophone tonight and he's going to try to sell it for me. He also told me he's trying to have tutoring happen in his building. I told him I'd be happy to help. Who knows? Maybe I'll be working for him one day. It's great to see such a great man continue to achieve his dreams after he retired from being a huge influence on the district I have grown up in and how it operates the music department.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Visiting my Old College

I'd love to visit SUNY Potsdam again one day. There are a few reasons I won't do that anytime soon. I don't know anyone who goes there anymore. I graduated from Potsdam over 4 years ago already. That means everyone who I knew there should be gone. It's also a 3.5 hour drive. I'm not driving 3.5 hours just to see the college. However, they went through some major renovations since I've been gone. My entire dorm building has been upgraded. They added a brand new building to the music school. They are renovating the ice arena. That will open on November 2. They used to have bleachers, now they will have actual comfy chairs. I'll be able to see pictures. It's not the same as seeing it in person though. I love how they made all of these huge changes after I left. It makes me feel old. It would be cool to visit the old college but it's just not worth it.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Halloween Costume

Two years ago, I was a doctor for Halloween. I bought like a $20 costume. I don't see the point in spending $50 or more for something I'm going to wear for a couple of hours. I dressed up as a doctor at school and handed out candy to the kids, how ironic, I know. I also went to a Halloween party that year. Last year, I didn't wear anything for Halloween. I just went shopping today for my outfit. I know, crazy. It's very unlike me to buy something a month in advance. I bought a blind referee outfit. For those of you that aren't sports fans, you won't understand how awesome this outfit is. The store I went to was absolutely huge! This store only opens for a few months a year. It's crazy how much useless junk they have for only a couple months a year. I wonder what they do with it in the off season. I wonder what they do with the building when it's not Halloween. There are two stores near each other. One was in the mall. I know Christmas stuff goes into that store after Halloween. I'm not sure what happens to the larger store across the street. It's amazing how many people go all out for a silly holiday.

Monday, September 23, 2013

2 Year Anniversary

On this date two years ago, two very important things happened. One event doesn't has had and will continue to have no affect on me at all. The other event has had a huge affect on me. My cousin got married on this date two years ago. Besides the fact that I went to the wedding, clearly this doesn't mean anything for my daily life at all. The other important event that happened two years ago on this date was that I got a phone call telling me that I was hired for the position I have now, computer aide. This is already the start of my 3rd year on the job. This is my 5th year working in this district. Since I went to school in this district, I've pretty much been there for life. I had nothing to do with district my first 5 years on Earth and the fours years I was in college. Other than that, the other 18 years of my life have been spent as a student or as an employee of this district. I think that's pretty crazy. As always, I'm happy to have the job I have, but unbelievably desperate for something better!

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Prisoners

I just got back from seeing the movie Prisoners. This was a wonderfully written film. It's a suspense movie about two very young girls being kidnapped on Thanksgiving morning. The rest of the movie deals with trying to find out where these girls are and who took them. There are definitely some gory scenes in the movie. It's probably not as gory as you would think though. I will obviously not give out the ending. I will say that I didn't expect what happened and was disappointed with the very end of the movie. Other than that, I thought it was a great movie. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to pay close attention and do some thinking while watching a movie. It's also two and a half hours. It's very rare for a movie to be that long these days. It's actually worth the money for once.

Saturday, September 21, 2013

iHeart Radio Music Festival

That's the only thing the radio station I listen to has been talking about for the past few months. That event is finally here. It happened yesterday and is going on again tonight. After it's over, I'm sure I'll hear about the next iHeart festival next year. I'm surprised they are streaming this event live. Since they hyped it up so much, talking about how it sold out in like 30 seconds, I'm surprised they would offer it for free. Don't ask me why, but I actually watched some of it yesterday. I watched Fun, which is one of the few current groups that I like. It's strange to see a music event have performers ranging from Katy Perry, to Fun, to Elton John, and to Paul McCartney. There's such a wide range of performers, both older and current. I can't imagine how much tickets cost for this event. I won't be watching tonight because I'll be out. They are also showing this event on TV in a few weeks. I still think the music event they had on 12.12.12 was a much better event than the iHeart Radio Music Festival.

Friday, September 20, 2013

Thinking

Is it weird that I spend a large portion of some days thinking about what I'm going to blog about? Whenever I don't have a planned topic, I tend to think a lot about what I'm going to write. After writing over 450 blog posts, I am running out of ideas! I still have a few topics written down on my phone to write about. They are pretty lame, so I don't know if I'll write about them. One topic I have had for months is the one word to describe my life until this point. I still haven't come up with one word yet. That's a lot more challenging than I thought it would be. I'm sure inspiration will come soon and I'll have a new wealth of topics to blog about.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Nurses/Doctors Smoking

On our way into the hospital yesterday, we walked by a group of nurses all smoking. Seriously? You're a nurse or doctor in a hospital and you smoke? Really? What do you tell your patients with lung cancer? "Stop smoking even though I do so myself." My favorite is when I see an extremely obese person smoking. Are they digging their grave yet because they might as well do so. I've seen very heavy health teachers too. How can someone who is very over weight be a credible person to teach me about health. Oh the strange oxymorons in life...

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Babies Age

I just went and visited my cousins newborn baby. She was born at 3:31AM this morning. On the ride to the hospital, I asked my parents how old a baby has to be before you start saying the age in years instead of months. For example, I say that once they hit 1 year, you should start saying the baby is one year and 3 months, not 15 months. You can say 6 months, 8 months, and 10 months. After a year, say one year and blank months. My parents say it should be two years. I think it's just weird to say, "My baby is 22 months." No, he is 1 year and 10 months. As long as you don't go past two years. "My baby is 36 months." Really? No, actually, he's three years old. What do you think?

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Rain

Have you ever noticed how awful it smells outside after it rains? A lot of people say they love the smell of rain while it's happening. Not me! I don't like the smell of rain before, during, or after. After it rains, it smells kind of like a sewer outside. I don't actually have too much experience of smelling sewers. I imagine that's what a sewer smells like though. I also can't stand all of the worms all over the ground after it rains. I think I need to move to a desert where it doesn't rain too often.

Monday, September 16, 2013

Road Kill

While driving to Turning Stone two days ago, I noticed so many dead animals on the thruway. When I say these animals were dead, I'm putting it lightly. Some of the animals were absolutely obliterated. All you saw was blood and guts. You had no idea what animal it used to be. Some spots on the road were stained and the animal had disappeared probably because authorities scooped it up. Luckily I didn't pass any skunks. Naturally when you pass dead skunks, they smell just as wonderful as live skunks. I'm pretty sure I've never run over a live animal. I think I ran over a dead skunk once. My tires stunk forever. It really surprised me to see so many dead animals on the road. There had to have been 10-15 dead animals on the 220 miles to and from Turning Stone. I'm not really sure why I'm writing about this. I'm probably doing so because it's a bit of a different topic. Let's keep our roads clean! Haha.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Mariano Rivera

This Yankee relief pitcher is the last man to wear jersey #42. After Jackie Robinson wore it, they retired that number. At the time they retired the number, Mariano Rivera was already wearing 42 so they let him continue to do so. Rivera is retiring at the end of the year with the most saves ever. I don't think anyone will get close to his total saves. He currently has 651 saves. In almost every ballpark he goes to this year, the away team has a ceremony for him. I have never seen that happen for any player in any sport. He is respected by everyone. Even the Boston Red Sox had a ceremony for him tonight and gave him gifts. They also made fun of him and thanked him for blowing the save in the game 4 ALCS in 2004. Rivera was a great sport in 2005 when he was introduced in Fenway and they cheered him because he is part of the reason the Red Sox finally won a world series in 2004. It's great to see arch rivals paying tribute to one of the greatest baseball players and class acts of all time. Hopefully Rivera doesn't come back from retirement like everyone seems to do. Teams shouldn't have to give him another ceremony. I'm pretty sure he won't unretire. The Yankees will definitely miss Mariano Rivera once the season ends this year.

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Wearing your Favorite Sports Teams' Clothes

On the cruise, I wore my Dallas Cowboys hat all of the time. I can't tell you how many people commented on it. Some people said I couldn't come into the pool unless I took the hat off. Other people said they love the Cowboys. The very first day, I talked to a guy about fantasy football for about 45 minutes just because he saw my hat. Normally you see the same people often on the ship since it's not insanely big. I never saw this guy again. Today at Turning Stone, I wore a Cowboys shirt. Another guy wearing Cowboys stuff acknowledged me. Other guys made comments about my team, both good and bad. It seems like wearing a sports teams clothes is the easiest conversation starter, especially when you are among sports fans. I hear people all of the time say they wear a teams logo because they like the colors. You can't do that! You have to like the team. I'm not wearing any sports team shirts because I like the colors. I wear other clothes because I like the colors. Hearing people hate or love my clothes because they hate or love the team adds some fun and conversations to your life.

Friday, September 13, 2013

Perspective

My mom was looking through a bunch of old pictures today. She showed me one picture of my younger brother and me 12 years ago. There's no beating around the bush here. I was fat! I mean my jiggles had jiggles and my chins had chins. It was literally gross to look at. 12 years later, I'm pretty much the same height. Luckily I don't look anywhere near as fat as I did in that picture. I can't imagine how much I'd weigh if I didn't swim. I seriously think that if I never swam all year round I'd be 300+ pounds. That's a scary thought. Looking at the picture today put my situation into perspective. Yes I'm not at my ideal weight. However, I look a lot better than I did in that picture. With that said, I still want to lose weight so that I look better than I do now. I figure if I have one bad eating day a week, it won't hurt me. I don't mean I'm going to have the Michael Phelps 12,000 calorie diet one day a week. But I think a little bit of extra food won't hurt me. The more I talk and obsess about eating "healthier", the better chance I have of eating better, in my mind at least.

Thursday, September 12, 2013

More Wireless Issues

My district put brand new wireless boxes all over every school over the summer. The reason they did that was to have better wireless connection and faster Internet speed. Neither of those things have happened during the first week of school. The wireless was out all day today, even when my higher ups said it was fixed. My teachers were understandably in panic mode because they could not log on to the computer without Internet. Tonight was open house. Many teachers had presentations to give on the computer. They couldn't do that if the Internet wasn't working. I spent a couple of hours after school giving everyone an ethernet cord so that they could log in. Unfortunately it was a lot more wires to deal with and it looked messy. We didn't really have much of a choice. The new wireless boxes have been nothing but problems so far. I wish I was at the event tonight to make sure everything went smoothly. Instead, I had to work at my dads store for 4 hours immediately after leaving school. I'm surprised I'm awake. I hope this doesn't happen again tomorrow!

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Remembering 9/11/01

It's scary to think that the horrific attacks on America took place 12 years ago on this date. It's also scary to know that not one of the students in my elementary school were born yet. I think a large majority of the kids don't know what happened on this date. I know one of the sixth grade teachers said that she was going to show a video clip about 9/11 to her students today. Yes, it's a horrible topic. However, they need to know what happened. They need to know why this day is so important in history. We are surrounded by terrible events happening everyday. Although I know you don't want to scare kids, they need to be informed of some of these events so they aren't even more terrified if something big happens. On December 14, it will be one year since the shootings at Sandy Hook. I know we tried to shield kids from hearing about that, but it's impossible. The sooner kids learn about tragic events, the better off they will be if tragedy strikes again.

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Abs

Over the summer, I didn't go to the gym. I played tennis 2-4 times a week as my workout. I started going to the gym once the school year started. I also downloaded an ab app on my phone called Seven. It gives me 12 different exercises to do for 30 seconds each. It takes 7 minutes, hence the app is called seven. My goal is to do the ab exercises every single day in addition to lifting weights and running three times a week. By doing all of this and eating "healthier", either the weight will fly off or I'll weigh the same, but my flab will turn to muscle. I'm content with having that happen too. We will see what happens!

Monday, September 9, 2013

Enough is Enough

I got on the scale the other day and I did not like what I saw. I know I gained weight from the cruise. That's to be expected, even though I climbed 8 flights of stairs from my room to the lido deck every single time instead of using the elevator so that I could "exercise". I thought I lost some of that cruise weight since coming back home. I really haven't lost any though. In fact, I think I gained more. Back in 10th grade, I lost 40 pounds by eating more than I ever had in my life. Yes, you read that correctly. I ate more than ever and lost 40 pounds. How? I swam on the swim team. Therefore I needed to eat more, yet I still lost weight. It was magic! I have gained almost all of that weight back. I'm very upset about that. I need to lost 15-20 pounds to make me happy. I know the end of November and all of December are not good food months because of holidays and everything. That's why I need to lose the weight now. I'm only going to do small things to lose weight like attempt not to snack before and after dinner. I also want to eat smaller portions at dinner. I go out two nights a week with friends. I need to exercise extreme will power and not order food when I go out. It's hard to do because restaurants don't like when you come and don't order anything. I need something to motivate me to stay focused on my goal. I don't know what it is, besides the fact that losing weight is healthy for me. Admitting publicly that I want to lose weight is a good start. I give all of you permission to give me a virtual kick in the butt to keep me motivated. Thanks!

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Do Principals get Nervous during Interviews?

It took me four years, but I finally had three interviews for teaching positions this summer. I struck out on all three, but at least I finally had some interviews. Naturally, I was incredibly nervous during each interview. I always wondered if principals get nervous while interviewing candidates. I'm assuming they don't. I think they should. They have a huge decision to make. They are probably interviewing between 5-10 people for each job they have open. They need to figure out who is the best person for the teaching job. What if the person they pick isn't good? What if that person is acting good but is lazy when he or she starts the job? Principals have every right to be nervous during interviews. They are such professionals that they are really good at hiding emotions. That's something I absolutely have to work on. During interviews, people can read me like a book. It's very clear that I'm nervous. Of course it's natural to be nervous, but I have to be able to mask it. I have lots of work to do!

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Motorcycles

I didn't mention yesterday that I'm also not a fan of motorcycles. A lot of people around my age think they are so cool. They all want to have a motorcycle license and own a Harley. No thank you. Those things are insanely dangerous. I don't care how "cool" I'll look by riding one. I don't like driving around them either. They are so unpredictable. They also like to drive on the white lines and avoid traffic which should not be allowed. If there's a traffic jam, they should suffer like the rest of us. I don't care that you can "fit" between cars on the white lines. It's too dangerous. People riding motorcycles need to be more careful.

Friday, September 6, 2013

Driving a Bus or Truck

Whenever I see buses or trucks on the road, I often wonder why that person is driving them. I know someone has to do it. You would never catch me driving either of those. I can hardly drive a car. How do you expect me to drive a truck or a bus? Those things are massive. I can't stand being next to one on the highway or thruway for fear that they will switch lanes and demolish my car and me. I give props to all the bus and truck drivers in the world. I give even more props to school bus drivers. Kids have no idea how to behave on the bus. I can't imagine trying to operate an extremely large piece of machinery, especially with screaming kids. It has to take a long time to get used to making wider turns so that you don't hit any cars. I could see myself destroying many cars while trying to drive the truck and attempting to make turns. No thank you, not happening. However, I'll never drive a two door car. I'm way too big to fit into a car so small. I don't even want to drive a van. I'll be very content with having a four door car for the rest of my life.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Rosh Hashanah

About a week ago, a Jewish teacher at my school invited me to services and the after services feast at her house for Rosh Hashanah. I had told her last year that I am Jewish but don't practice anything. I thought about it for awhile and decided to just come to the feast. I could not handle many hours of service. Her family did prayers and readings that I had never heard before throughout the meal. I just kindly sat there in silence while they did their thing. The first course was salad and gefilte fish. I politely declined to have any gefilte fish. Then there was beef, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and a noodle dish. There was also challah bread, which was delicious even though it was gluten free. All of the food was gluten and dairy free because that's the way the family eats. I passed on the soy coconut milk ice cream afterwards. I shockingly had a turkey burger and was shocked I didn't dislike it. I came in to this event wanting to try different things and I surely did that. It was definitely a unique experience that I was happy to have.

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Craziness

The start of the school year is one of the most stressful parts of the job, as well as the 180 days in between. But really, for me, the beginning of the year is the most hectic. As the tech guy, I have to make sure all of the technology is working. Over the summer, the janitors unplug the projectors. That makes my job much more difficult. I had to set up the wiring for projectors in at least 5 teachers' rooms today, probably more. The teachers panic when they see all of the wires. I completely understand. It's very overwhelming when you don't know where any wires go. We didn't have wireless or printers working until yesterday and later today respectively. That causes more panic. Teachers need Internet and they have to print things. Unfortunately I had no control over the wireless or the printer issues. That came from a central location. In addition to all of that, I had to make sure my room was set up with the new laptops we got. I had to make sure they were plugged in and printers were on them. I didn't get to hanging stuff in my room today until 4PM. I planned on doing that yesterday morning. My principal practically told me to go home because I was there too long. I told her I had to get a few things done before I left. I stayed until almost 5. I also brought a few things home that I knew I could do here and not have to do at school. I just spent almost two hours doing a few things. I still have several more things to do tomorrow. We have tomorrow off due to Rosh Hashanah and then we start on Friday. I haven't talked to one person who likes that schedule. Oh well. Once the first full week of school is over, my work should die down significantly... I hope!

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Electricity

It's amazing how much we rely on electricity every second of every day. We lost power tonight at my house for over an hour. I have no idea why it was gone. When it's dark out and you have no electricity, you can't do a thing! You can't use the computer for Internet, read, watch TV, or anything else productive. You can use your phone. However, it will take up a ton of battery and 3G. I have very little MB on my data plan each month. That's why I didn't use it much when the power was out. If your battery dies, you can't charge it. I'm so thrilled the electricity came back on just before 9 so that I could watch America's Got Talent. If power wasn't on, it wouldn't even have taped the show for me. That would be a serious problem. We take electricity for granted. Many places in Africa and other third world countries don't have electricity, clean water, or any other resources that we just assume they have. We are lucky to have everything that we do in America!

Monday, September 2, 2013

Last Day

I slept in on our last day at sea. I was shocked when I looked at my watch and saw 8:45. I ate breakfast and went on the lido deck for only a little while. It was very windy out because we were traveling so fast and because it was just windy. I had rehearsal at 12 for the legends show that night. At first I was upset because I'd be missing time in the sun. However, the weather was overcast and windy like I said so I got over it. Rehearsal was only about 45 minutes. They had a chocolate buffet for lunch. It was amazing! At 4:30, I went to a Q and A about the ship. People asked all sorts of questions about what it's like to work on a ship, what happens with wasted food, where do the workers stay, etc. I thought that was extremely interesting stuff to hear. After dinner, we went to the family friendly comedy show. It was pretty good. I then had to go to the main show area at 9:15 even though the show didn't start until 10:15. During dinner and after, the boat was very rocky. Everyone walked around looking like they had too many drinks. Out of 10 performers, I went third singing "Crocodile Rock" in front of hundreds of people. Although I kept messing up the lyrics in the same spot when practicing, I made 0 mistakes during the live performance! Going on stage and singing solo is something I have never done before. However, I had the time of my life doing it! So many people said I did a great job after the show was over. They decked me out in the whole Elton John outfit. I was sweating like you wouldn't believe. After that, I watched the adult comedy show and finished the night in the casino until past 2. We were off the ship the next morning by 10:15 and home mid afternoon. I think 7 days on a ship is just a little bit too long for me. I think 6 would be perfect. I don't know exactly where I'd rank this in my 5 cruises. I remember the last 3 vividly because they were the last three years. I had an amazing time on all three. Since I had such a great time on all three, I can't pick a favorite cruise. I highly recommend cruises to anyone who wants to get a lot out of their money.

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Freeport

Our final stop before coming back to Baltimore was Freeport. The last time I was there was on my first cruise 13 years ago. We didn't leave the boat because it was pouring rain. This time was much different. We woke up at 6AM to eat breakfast because we were only at the port from 7-1:30. I was very upset to see only the continental breakfast was open. Carnival should know that when we are at a port early, people are going to want to eat. I wanted a big breakfast because I was doing a 12.5 mile bike tour. I only ate two danishes. I was unbelievably full after that (sarcasm). We took a ride to where our excursion would start. We picked out our bikes and the tour guide led us on our way. In the first two miles or so, my seat started moving up. I had no idea how to lock it into place. At one point, I almost fell off because the seat had raised up so much. The back was going towards the ground as the front of the seat raised up towards the sky. It was so uncomfortable! I asked the guide to stop. He fixed my seat and the moment I sat on it, it raised up again. He switched his seat with mine and it seemed to work fine for him for the most part. I must not know how to ride a bike even though it's just like riding a bike. The seat eventually had the same problem for him, so I didn't feel that bad. We stopped on our ride every 2 or so miles. Our guide would talk a lot about Freeport, naturally. We also got to see the dolphin excursion. We saw some dolphins jump out of the water. At about 10 miles, I was exhausted. Although it was early in the morning, I was sweating like crazy because it was very hot. After finishing the biking part, we ate lunch and walked around the gardens. Then we only got to stay on the beach for half an hour. The excursion lasted the entire time we were at the port. It was definitely worth the money. When we got back on the ship, since I had just biked 12.5 miles, I was starving again. I ate some ice cream as an appetizer while waiting in line for real food since the line was very long. Then I ate again a few hours later before eating dinner. When you burn a ton of calories, you get hungry. What can I say? I laid out in the sun some more until dinner. After dinner, we watched the show "Vroom" which celebrated rock throughout the decades. That was a lot of fun. They had two new comedians on the boat. Again, one was funny and the other was just okay. Whatever, I love free entertainment. Oh wait, I paid for it up front when I paid for the cruise. I still consider it free! I ate more food around midnight just because I could. I then finished the very long day by playing poker until about 2AM. I was shocked I was able to stay up that late. The ports and excursions got increasingly better as the week went on. The biking tour is my second favorite excursion I have ever taken. My favorite of all time was Dunn River Falls in Jamaica. After Freeport, there was only one day left on the ship.