Yes, I'm still here..

Ok, it's been quite a long time since I posted.

The last two weeks have been quite busy.

We took the band on a cruise last week to the Bahamas so the week before was spent preapring for that as well as dog/house sitting on my part. That was interesting. Xu Xu (Lorry's dog) is so high energy. I think on the first night of watching her, we played with every toy she had - twice.

We left for the cruise with the band on Sunday - arriving in Port Canaveral Monday morning. There we boarded the Royal Caribbean Sovereign of the Seas for four days. We had beautiful weather. It was very hot and sunny. I, unfortunately, didn't feel well most of the week so I didn't get to enjoy things as much as I had hoped. The kids in the band were unbelievable though. They all handled themselves like mature adults.

It's so nice to receive compliments from the cruise staff, other vacationers as well as customs officials on how well mannared and behaved our kids were. Everyone had a great time. We had some great performances on the ship, in the Bahamas and at Kennedy Space Center.

BTW - I don't get the fascination with the Bahamas. The Straw Market and the surrounding areas were pretty dirty if you ask me. I was not really impressed.

The Sovereign was beautiful. How amazing how that whole ship thing works. It's Royal Caribbean's smallest ship - but once was the largest in the world. It looks great and is quite an experience. Would I cruise again? Not sure. There's a lot to do on board - and more food than you can imagine. However, I'll take a hotel and a trip to Disney World any day.

But, if nothing else, it was a great experience and especially an experience for everyone in the band.

It's back to reality now as I'll return to the pile of mail etc. on my desk.

Here's a pic of Lorry, Diane and I before one of the huge dinners on board.