{"id":344,"date":"2008-05-09T20:53:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-10T03:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/MamaOKnits\/2008\/05\/09\/day-2-on-board\/"},"modified":"2008-05-09T20:53:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-10T03:53:00","slug":"day-2-on-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/day-2-on-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2: On Board!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday, May 9, 2008<\/span>
Up, phoning, showering, dressing, comparing lack of departure-time information and messages, bellhopping, elevatoring up and down express and local elevators and finally heading downstairs to try to find (a) food and (b) sock knitters.<\/p>\n

We DID manage to find Brenda some shoes so she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be able to eat with the rest of the pack on Formal Nights. It was fabulously successful, and made possible by Jasmine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s careful and patient watching-of-the-bags. When the bus arrived, we made our way outside to find our bags that our bellmen had faithfully stowed out on the curb. The bus guy started stashing the luggage and it became instantly apparent that (a) the luggage was not going to fit on the bus and (b) we all might not fit on the bus.<\/p>\n

But, you know, whatever.<\/p>\n

My bags and Brenda and Tonia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bags made it onto the bus, so we went too. But at least seven folks were left behind. The impression I got was that we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d get dropped off with our luggage at the terminal, the bus would go back and get the remaining folks and luggage, then we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d all wind up at the terminal to check in, get back on the bus, and go on the Yarn Crawl.<\/p>\n

But, you know, whatever.<\/p>\n

We got to the terminal, sure. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Got off and got into the line to check in, sure. \u00a0<\/div>\n
Checked in (freeeeezing in there) and got a ticket for a box lunch, four bottles of water, and a cookie (available after 4pm, damnit). \u00a0<\/div>\n
Then we waited. \u00a0<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Soon we got back on the bus\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6with our luggage. Rumor had it that the longshoremen wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t offload the luggage. Something about lunch maybe, but we were never really sure what happened. What we did know was that we went to a different terminal and we left our luggage on the sidewalk there (you know, whatever). THEN we went back to pick up the remainders who—as you can imagine—were none-to-happy with the lack of information and the extensive time spent in that state outside, with their luggage, in the cold, in front of the Sheraton…with no one answering their phone calls.<\/p>\n

After we loaded the unhappy folks, we took their luggage and them to the terminals (the rest of us pretty much sat on the bus, knitting a bit). A chunk of the crawl chose to venture off on their own and visit yarn stores by cab. Both groups ultimately had great times, but I have to admit that not being a competitive shopper, the crawl was lovely in that we saw some beautiful stores and neighborhoods, but I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have the stomach for body-checking knitters into the boards for some KidSilk Haze—not that it’s not beautiful…just that I’m not that kinda knitter.<\/p>\n

After the first shop (Tricoter<\/span>) and finding Brenda some OPI in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m Not Really a Waitress\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, Brenda, Tonia and I moseyed down to a spectacular little restaurant for a quiet and extremely tasty bite.<\/p>\n

At the last of the stores I walked by a very pretty crocheter working on a spectacular looking crocheted scarf, commented on it, and realized I was talking to my roomie! While Dawn<\/a> and I were getting to know each other, Brenda and Meg (friends forever) found each other. Lots of squealing and laughing ensued. And I bought some laceweight yarn.<\/p>\n

We headed to the boat, ship, tub, terminal. We got \u00e2\u20ac\u0153organized\u00e2\u20ac\u009d via the coded cards we received during the afternoon check-in. Many of us had the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153wrong\u00e2\u20ac\u009d cards. Brenda and Tonia were two. Jasmine and her crew were others. Some made it into the right group. Some not so much.<\/p>\n

But, you know, whatever.<\/p>\n

Dawn and I wound up in our room, rather stunned to be there. Unpacked-ish. Visited the buffet (which may have been our last time doing that). Met up for knitting in the bar where we learned that YOU CAN SMOKE INDOORS ON A BOAT. Passed out.<\/p>\n

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On board!
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