Friday at the Bahamas

We pulled into Nassau about mid-morning. It was the first time I've ever actually watched us dock. I was sick enough that I wasn't busy elsewhere!!! By now. . . whatever my body had ahold of really had ahold of me!! I wasn't DOWN sick - but no one really wanted to be close. . . . .LOL By now Sharen and I were both looking for cough drops, syrup, hot tea - anything that would stop the horrible deep crappy coughs!!! I had taken my last antibiotic for my sinusitus on Thursday - so I was even out of that.

We got off of the ship in pretty good shape. Sharen and Jack had some stuff they wanted to do - so we went our own ways. We took a little 20 minute horse and buggy ride - just great. There was enough breeze that it wasn't stiffling and the constant fresh air seemed to help my head. It was way to short. . . and great fun. And I took lots of pictures too.

We then went to Bay Street (I think) to take the ring setting and stone in to be set - found out it would be. . . like 3 hours. . . by this time Jack and Sharen had caught up with us and we sat on the bench and watched Captain Hook, several pirates (complete with real birds), and some other characters strolling along the sidewalk. Meanwhile, I'm feeling worse and worse. And it's getting hotter and hotter. But I wanted t-shirts for the kids. . .

Sharen and Jack had found a neat little stand - so we went there and I got 12 tshirts. I miscounted - - - and I got 2 of the same - - - and a couple were the wrong sizes. . . . . but at that point I didn't care!!! I checked my wallet - and of course - I didn't have enough cash - and couldn't move without coughing and. . . . so anyway, I asked Sharen to go get some money from Keith - - she came back with the money and laughing like mad. . . . . She said "things don't change much" I was still telling her what to do and she was still doing it without question LOL. Now, mind you, this isn't really the way it always was. When we were kids, if we had to ask Jack something - I did it, if we needed Mom's permission - she did it. We knew how to work that system to a T!!

So we've got our t-shirts, the gem man from Carnival has agreed to bring my ring back to the ship with the other stuff, I am feeling like I've been run over by a truck and Sharen is looks close to feeling the same. . . . so we head back to the ship. Thank the Lord for it being close!!!!! We got to this really cute statue and I want a picture. . . .. no camera. . . .no idea where I put it down. . . so Keith keeps heading for the ship (his basketball aches are catching up and his legs hurt hehe) and I head back to visit our previous stops. . . Sharen catches up with me on the corner. . . . we can't find the camera anywhere. . . Someone got themselves a fairly nice camera - just wish I had the photos!!! We don't find it - but on the way back - we find Jack looking for us. . . . But I can't stop - I've got to get back to my room. . . . It's like a beeline. I felt so bad that I knew if I stopped, sat down, or slowed down, I would be done. . . . I was terribly rude and left them back in the customs line . . . I got to my room - changed out of my sweaty, wet clothes, into a cool shower and laid down with my cough drops and a wet cloth. And there I stayed for about an hour.

I finally felt human and not like an internal inferno and went up on deck for lunch, found the others, and got some soup. By this time Sharen is pale and looking for a lay down - so they left - Keith went to find a basketball game - and I ate my lunch - went back to lay down some more and missed dinner. Now, you know I'm not well if I miss food - especially that great food!! Our room steward was wonderful - she filled up our ice bin - brought me a cold cloth for my head and offered anything else I wanted. Oh what a place to be ill!!! If it wasn't that I was missing all the fun - It's the best place in the world to be sick. Everything is available, someone is there to bring it, change the bed, clean the room, empty the garbage cans full of tissues. Even being sick on the cruise was decadent.

Keith had to go cash out our Casino cards and do the Purser stuff as we wanted to be done before getting home. I just stayed in bed. He brought me tea and chocolate on his last trip to the room. Then we had to pack. By now I cannot bend over and put my head down!! I was sitting on the floor trying to pack. . . Keith finally had to finish it up (of course I supervised hehe) He's a wonderful guy!!! He had the bags out in the hall before time.

I took a bunch of meds, put on my c-pap, sucked on coughdrops and finally slept for a few hours - until my head and chest hurt to bad to lay down!!! It was a memorable ending to our last day of the cruise.

And of course - I have no pictures - because I lost the camera!!!!