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Well, I'm cautiously optimistic. My stomach doesn't feel too bad this morning and I didn't throw up after eating yesterday, so that's a bonus. Jess was a little nauseous yesterday, so now I'm wondering if indeed it's a stomach bug that just is slow moving because of Mounjaro. In short, I have no idea. I'm terrified to take my Mounjaro shot today, just in case it was that. If it turns out that it is, I'm going to have to hold it for the cruise. I'll go back on Rybelsus for two weeks. It won't do a ton, but it also wont make me barf my way through the cruise.

We're down to 11 days. Aaah! I feel like I'm mentally running in circles with my arms in the air, just yelling. It's so close! And it still doesn't feel really real, but it's starting to. Especially since the Boarding Passes dropped yesterday. Even feeling assy, I immediately printed them out and tucked them safely in my luggage. As I mentioned yesterday, I don't trust the wifi in the terminal or my BIL's grasp of technology, so I have them saved 3 separate places.

I think, if my stomach maintains behaving itself, we're going to pack Jess' suitcase today. I also need to shift a few things in mine. I moved most of what was in my now personal item into my carryon, and I want to shift a few things from the suitcase to the personal item, and maybe add a lightweight fleece or rain jacket in there, just in case Seattle/Vancouver are having weather. Right now, it's calling for mostly cloudy, but that could change quickly. I have a very light rain jacket that packs tiny, so I may use that. I've already got my rain hat in there. I also want to pack my bathing suit, in case I use the balcony hottub before our suitcases arrive. I don't expect that to be a problem, because most Pinnacle Suite people get their luggage pretty quickly.

For Jess' luggage, we're starting from scratch. But I'll make sure they have enough of everything. I am the (over)packing queen. As a comedian said, "I pack like I'm expecting to shit myself twice a day on vacation." For me that means underwear for the trip, plus 2 extra.

I know we have free laundry for the trip, but the bag isn't very big, so we're going to have to ration who washes what based on what's dire. I've got 7 pairs of leggings, which shouldn't need washing, and 7 tops which might. Bathing suits will probably be okay unless the pool is especially chlorine-laden. Socks might need laundering, we'll see.

I did get a new bathing suit that I'm wearing at the very least on our balcony. It's a goth/industrial bikini top, and high waisted shorts. I don't know if I'm brave enough to wear it to the thermal spa, but we'll see. Jess says it looks hot, but they're biased. I'll probably stick with a regular suit if I go to the pool. Mostly because I don't trust a bikini to stay put if I try swimming.

I definitely am overpacking on bathing suits. I've got 3, which may be excessive. Or not, who knows. I only packed one for Disney, and we swam a lot in the evenings. The pool is only open til 9pm or 10pm, so we'll have to make our evening swims early. I'm not a huge nightlife person, though I do plan to hit the Rolling Stone Rock Room and the Billboard Onboard dueling pianos at least once each. Mostly, I plan to relax, though. It's going to be a nice easy cruise, without a ton of plans. We have one excursion per port, and nothing strenuous. We'll check out the towns a bit, and then go on our excursions, and then come back to the ship and take it easy. I know the sister and BIL are psyched about the BB King Blues Club, so they'll probably be frequenting that. I appreciate that once we're on the ship, there will be different activities, so they won't be in our back pocket the whole time. I'm sure we'll do some things together, but generaly, they'll be doing their thing and we'll be doing ours.

Some of the stuff is showing up on the app as far as daily programming, so that's cool. Right now, it's a lot of promotional stuff, but more is showing up as the time passes. I can't wait for them to start posting some of the enrichment programs. They have programs that give you information about the ports, and things to see and do that I'd like to go to. They also have nightly movies near the pool, though most of those look like family friendly stuff, and not my thing.

Mostly, I want to watch the British Columbia and Alaska shoreline go past. I plan to spend as much time on the deck as possible. We've got this amazing deck that goes on forever. It's got a table and chairs, some more chairs, and then the small jacuzzi and a couple of lounge chairs. It's going to be cold, so some of this might need to be adjusted. I don't know if I'll be able to have my coffee on deck as it may be 30 degrees. Or maybe I will. I've got fleece leggings and a nice jacket and I am stubborn. I can sit out for a while, then jump back in bed and steal Jess' warms.

And now, a meme:

Getting to know me meme swiped from dine via maevedarcy

Origin of your username: I picked it up while I was in Metallica fandom. I wrote a fic about a lonely banshee finding love, and it's a misspelling of the Gaelic version of banshee. I picked it up soon after, and it's stuck. Before that I was PHRHiannon in wrestling fandom.

I always order this food: If a restaurant has short rib, I will be all over that 9 times out of 10. Lately, I have been on a Fish and Chips kick, though.

Current overused emoji: Probably the laughing til you cry face. I use that a lot on Discord. That and hearts of varying colors.

Current favorite show: Tough one. I don't watch a ton of TV. I've watched exactly one Heated Rivalry and one Pitt episode, but I liked both. I just don't have a ton of spare time when my sister's not in the living room. I recently watched Amazing Digital Circus on YouTube and enjoyed that. The short episodes suit both my ADHD and the right time commitment.

Current favorite book: Always Feed, by Mira Grant, with His Magesty's Dragon by Naomi Novak. Both are my comfort reads. I also love anything non-horror by T. Kingfisher and John Scalzi.

Current favorite video game: I don't really have one. My computer is a Macbook, so that cuts me out of a lot of games. I enjoy listening to Jess watching Let's Plays, but that's about it.

Song on repeat: Probably either Hear my Hope fromt he Hazbin Hotel Soundtrack or something by Ghost. I'm predictable.

Last thing you really got into: What qualifies as "really into?" I haven't been in a fandom since Supernatural, and I quit that after season 4-5, so that's a good 17 years ago. I was tangentially into Marvel for a while after Winter Soldier and into The Old Guard for a hot minute. I think D&D is still my fandom of choice, honestly.

Oddly specific thing that brings you joy: Giving Jess hugs while they're still sleep-warm. It makes me happy.

phone wallpaper: Lock screen is an awesome picture of Jess from our Disney vacation. We're on the pier near sunrise getting ready to take the boat to the Magic Kingdom, and they look happy and relaxed. I'm hoping to get a new one in Alaska that I can update it to one sans boobs. The regular wallpaper is the Aurora Borealis over Alaska. It's very pretty and soothing.

What smell makes you happy: I love the smell of cooking bread, especially when I make it. I also love the smell of sandalwood and amber. Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab has some wonderful perfumes that make me happy. Current favorite is Black Rider.

Morning, night, or other type: I love my early mornings before anyone is up. It gives me a few minutes to chill and wake up before I have to people.

What’s your work/profession: I don't even know what to call what I do these days. It's part call center drone/part schedule sniper/part sort of supervisor? It's an interesting mix that I'm still kind of figuring out.

And on that note, I'm going to hop off and drink some coffee and see how that settles. Everyone have a stellar Sunday!