Raoul and I had a blissful week at sea in the Caribbean. Well, Raoul, I, and about 3,000 other women. I had no idea that he was so tall! My friend took pictures of us with her camera, and I am waiting for her to return home and send some to me so that I can share. Oooh la la!
And, of course, the seas wasn't very blissful either. We hit a very nasty patch Tuesday evening, and I watched an elderly gentleman nearly go overboard Wednesday on the tender boat reboarding the ship at Cozumel. The waves were about 8 - 12 feet, and the railings fell off the gangway as he was still on it, and just after four strong men dragged him back onto the ship, the gangway fell. He would have been squished between the vessels within moments for sure. So, my friend and I went upstairs to the bar and drank and watched the tender boats coming and going the rest of the day, and all of the white faced passengers coming through the lobby. The wind blew the ship to about 20 degrees off level for a day and a half, and the waves were so high we bounced and skidded and slammed around. But, I didn't get seasick because Raoul supplied me with ginger capsules to calm my stomach. Such a sweet young man! And, uh, Hubba hubba!
I ate well, but didn't gain much weight. I can't say as much for what will happen with the key lime coconut chocolates that I brought home from the Ft. Lauderdale airport. YUM! How do you Floridians do it?
husband and M spent some time together while I was gone. husband gave him a couple of hundred dollars so he could rent a room in a house, and helped him move. M helped husband install the new toilet. They went for dinner at the Olive Garden. M is excited about his job. It's something to do with main office order filling for the pharmacy of a large chain store here. Computer work, not boxes. But not mindnumbing work either. If he gets on permanent, they can train him to be a pharmacy tech, which is good work and good pay, but long hours standing. I don't think with his MD that he can do it, but it's his life.
husband told him that he should consider this a trial relationship period, that he would never let M hurt me again like he did before. He also stood up for himself and told him that M hurt him too, put our marriage in jeopardy and he wouldn't tolerate it. For that matter, he told M that he wouldn't even consider letting him anywhere near me until he saw that there was sincerity in his actions, not just a job and a room that will last a week or a month. Fine with me, because honestly, my emotions are so closed down on this I have no desire to see him yet. It's going to take more. A lot more. I suppose that sounds awful, but it takes a lot to shut down your emotions for your child. You just don't get to turn them back on like a light switch. But it's a start, and I can't expect much more than a start at this point.
husband's throat is feeling better, but still healing. It was so good to get home to him. Raoul may be just about the most handsome thing I have ever seen up close in real life, but husband is warm and soft and loves me. A girl can't ask for much more.
Yesterday was just paperwork...I think I signed my life away.
) other than a few of his female friends calling at 2 in the morning. 
I swear these people don't need sleep!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Going to be blocking some numbers if it continues..
