December 27
This is our last day at sea as we sail back towards Fort Lauderdale. I have decided to go see a movie, “War Games” in the little theater. Susan, of course, wants to go to the casino. I lecture her on being careful with her money. About an hour into the movie I see Susan in the shadows looking for me. I wave to her and she comes over and sits in my chair with me. Then she wispers in my ear, “I just won $801.00 on the penny slot machine.” Earlier she had won $300.00 on a penny slot machine but she had been putting her winnings back into the slots. I told her how very proud I was of her that she had stopped playing and she was to go to the room and I would be there when the movie finished. It was kind of hard to celebrate in a quiet,dark theater full of people all watching a movie.
I would also like to mention that Susan had complained about us having to leave our room to go to the bathroom as the toilet wouldn’t flush. This had happened three times. We got a letter in our mailbox that we had been compensated for our inconvenience. On Susan’s bill they had taken off $300.00. So Susan nailed it in the casino and on her bill.

Susan shows her casino winnings.

Fort Lauderdale skyline as we arrived.

We left at 6:00 a.m. and this was the sun rising through the clouds as we fly home.