Monday night, Tues morn

I have signed up to be an escort for some of the shore excursions. So far I have not been chosen. Today (Tues) we are in Dominica (not to be confused with the Dominican Republic) which seems to be a very interesting island full of rain forests and mountains. I got up early, thinking to go out and find a bike tour, but after getting all coffee’d up and packed for the day, I walked out of the ship to find it’s pouring rain. Abort plan!

Last night was the first really electric night I have had in the piano lounge. I had a room full of 40- and 50-somethings who were ready to party. We brought the house down with some great sing-a-longs and I got to do some of my silly material, like Old MacDonald’s Deformed Farm. The patrons were buying me drinks all night and I even made some tips even though I’m not allowed a tip jar. Some of the Bears appeared and were requesting Broadway, so I pulled some of that material out of my hat. But it was a delicate balance because I think the other patrons were getting put off a bit when I devoted some of the show to making them happy with the Broadway. But all in all, it was a truly great night at the piano bar. After I finished I sat down and drank with a handful of English passengers and we got pretty rowdy after a couple of hours. I think we closed down the entire ship.

I spoke briefly with James, the Senior Assistant Cruise Director. He seemed to be fine and upbeat. Hopefully that’s all said and done with.