NEW YORK SHARKS GAME

The New York Sharks women's pro football team took their third game against the Connecticut Crusher's at a score of 65-14, making their season so far 3-0. Shannon Wentworth, CEO of Sweet women's travel, was onhand to perform the coin toss. Prior to the game Shannon was with a group of women doing a cleanup at the park located at Floyd Bennett Field.

You will notice a photo of Shannon, myself and Andra being taken just as a Sharks play was happening.

Saturday At Sea

With Cozumel being the final port of call, we were on our way back to New Orleans. Saturday was a day at a more calming sea. There was a press conference at 10 a.m. Franco Stevens, publisher of Curve Magazine. Founding partner Jen Rainin and chief executive officer Shannon Wentworth. RSVP Cruise founder, Kevin J. Mossie. Most of the conference focused on hearing about the results from volunteering at the ports as well as where it's going. I'm coining the title. "Making A Sweet Difference In The World, One Lesbian Cruise At A Time".

Sweet Day At Sea

Hurricane Ida continues on our first day at sea. If you're reading this and not sure what I'm talking about, go back to my blog entitled, "Ida Had A Good Time If". I wasn't sure how to begin the day in regards to breakfast until I got a call from Andra. Although she and Linda weren't feeling their best, I got that they were not intimate with either the floor or toilet bowl, so we agreed to at least try to eat. I brought Esther's daughter who appeared to be feeling a bit better. In fact, Andra shared some of her fruit with her.

Looks as if the press conference is postponed. Looks as if many things are postponed. In spite of the ship's movement, I walked about meeting "survivors" and listening to their hurricane stories. Much of the day's mingling took place around the pool area.

Bingo was strange using an electronic gadget that you simply place on your lap and the called numbers to their thing. The gadget even tells you have many numbers you have left to win and on how many cards.

Captain's Cocktail Party! Got a photo with him and noshed.

Aboard The Sweet Cruise

Time to board the NCL Spirit and inaugural Sweet cruise! I purposely requested a stateroom on a high floor and toward the middle as I had heard that it would be best in case of "turbulence". Good size room, especially for one person. Shower provided a dispenser with shampoo and soap as well as a soap dispense near the sink. I was not able to hear announcements in my room as they were not automatically coming into the room's speakers. I believe that I heard that if I were to flip to one of the television channels, that I would hear it. During the entire cruise I kept picturing all of these naked women popping out of their stateroom upon hearing the faint musical tones that would precede the announcements. Needless to say, I made it a point to listen to the information regarding the mandatory Lifeboat Drill.

Check with press area for my identification and check even further for press conferences. Dinner with my fellow press people at Windows, the largest of the restaurants. I finally found Andra and Linda, who were having dinner at another area at this restaurant. "Meet you at the Welcome Show. Save me a seat".

Sweet founders Jen Rainin and Shannon Wentworth talked about what we were looking to accomplish with the volunteering as well as making sure that we all had a great time on the ship. Suzanne Westenhoefer introduced her funny self, but there was no actual show.

Karaoke at Henry's Pub with Nat & Meg, hosted by FlawLes. Well into the singing I was encourage to sing a song and chose "The Rose". As I approached the mike one women started to chant, "Merle, Merle..." and everyone followed. I decided to make it a point to perform rather than just sing the song, focusing my eyes on each person as all eyes were on me. Days later I would still be identified as, "Hey, there's The Rose".

It was soon after my performance that I left the area to find the "safety" of my room, as the boat began to rock. Should I don my life jacket over my pajamas?