Barbara Thompson

Thursday, February 23, 2023 It’s 2-23-2023! So many twos and threes! Today we were in Barbados. We got to sleep in today, because our excursion wasn’t until 11am. We had to get up in time for breakfast before 9, because we were going to miss lunch (from 11-2). It’s all about planning for the eating! […]

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 We were in Dominica (Dom-in-EE-kuh) today. The port talks keep telling us that facilities/transport will not be up to the standard to which we are accustomed: vehicles will not be air conditioned/sanitary conditions will not be what we expect/people will be reserved and not willing to share/talk. I think it is

Tuesday, February 21, 2023 It’s great to look out your window in the morning to see an island coming into view. We usually have inside cabins, but there are no inside cabins on Viking, so we can look out. Beautiful. We were in Antigua (An – tee – guh by the locals) today. Our guide

Monday, February 2/20/2023 Alexander called Puerto Rico “America asterick”, and that is how I thought of it all day today. It didn’t feel like the United States, but they use American money and stamps. We talked to we our guide about whether he thought people wanted to be a state and he said it’s split

Sunday, February 19, 2023 My alarm went off at 3:05am and Keith said, “Your alarm is going off.” I said, “I know.” I didn’t know. I was out cold. We tried going to bed early, and Keith was sound asleep 1 minute after his head hit the pillow. I watched the clock for 90 minutes.

Saturday, February 18, 2023 We are leaving tomorrow! I am excited. I woke up excited. Then I was tired. Then I was excited. Then I was tired. I was so tired that I sat down on the packing bed (Alexander’s bed with all the suitcases and stuff) and just fell backwards. I was so tired

Friday, February 17, 2023 The big band Keith plays with (After Hours Big Band) played at the MN music educators’ conference tonight in Minneapolis. Tom and Louise were nice enough to come down to listen. The band sounded good. We had lots of people to chat with – because there were musicians all over the

Thursday, February 16, 2023 I was off to my favorite elementary school today to be the music teacher. I walked into the room and was met with the fabulous sight of pianos! Pianos with little color coding stickers on the keys. I was excited! I immediately envisioned myself using the pointer to point to colored

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 My 60 birthday tulips have just brought such a bright happiness to our house. We never have fresh flowers, because for most of the time we have had kitties. Kitties like to put their hands in vases, which makes the vases fall over. Some kitties like when the water comes out

Tuesday, February 14, 2023 Happy Valentine’s day! We went to see the play To Kill a Mockingbird and it was terrific. I realize my theater reviews just consist of me raving by giving non-specific words like terrific, but there you go. It was three hours long and went by in a flash. Considering I’ve read