March 21st, 2020 Day 76 of 128 (77)

This very well may be my last post from the MS Amsterdam. I apologize for not posting the last couple of days. We are under a great deal of stress and anxiety and we are trying to stay positive and I am trying to be of help to those who need it. Both my sons have been amazing as I have wifi called them multiple times over the last couple of days as we tried to help passengers with reservations and communication back home. Even our own plans have changed almost daily. We arrived in Fremantle this morning, a day ahead of schedule and some people were able to move up flights. We were not. We plan to spend tonight on the ship, tomorrow in a hotel, and then onto a flight the next morning. Unfortunately, people trying to catch flights today are now worried because they delayed our disembarkation because another ship got in at 5:30am this morning and immigration is disembarking them first. In the last couple of days we learned the Aulani closed its resteraunts, so we planned to go to Maui for a couple of months. Then we learned this morning that Hawaii is discouraging all visitors and closing resorts so we don’t want to be stuck there. So currently we hope to fly home to Oakland directly from Honolulu. My son is currently at my home stocking it up for the four of us to quarantine when we get home, get our car rental in Oakland, and drive straight to home. We are all very tired and not sleeping well. We are almost all packed. Our luggage goes out at midnight tonight and we should get off around 9:00am tomorrow. We even had some additional chaos last night. A passenger fell ill yesterday and had to be airlifted off the ship around 6:30pm last night. We had to get within 60 miles of Geraldton so they could fly a helicopter to the ship. The girls are keeping their chins up and have been amazing despite so many changes and uncertainty these last couple of weeks. Currently the girls are swimming to the pool with their friends. I am going to make sure we are ready to step off this ship at a moments notice this afternoon in case immigration says we must go. I’ll sleep at the airport if I have to. Just desire to be on US soil more then anything else. Please keep our travels in your prayers. I don’t even care if they lose my luggage, just get me home. Love and Hugs…Debra

This is not my shirt, but it did make me laugh!  Trying to keep spirits up.