March 22nd, 2024 Day 24 of 24 Sea Day

It’s our last day on the Ms Zuiderdam. And as the song goes….all our bags and I’m ready to go. Well my bags are ready to go but I am not. At the conclusion of last years WC, I was ready to go home and hug my loved ones and be back in my own space. 24 days was not enough for me to get to that place this year. We slept in a bit this morning as it was difficult getting up after setting of our clocks ahead an hour last night. We made it to project Linus and tuned in our second and final blanket. I had been working on one as well and I passed it back to Marty to finish to finish it, my Vietnam bus ride blanket. We stayed until close to 11:00am and then we went to the Main dining room for a farewell Mariner’s brunch. It was nice to see all the illustrious staff again and it wasn’t good bye yet, as there was a second event this afternoon. Then it was time to go home and do “the deed”. Packing time. We are 100% of the way done at the time of this writing. All our bags we do not wish to carry off tomorrow, must be put outside in the hallway by midnight tonight and they will be waiting for us in the terminal when we disembark tomorrow. We will each take off our carry ons with our last. minute toiletries, valuables and government issued documents along with our last couple of outfits. We are not heading straight to the airport, we are blessed to get to spend a few nights in Singapore so we don’t quite have to worry about the weight distribution for a few days. We spent the rest of the early afternoon cleaning, Megan read, and I researched all the places we want to visit while we are in Singapore. At 4:30pm we had a farewell reception in the Rolling Stone Lounge. They prepared a lovely photo montage from the beginning of the cruise till now as many of the passengers disembarking tomorrow have been on since January, a total of 80 days. We met two families in the last few days who had been on since September and October. That’s a really LONG time. I shed a few tears this afternoon, as you may well know, I absolutely HATE goodbyes, even if we try to say see you later, it is still a goodbye. I know there will be more water works in the next 24 hours, good thing I don’t wear mascara. We had our final dinner this evening with our dear friends Gail and Marty in the main dining room. Lots of hugs were given to crew members and we wished one another safe travels and hoped we would see each other again soon. We made plans to have breakfast in the Pinnacle with Gail and Marty at 7:30ish. My alarm is set for one last workout at 5:30am. Our luggage is in the hallway now and we are ready for bed. parting is always such sweet sorrow. But we have many loved ones at home that miss us terribly and whom we miss. They anxiously await our return. I hope to continue to blog during our time in Singapore. We hope to share with you all of the wonderful things we get to see while we are there as well. Good night from off the coast of Singapore. Hugs!!