The virus finally claims its victim…

I finally got a good night’s sleep, but I knew as soon as I woke up that the creeping crud had finally gotten to me. I don’t know if it was the dip in the hot tub, the end of the trip, or just chance, but this was the day that the cold turned into a sinus infection. *sigh*

Regardless, there was no time to dawdle. We showered, dressed and finished packing, and headed off to get some breakfast. At the buffet, of course.

When we returned to the room we were a bit surprised to find that the steward was already cleaning it even though our stuff was still there. I know they have a very short time to turn everything around, but that seemed wrong to me. He had already cleaned the bathroom and then I used it again – I wonder if he re-cleaned it or if the next people didn’t have as clean a bathroom as they should have? Was my icky Kleenex still in the trash can when they checked in?

We had opted to carry our own bags off the ship, to make a faster getaway, so we rolled everything out into the elevator lobby. We waited for several elevators to come, but each one was full by the time it reached us. We finally decided to walk down (from deck 10 to deck 7). This was one of those moments when I probably should be more of a princess than I am, but I carried the nearly-50 pound bag down by myself.

We rolled off and got in a taxi to the Amtrak station, where we checked our bags. We then walked to the nearest Starbucks and hung out there for a couple of hours. I had initially planned on walking around downtown Seattle during that time, but I was really feeling awful. :(

The train ride back was uneventful; we both slept through most of it.

Scott and Julia (our friends who live next door) picked us up, which was *hugely* appreciated. We carried our bags in, greeted the fur kids and chatted with Juli for a few minutes, and then immediately left to take me to Kaiser Urgent Care. After returning with antibiotics, Wayne took Juli home and that finally concluded our adventure.