Mary Worth 2569

 

I'm not sure what I was thinking, but I've tried to make a collection of the descriptive words in this story so far. I'll leave the interpretation up to you. Enjoy!

Traveling: Love

Cruises: Enjoyed

Travel: Fun

Cruises: Enjoy

Amenities: Love

Food: And the... !

Cooking: Love

Deal: Good

Spread: Delicious

Cooking: Better

Cruise: Enjoy

Deal: Good

Deal: Great

Trip: Enjoy

Cruises: Love

See: Easy

Food: And the... !

Trip: Enjoy

Seattle: Beautiful

Fly: Good

Walks: Beautiful

Classes: Fun

Entertainment: Galore

Food: Endless

Ports: Several

Time: Great

Time: Enjoy

Smoke: Dying

Promises: Good

Ship: Big

Cruise: Treat

Hints: Helpful

Hints: Helpful

Ship: Big

Cruise: Enjoy

People: Friendly

Idea: Good

Dining: Crowded

Seats: Glad

Luggage: Good

Friend: Dear

Room: Nice

Outside: Exciting

Feel: Fortunate

View: Beautiful

Cruise: Memorable

Anywhere: Memorable

This: Beautiful

You: Beautiful

Smoke: Hate

You: Worth

Marriage: Worth

Today: Enjoy

Shapes: Interesting

Sea: Love

YMCA: Fun

Break: Short

Chairs: Inviting

Air: Love

Air: Refreshing

Yourselves: Enjoying

Walk: Enjoying

Activities: Worth

To do: Plenty

Class: Early

Dinner: Formal

Excuse: Love

Entertainment: Good

Shows: Worth

Tonight: Enjoy

Entertainment: Enjoyed

Dinner: Fun

Demonstration: Nice

Walk: Nice

Couple: Nice

Love: Young

Love: Real

Dining: Grand

Buffet: Love

Eating: Casual

Evening: Good

Lobster: Good

You: Nice

Dinner: Enjoy

Mary Worth 2568

Good save, Mary. For a moment, I thought you were criticizing the buffet. Do you ever get the feeling that this is just some tax write-off for Karen Moy's last vacation?

Mary Worth 2567

This! This is why! This is why Karen Moy deserves a Pulitzer Prize or something. Instead of being boxed in by established literary conventions and showing us the towel folding demonstration, she uses beautiful descriptive language ("very nice!") to paint a picture, allowing us to visualize the towel folding demonstration ourselves! After eight days of build up, I never expected to be so not disappointed! Maybe next week someone can describe the formal dress up dinner (very nice!).

Mary Worth 2566

I'm starting to suspect that neither of them have ever been on a cruise before -- excuse me, cruised before -- but they don't want to appear out of it, so they each memorized travel brochures to appear knowledgeable. It's constant pressure to continuously reinforce their previously unknown passion for cruising. Hopefully a delightful evening of tapping their toes to "Nostradamus!" will help them relax.

Mary Worth 2565

It's about time we discussed the entertainment. There shall be acrobats!

Mary Worth 2564

Events Guide
Bargain Cruise Lines

7:00 Bed Making Demonstration
8:00 Towel Folding
9:00 Dish Washing
11:00 Bag Lunch Packing
12:00 Vacuuming
2:00 Dancing by the Pool with the Polaris Pressure Pool Cleaner Line
3:00 Deck Swabbing
4:00 Dinner Preparation
8:00 Dish Washing II
10:00 Watching for Icebergs

Mary Worth 2563

"You remind me of my mother. She folds towels, too. Enjoy the rest of your cruise."

Mary Worth 2562

Holy camoly, Katie darling. If you're going to accuse Derek of wanting to smoke every time he sees someone taking a puff, maybe you ought to avoid taking walks through the designated smoking section.

Mary Worth 2561

The ship's rail also looks inviting... to a two year old.

Mary Worth 2560

Many of you will probably think I should add YMCA by the Village People to the Charterstone Jukebox, but here's the thing: I actually listen to the Charterstone Jukebox. A lot. And there's no way I will ever put YMCA on the Jukebox. So stop your begging.