The day began with breakfast in the buffet and some blogging (through Day 4). Then we went ashore with the intent of going into downtown San Miguel which is pretty much the only city of any size on the island of Cozumel. But we never got there. Marlene and I had some kind of silly argument. I can’t remember now what it was about but the result was that we returned to the ship without doing much of anything on shore. I did some reading while Marlene did her own thing. I got a text message from her in the afternoon that she was going to Margaritaville, which was nearby in the port. Later, as the time to return to the ship approached, I texted her to remind her to head back. I got alarmed when she didn’t respond and left the ship to go find her. I thought I had just an hour to get there and get back, so I walked quickly.
I found her almost immediately but then learned that we had another hour due to a time zone change. We did a bit of shopping before returning to the ship. After returning I worked on getting the new laptop set up for fulltime use (it has become apparent that the old one will never be the same, even with the new motherboard). I made some progress but still haven’t figured out how to get photos directly from my cell phone to the laptop. More to be done.
After dinner we went to the casino, as usual. I almost broke even but ended the day down another $40 (down $280 for the cruise).