Saturday, January 19th to Sunday, January 20th:  Last day at sea was Saturday;  Sunday morning we returned to Galveston port.  I spent the greater part of Saturday enjoying the pool area - last chance - and this was actually the Texas Tenors night, although I inserted the photos earlier.  Part of the day was spent packing.  On Sunday morning, we wheeled our suitcases down to Deck 1 to stand in line for about an hour before desembarking and going through customs.  I declared nothing, since I only had to declare stuff that was actually going to stay in the states.  I feel like I'm perpetrating a scam, since I do plan to live in the states for part of each year - wonder if I can get away with the reverse when I get to Canadian customs . . . Hmmm.
Sunday was a crazy day - I got Ron and Dora to drop me off at church - choir practice was at 10:30 - felt quite wobbly walking around - like the earth was still moving under my feet - I gather this is normal after acclimatizing to the motion of a ship for a week.  Went out to lunch with Rob and Helen, then back to church to rehearse for the Dinner Theatre production put on by choir members.  The theme was Rogers & Hammerstein musicals, and individual and groups of choir members performed songs from various musicals.  I was part of a group which performed "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?), which was great fun.  There were five of us - four soloists and one chorus (that was me - I joined the group the week before I left on my cruise, so got one 10 minute practice in before leaving).  We rehearsed once before performing, and although I knew all the word off by heart (of course), I wasn't really sure when to not sing- and the script which was supposed to be emailed to me somehow didn't make it - so I basically winged it.  One of the other women gave me pointed looks when I was supposed to sing - or not - so I only chimed in twice with soloists - and only for the briefest moment.  It was all quite disorganized, but really fun!  I went home thoroughly exhausted.

Maurice bought all the ladies a rose (we all had to leave them on the ship, since they weren't allowed in the U.S.)

  

Balconies beside the elevators, overlooking Deck 5 (Lorna and Andre waving)