2011 NACLNC® Conference Cruise Update – Day 3: Cruising the Seas with the CLNC® Pirates!

I’m co-opting Tom’s Tuesday Tech Tip time for a report from the NACLNC^® Cruise. He’s having so much fun that he probably won’t remember to post until next Tuesday anyway, so I hope you’ll forgive him.

Yesterday was the CLNC^® Beach Olympics and so far there are only a few walking wounded limping around the ship. Apparently a few attendees found the more private parts of Coco Cay and gave new meaning to the phrase “lobster buns.” They’re easy to spot because of the way they sat (or not) at dinner. LOL!

Last night was formal night and Tom did manage to squeeze into his blue-ruffled tuxedo and all of the CLNC^® consultants looked quite elegant in their formal wear. Some of us headed up to the casino after dinner to try our luck at the games of chance (before the romance). With the tuxedos and formals it was all very James Bondish and, if you squinted your eyes, felt almost like Monte Carlo. We didn’t clean out the casino but we still have a few more nights ahead of us.

Today is our first full day of sailing and we have a busy day, not just for the CLNC^® consultants, friends and family who are onboard but for me and my staff too! It may be all fun and games for the Certified Legal Nurse Consultants, but for the rest of us there’s a lot of work! My staff, production crew and I will be up and working before many of the CLNC^® consultants come back to their cabins after a late night in the ship’s casino and clubs.

I guess this is your payback for my making you all study so hard for your CLNC^® examination while we’re out with the CLNC^® faculty drinking wine and having fun at night.

If you can’t find me, I’m in technical rehearsals for my opening speech. Last night I was having so much fun I forgot about having to deliver that speech on Friday. Arrrrgh! Plus Tom has his Tomentary™ which is guaranteed to make you laugh. I think Tom secretly wants to be a standup comedian (he at least cracks himself up). At rehearsal we’ll also be working on my “Cirque du Soleil-inspired” trapeze act.

Today we have NACLNC^® poolside networking so look for the pirate flags and pennants marking our CLNC^® section on the pool deck where Certified Legal Nurse Consultants and guests will enjoy the sun, pool, Caribbean breeze, tropical drinks (with umbrellas) and networking with each other. Let’s hope the ship rolls out a 55-gallon drum of SPF-9000 sunscreen. Then, just when we’ve played our umpteenth game of “Marco Polo” we’ll call it quits and head out of the tropical sun and into the air-conditioned ice rink for a special matinee Ice Skating Performance by the Freedom’s professional ice performers. Last year on the site visit I got to drive the Zamboni^® and throw my first and only Caribbean snowball at Tom (Ha!). I’m still amazed they can have an ice rink on a cruise ship. Too bad I forgot my hockey stick or I’d show Tom and the CLNC^® consultants how a girl from New Orleans knows her way around the pond.

After the ice show I’m hoping there will be time to head up to the top deck to see how many Certified Legal Nurse Consultants are on the rock-climbing wall. Then it’s over to the FlowRider^®. Tom’s been bugging me about trying out the boogie boards so I may just give one a spin.

More tomorrow!

P.S. See you at the NACLNC^® Welcome Reception tonight!

P.P.S. Comment and share if you can still fit into your wedding attire.