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Good at Doing Nothing

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Jo Johnston

It’s early afternoon and I am sitting in the poolside shade watching a line-dance class and thinking it looks like pretty good exercise while having fun. Maybe tomorrow. Today is Day 2, the first full day of my 30-day Mariner of the Seas cruise from Galveston to Dubai. Technically it

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