Today we were at sea. The wind was high and
the sea was choppy. It was difficult to walk in a straight line. When I woke up
I went for an "early" morning brisk walk around deck 12. It was hard
to tell the time, the weather conditions etc in the cabin as it was an inside
cabin. We could watch the on-board camera if I could find the darn channel. The
book of words told me channel 32 but I later discovered it was 23.
We had set watches forward an hour before
going to bed. So there was a bit of a time adjustment regarding breakfast. It
was quickly dawning on me that we went from one meal to the next with alarming
rapidity. At breakfast we sat with two new people and chatted about home and
the cruise. Leanne took mom to the casino for the morning so I was free to do
as I wished.
I went to the library to work for my
allotted hour but my battery died after about ½ hour. I went to deck 6. It was
very windy – there were warnings all over the ship. Deck 6 was close to sea
level, fairly sheltered from sun and wind and quiet. The sea was very choppy
and I ended up wind swept. The sea and the wind convinced my hair to become
curly again and there was very little that I could do to tame the mess.
I missed dancing this morning as the
weather was so bad it had chased all activities indoors. I had missed the
announcement so by the time I found them the lesson was nearly over but I
managed to catch the afternoon lesson.
Leanne and Wayne came to lunch with us and
we met two people with fascinating life stories. I was a bit dubious of the
full veracity of their tale but boy, did it give me some substance for my
writing!
Tonight it was "Meet the Captain"
so dress was posh. As we were going down to dinner we shared a lift with the
captain so we had our own private "Meet the Captain" session. The
line to meet the captain and have a photo with him was extremely long. As I
detest photos at the best of times I did not join the line.
The show that night was brilliant. There
was a contortionist – Claudia Vera. I was astounded by what she could do with
her body. Lurking in the back of my mind was the thought "back trouble in
your forties my girl!"
There was a duo who did a balancing act.
The "larger", taller guy did the supporting and the shorter one did
the balancing in the "air". There were some tricks that I had not
seen before. Very creative.
That night was "Officers and
Gentlemen" night – a chance for the ladies to dance with the officers and
the male members of the dream team on the pool deck. I had a long flimsy skirt
on. I went up to the wind swept pool deck and quickly realised that there was
no way my skirt would co-operate while I danced. I went down to the cabin to
change, looked at the bed, looked at my clothing selection and decided bed won
the toss hands over.
I decided to try a
night with no sleeping aid. Once again the rocking ship tumbled me quickly into
dream land.
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