Day 10—At Sea
Wow—where did the day go? During the four days we had port calls, I started looking forward to the “at sea” days to just relax and not have to be anywhere or go any place. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the excursions I had scheduled, but I think I like the “at sea” days even more.
I did manage to sleep in till shortly after 6:30 this morning, and was up at the Lido for breakfast around 7:30. Just sat around, had coffee, and chatted with folks off and on in between reading on my Kindle (I really love my Kindle!). The sun was actually shinning and only a few clouds around. Thought about doing some laundry, but never seemed to get around to it—maybe tomorrow (or maybe not). There are laundry rooms on Decks 1, 2, and 3 for those who want to use them; there is also the option of filling a laundry bag that is in the staterooms and for $25.00—everything you put in the laundry bag (as much as you can stuff in) will be cleaned, pressed, and back in your stateroom before the end of the day.
Not much to tell you since I really didn’t do much of anything. I did go up to the Explorations Lounge and posted Days 8 and 9 to Facebook, so hope you had a chance to read those. We also changed our clocks forward an hour at 2:00 in the afternoon. It was really strange to change the clock in the middle of the day, but apparently, that is to prevent the night shift crew from losing an hour of rest (and as the cruise director explained, for the guests it really shouldn’t matter what time it is). Several experienced cruisers recommended scheduling exercise time for an hour at that time (from 2:00-3:00), since before you know it, you’re done.
I’ve been warned that the sea and salty air have a tendency to shrink your clothes and I think they might be right (it couldn’t be all the food they serve, could it?). I’ve been taking the stairs instead of the elevators and walking around the ship quite a bit too, so hope that helps a little.
I did see Jackie (a member of the “new widows’ club” we’ve sort of formed). She asked if I’d like to join her, Sharon, and a couple of others for dinner in Canaletto’s, the Italian restaurant, on New Year’s Eve. I told her I had already planned on having dinner in the dining room with my table mates since that is the last formal night and the menu was going to be lobster tail and filet. I also planned to bring the bottle of Champagne that my travel agent provided to share since I haven’t opened it in my stateroom and didn’t plan on drinking it on my own.
It was formal night again—the fourth one we’ve had. Dinner was absolutely wonderful! I had the shrimp cocktail, cream of artichoke soup, lobster tail with potatoes and asparagus, and the chocolate soufflé and cappuccino for dessert. Luckily, the portions aren’t huge, so even thought I’m not used to eating so many courses for dinner, I have been eating it all. And I didn’t have lunch—just wasn’t hungry—so I don’t feel too bad.
Once again, I didn’t go to the show. None of the shows so far have appealed to me. The great thing (as I’ve said before) is being able to do what I want and, more importantly, NOT doing what I don’t want. Looked at the activities sheet for the next day and there are a couple of things I’d like to do, so I’ll probably participate in a few (or maybe not—just depends on what I feel like doing at the moment). Only a few more days left (unfortunately).
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