YO HO HO AND MY LAST CAN OF DEW

December 13, 2016

Three more sea days until we reach Hamilton, Bermuda and I have the opportunity to purchase some more Mountain Dew.  This time I don’t have to go searching for it.  We will dock one block from Church Street and a source of the yummy yellow drink.  But for now, I must make one can last three more days.  Rationing is in effect!

Today I finished the “Food, Glorious Food!” series with “Spice: KTMB.”  It was a good crowd and a good response.  It is more free flowing than a couple of the food talks and very easy to give, especially if the audience is with my cornball humor.  Oh, the KTMB is not a radio station west of the Mississippi (that is the way radio stations are named with a “K” west of the Mississippi, except for KDKA Pittsburgh, and with a “W” east of the Mississippi, except for WLS Chicago).  It is the places you find spice in my talk: Kitchen, Temple, Mortuary, and Bedroom.

The seas have been pretty smooth today, but there have been some 9-10 foot swells.  For one of them, I was sitting here rehearsing when the ship went into one of those and the can of Pringles fell off the shelf followed by Bonnie’s two stones from Pompeii.  We have searched the room over, and one of the stones is missing.  Strange.

Not much else going on here, and since Bonnie didn’t write yesterday, I will turn the keyboard over to her for her take on things.

TTFN

Here goes!

Amy don’t read this part!! Last night at the show I coughed and spit–yuck–and one of the things that has been gagging me for the last four weeks come out. It was a stitch that has been hanging at the back of my throat. Its two buddies are still there. Ugg!! I told you not to read this Amy!!

Well, now about today. I had one of my nights last night. Awake at 12, 2, and 5. Finally I woke him at 7 and we got up and went to breakfast. Breakfast was a bust– they had no good cheese and no baked beans. After eating a piece of toast and some peanut butter with a cup of hot chocolate, I went up top to walk. It was quite windy and rocky but I made it around 13 times. Then, I went and sat on the starboard deck for about an hour and crocheted. But it was pretty rocky so I came inside and went to the room till time for David’s talk.

I left for the talk about 12;30 and at about 1:15 I knew I was not going to make it till the end. With my head pounding and feeling yucky I headed to the room and crawled under the covers. When he got back at about 2, we got up and went to lunch. I had a cheese quesida and salsa and a piece of pizza. I felt some better but we returned to the cabin and I went back to bed till 4. I got up then and dressed for supper. We went to the coffee bar outside the restaurant and played some cards till supper at 5:30.

After supper we went to the show. It was a ventriloquist. He was quite good and did a very different kind of show. So now I have had my pills and have my pjs on and bedtime is no far away. Ship is rocking but hopefully sleep will come quickly. Maybe some cards if he wants. I am losing badly lately.


Love Mom