AHEAD ANOTHER HOUR

April 4, 2017

Yes, you read correctly.  We lose another hour of sleep tonight.  Probably twice more until we are on time with Rome.  Maybe only once, but I’m not sure.  Love these 23 hour days.  And my talk is at 10 tomorrow, so I will be up at 6 to shower, shave, shampoo, receive room service and rehearse.

Really excellent crowd today for the Madeira talk.  Responsive audience.  They loved the “I Love Lucy” clip – Lucy stomping grapes.  And the Winston Churchill quotes.  If you haven’t yet seen it, maybe one family night after we are home.

There was a message on the phone tonight when we got back from dinner and the show.  Because we/I are/am service staff, they want our passports in the Front Office to check and make sure we are not illegal aliens or undocumented workers or something.  I gave them mine at the pier side.  Mom tried to give it over and the woman said, “We don’t need yours.”  Tonight the FO called and said, “Yup, we do.”  So, having undressed for bed I had to redress for the hall and carry it up.  We will get them back before Madeira (our first stop).  This is SOP, but it makes one of us uneasy.

I filled out our disembarkation form today.  We are taking ourselves off and will leave with the last group.  Catch a shuttle to the outside gate and then walk to our hotel.  It might be half a mile.  Looking forward to doing some Italian exploring.

I was fussed at last night because I did not let my fellow blogger blog, but as I reminded her, she was asleep before I had finished my part.  So she is hovering now, and I will turn it over to her.

TTFN

Well, here I am. If I could remember yesterday I would tell you about. All I remember is I only had 3 hours sleep the night before and the show last night, which was a magician was a bust. He was only fair. I don’t like magicians anyway.

Today we got up at 7 and got ready and went upstairs for breakfast. I had a small piece of toast, 2 strips of bacon and a small 50 calorie yogurt. I added tomato juice and watery chocolate milk. Then, I headed to the gym where I successfully got to ride the bicycle for 20 minutes. Then, I proceeded to deck 3, walking down 6 flights of stairs slowly, and walked a mile. The deck was very wet and it was raining. I avoided the rain drops. The wind wasn’t blowing it so I was able to avoid them. After walking,I picked up my crocheting and headed to the Vista lounge to take in the lecture on Egypt and the one on the 50's. Both were interesting. Then David joined me and we headed upstairs for a small lunch. Taco salad for me.
He was off back to the room and I thought I would take a couple more turns around the deck. Well, I got down the port side and around the end of the ship and turned the corner and was met by cold blowing rain in my face. There was no way to avoid it so I headed for the nearest door, getting pretty wet in doing so. So back to the cabin to get dry and pick up the crocheting bag and head to the Vista to wait for his talk. I got there about 12:30 and there was not a sole there but me. But by the time he got there and started the talk the lounge was full. He has had great crowds and response to his talks.

Well, after the talk back to the room for a nap. Then, we dressed for supper and went to deck 3 to play some cards. (Score is now 3for him and 2 for me) Went to supper, sat at the same table as last night in the very back of the ship in the window where we could watch the waves. Outstanding. The only difference was that tonight it was cold and windy outside where last night it was warm and sunny. We both had weinerschnitzle for supper. It was good. Ice cream for dessert. He had creme brulle

Great table this evening a couple from Montana and one from England. The English couple had been cruising for about 2 months and were finally headed home. They had gone from Chile all the way done the coast of South America around Cape Horn and back up the other side docking finally in Ft Lauderdale. Then, they waited 2 weeks for this cruise to leave so they could head home. WOW. That would be fun.

The show tonight was the singers and dancers and it was very good. Lots of energetic singing and dancing. One of the interesting things about this group is that all the kids, singers and dancers have head set mikes and they all sing. Usually it is just the singers. There are 6 that are designated as the singers and 6 that are dancers but they all sing. Great group.

Well, my time is up. We will be up at 6 so it is a short night tonight. Up early to ride the bicycle , have breakfast and walk. Though the captain did say the weather tomorrow was going to be pretty much the same  as today. Cloudy, overcast and rainy!

Love you all, Mom, Granny or Bonnie