November 24, 2017
Ah! A brisk day of shopping! Go, go, go! Spend, spend, spend! Oh wait! That’s y’all, not us. There was a flyer a couple of days ago offering Black Friday sales in the shops on board, but if they had ‘em, we missed ‘em, and we actually looked. I enjoy shopping when I can walk past all of the stores in 5 minutes, and know that none of them have anything that I want. I’m so glad there is Amazon.com.
Anyway, it was a slow day at sea on the ms Veendam. I did my Gibraltar talk today which I wrote a year and a half ago for a Carnival cruise, and my agent didn’t get word to the entertainment department that I would be on board. So after we were on board and he said, “Oh! There’s another speaker in here!” (memories) I had an extra day of rest and picked up the schedule at the next stop, Madeira, which will be my next talk on our next sea day, 3 stops hence. Gibraltar tomorrow, Cadiz on Sunday, and Casablanca on Monday. Of all the gin joints in all the world, she had to walk into mine!
Because we did not bring gala clothes this time, we did not attend supper in the dining room, but went to the Lido instead. I had a steak cooked just for me, medium rare, and it was delicious. Mom asked for one medium and got one which was cooked a few minutes earlier. She said it was dry and made up for it with a liberal application of ketchup. Chocolate ice cream for dessert for her, coffee ice cream for me. And then a good show, combining two acts from earlier nights, and now back in Stateroom 321 to blog. That’s about it for me.
Hereeeeee’s Bonnie!
TTFN
Let’s see, where to start. Well, he got up bathed and dressed. I got up and dressed in my walking clothes. We headed for breakfast and I had some chocolate milk and a bacon sandwich. Two pieces of bread that I tore off the crust from and added some mustard. Then, we headed to the room where I picked up my headphones, kindle, sweater and winter hat. It was breezy outside and cold. It takes four laps around our deck 6 on the outside to reach a mile. I have walked 2.3 miles today. Only a few people out walking this morning.
After completing my walk, I returned to the room and showered and washed my hair. It was raggedy looking after several days of wearing my hat all day. Then, I took my crocheting and headed to the theater for a port talk and then the other David’s talk on the Man Who Never Was from WWII. Then we headed upstairs for lunch where I had a bowl of soup, cream of celery with ham (they must have had ham left from supper last night) and some saltines. I have promised myself a pizza tomorrow for lunch. We don’t get into port till about 1 pm, so we will eat lunch before going off. We don’t sail until 11pm.
Well, after lunch I headed to the theater for another port talk and then Dad’s talk.
After the talk we headed to the cabin for a nap. Then, dressing somewhat for supper headed to Lido and ate.
The show tonight was pretty good. The Tina Turner singer was better tonight and the magician who was more of a comedienne was also good. Well, he got me a can of ginger ale so I have had a drink a some saltines and I guess we will play some cards and head to bed.
Love you all. Hope you had some fun shopping.
Mom, Granny, Bonnie
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