December 3, 2017
Tonight is the third time we’ve heard the beautiful musical piece that makes the title for this blog. The first was by a skilled violinist, the second by a duet who performed it on piano and guitar, and tonight by a concert pianist. And each time it gets better. What talented performers we have seen!
The seas were rough today for a second day in a row, so much so that the Captain closed off Deck 6, which is the promenade deck that circles the ship. There was too much wind and too much ocean spray he said for it to be safe. Late this afternoon the barricades were taken down as the sea is becoming calmer. And he predicted smooth seas tomorrow. Having said that, do not worry about our comfort. It hasn’t been all that bad – not as smooth as last month – but nothing that made us uncomfortable. We took smaller steps and held onto the railing as we walked. But it is the Atlantic Ocean in December.
Tomorrow the guest speakers are back to back. David Russell is on at 2 p.m. with his talk on Pearl Harbor, and I am doing the last of my pirate talks, “The Pirate Republic,” at 3 p.m.
I am going to have to buy another Internet package to finish the tour. This thing has been strange. Some nights I’ve used 2 megabytes and other nights, doing the same thing, it’s been 20. More a couple of nights. But the price is the most reasonable of any cruise line we’ve sailed for, so not too many complaints here.
Before I forget to tell you, we have set our clocks back another hour, so tomorrow we will only be 2 hours ahead of you. Almost back on Eastern Standard Time. Boy this is the way to travel west! Or east for that matter (although going the other way we lose an hour several nights, but it’s better than doing it all at once).
They had another Black Friday sale on board today and Granny bought a bunch of t-shirts. When she went to ring it up, the computer wouldn’t take her charge, saying she was over her credit limit. Well, that stirred things up a bit, but by the time she called me to pay and we went to Guest Relations, all was well. Computers. Garbage In. Garbage Out. Or as my technical support team says, “The problem is not with the computer. There is a loose nut between the keyboard and the chair.”
My traveling companion has regained her strength and is wide-awake tonight, ready to blog to you and then ready to lose a card game to me. So ...
TTFN
I don’t care if it is the computer or not, it is embarrassing to be told you are over your credit limit when you have not used your card once on this cruise. It makes you feel unwanted. Oh well, what can you do.
I slept till about 6 am and then I was awake. He got up a little after 7. Today’s schedule was screwy and so is tomorrow’s schedule. It makes it hard when the talk is at 1pm. Tomorrow at 3 is a little better. I sat and watched the coffee chat today. They had the guys who are in charge of running the ship plus two cadets that are in training. The third officer is from Scotland and the other four officers where from Holland. They talked about their schooling and their work. It was interesting. Then, the guests got to ask questions. Someone asked who paid for their schooling and 5 of them said, “Mom and Dad”. The guy from Scotland said there had been a program in England that paid for his because England was trying to get ships to use England as their home port.
We just had a bowl of tomato and zucchini soup for lunch because it was 2 pm before we got there. Supper is at 5:30 so we didn’t want to have much. We went to the other talk at 3 so we didn’t get back to the room till 4. Dave Russell had trouble getting his computer to work so he was a little late getting started. Dad took a nap I did not.
The table we sat with last night had asked us to sit with them again tonight. So we did. They are two nice couples, one from Connecticut and Florida (they are snow birds) and the other from Indianapolis. Very enjoyable evening.
The pianist was really good. I enjoyed his music. He was not the performer that was originally scheduled for tonight. It was supposed to be a juggler and balancing act but they felt the ship was rocking too much so he will be on later.
Well, that is all for tonight. Love you all. Hope everybody has gotten their postcard. There was one per family. The t-shirts I bought were on sale for $2. A great buy. You will love them. Great stocking stuffers, haha!!
Love, Mom, Granny and Bonnie
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