POT ROAST

April 7, 2018

I don’t think there has been an evening meal where the participants at Table 107 have duplicated one another’s meals.  Until tonight.  We all got different appetizers, but each of us got the pot roast with mashed potatoes and red cabbage.  Excellent!

Dee and Dean are trivia people.  They play several times a day.  There is a continuing trivia that plays throughout the cruise and it is at 10:30 in the morning so they never see my talks, unless they turn on the TV.  And they don’t eat dessert so they can go to the 7:15 p.m. trivia.  I thought about going tonight and missing the show because it was “Space Trivia.”  I asked them to remember a few questions for me.

We only played 3 hands of rummy today.  We sat down to play after lunch and because we change our clocks at 11 a.m. it was 2 p.m. when we first shuffled up and dealt.  I wanted to start rehearsal on “Spice,” tomorrow’s talk, and She Who Must Be Obeyed wanted to do another walk.  So that ended Game 3 with me ahead by 100 points.  We’ll see what happens tomorrow.

We shared a table at lunch today with a couple from Quebec.  Actually they shared our table because we were there first.  She only “parley vous” and he speaks French and English.  So there were only three of us talking.  He translated once or twice, but she only spoke to him.  When he told us she speaks no English, she asked, “Parley vous Francais,” and I replied with a line from 10th grade French when Terry Palmer and I were doing a dialogue: “No, j’nai pas mon kiyah.” (I’m not sure about that last  word.  Or the second one for that matter).  Translated it means: “No, I do not have my notebook.”  It was funny in 10th grade, and got a laugh at the Horizon Court today.  I still got it.  And it’s not contagious.

Okay.  BonBon’s turn.

TTFN

Well, my alarm went off at 6 am and I hurried to turn it off before it woke my sleeping buddy. I got up went to the bathroom, turned on its light, which doesn’t show into the room, and found my walking clothes and stuff and crept out the door. It was again to cold and windy to walk around outside so I wandered around inside till I had my mile. Then headed to the room where he was still in the bed. It was 2 minutes till seven. I got out of my sweaty clothes and waited till he finished in the bathroom then, I got my turn in the  bathroom and I got ready. This is by far the smallest shower ever. I t is 29 inches by 26 inches, I measured it!! It is impossible for me to wash my lower legs and feet unless I turn off the water and open the curtain. Then, after soaping up the lower part of my body, turn on the water and rinse. When I have to shave my legs it is going to be an adventure. This is truly a shower where you could attach a sponge to the wall and spin around to wash yourself. Even Kyle and Cathy would find it very small.

After getting dressed we headed to breakfast and then, he went back to study and I went to the theater. I listened to the talk about Palma, Mallorca, a place we have not been before. He has bought a hop on hop off bus ticket for us which includes a visit to a castle. It sounds like a really nice place to visit. It is a place where the Europeans would come for sun and fun. Chopin, in the company of his mistress George Sands ( can’t remember her actual name this is her pen name) and her 2 children came for a retreat for rest and relaxation. None of which Chopin got because the locals didn’t like the fact he came with his mistress and not his wife.

David’s talk was salt and it was good. It was a good thing nothing was after his talk because he took almost an hour. Backup computer is doing a good job. The time changed again at 11 am in the middle of his talk so by the time he was finished it was almost 12:30. We headed for lunch after taking our stuff to the room. I had a cup of a cream vegetable soup and a small salad. I splurged today and had an ice cream cone though it was still pretty cool outside. After lunch and our hand of cards I went for my second walk. This time I walked outside. It was cool and windy. After walking I returned to the cabin and had a 2 hour nap.

The show tonight was the pianist again with a new program. He is very good. He is the size of Flavis( kids remember him) or Cesar Brooks. A very large man. But he can make that piano sing. And sometimes he sings the song he is playing.  He played stuff from the Phantom of the Opera, Cats, The Little Mermaid, E.T., some classical and finished with several pieces from Liberace.  Very good.

We have sat beside the same couple in the theater for 2 nights. Very nice and have had some great conversations. They are in the elite circle on Princess, in fact on this cruise they are the second highest travelers. The top 40 people get to go to a special dinner with the Captain tomorrow night and your ranking determines how close you get to set to the Captain. They get to set at his table beside him. How cool.

Well, tonight when we returned to the cabin, I took a pillow case off a pillow so David could see what kind of pillow it is. He loves the pillow and wants to buy some. He said we would look when they strip the bed at the end of the cruise but I told him we would never remember so we did it tonight. He made a note in his little book.

Well, I have my pills to take, my teeth to floss and brush, and then it will be off to bed. Loved the picture from Amy of the boys cruising. Glad you are all back safely. Mac enjoy your last days of vacation. Hey Tate you can hold Mommy’s hand in bed at night now!!
12,907 steps, 5.13 miles and 86 flights of stairs according to my fitbit watch.
Love, Mom, Granny and Bonnie