THE SPOTLIGHT WAS ON BONNIE!

April 6, 2018

Before I turn the keyboard over to the wife of my youth to let her tell you of her evening, let us pause for a moment because it was today 72 years ago that Melvin and Elizabeth said, “I do.”  Okay.  Moment’s over.

There was something strange going on last night from 1 a.m. until after breakfast.  Either there were alien creatures, or maybe whales, crashing into the sides of the Crown Princess, or there was some maintenance going on down on Deck 4 because  there was clanging and banging and scraping almost constantly.  There would be several large noises, then a few moments of silence – never longer than a minute – and then it would start up.  Some how I slept through most of it, but it kept Bon Bon awake, all night she said.  Must have been true because she took a 2 hour nap.  Hopefully that late night entertainment will not be repeated!

I guess the other cruisers are home.  We are anxious to read their blogs.

Okay, I need to rehearse and speaking of late night entertainment, She is waiting for the keyboard.

TTFN

Okay, having had no sleep, I rose at 6 am and dressed for walking. My goal was to walk before my bath and breakfast. Though tired I quietly dressed and left the cabin heading for deck 7 and the promenade for my walk. However, when arriving at the door to exit onto the promenade, I could not get it open because the wind was so strong. The deck was wet and it was cold. We were in rough cold seas. Later in the day the captain said the winds were at 35 miles per hour. It pretty much stayed like that all day. So being unable to walk outside I walked around deck 7 on the inside. There were a few others also walking. It took about 45 minutes to get my mile+ in weaving in and out of the bars and around the tables and down the corridors on the deck. I returned to the cabin at 6:45 to find him still in bed. He was supposed to rise at 6:30 because he had to meet the computer people at 8:45. He had set his watch incorrectly and I got him up and we started our day. After bathing it was off to the Lido for breakfast. After breakfast he went to the room and I went to the theater to wait for the destination lecture at 9 which was followed by an hour long video of the history of Europe. Then his talk was only a few minutes late getting started. He did manage to see the tech guys at 8:45 and he is having to use our backup computer because the system won’t work with the new computer. UGG!!

At 11 am in the middle of his talk the ship turns the clocks ahead one hour so by the time his talk is over it isn’t 11:15 but 12:15. So we head to the lido deck for some cards and lunch. We opted for a hamburger from “The Salty Dog” and went inside to eat because it was very cold. After finishing our second game of cards so far this cruise, score tied 1 to 1, we headed back to the room to try and nap. By putting a pillow over my head I managed to sleep. This time someone was rolling something across the floor back and forth while I tried to sleep.  As I am getting ready to go to bed tonight I can hear the ship plowing through the waves and the noise is LOUD! Sounds like another pillow over my head. I can’t use earplugs because they make the ringing in my ears from the tintinitus (?) Louder inside my head. Oh well.

We went to supper and our table mates had called earlier and said they were not coming so we had the table to ourselves. He had fish, orange roughy, and I had a rib eye. I ate half of it. A sugar free Mousse for dessert.

The show tonight was a comedian and impressionist. He was very funny. He did impressions of Paul Lynde, Redd Foxx, Jack Nicholson, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Stallone and Arnold. He also did a Tom Jones impression and sang the song she’s a lady and while singing went in to the audience unbuttoning his shirt as he sang. Well, we always sit back so we don’t get involved when they come into the audience. Well, he came into the audience saying now for all the people who set away from the stage, and came up to our row. Well, when he got close I whipped out my cane and unfolded it. He stopped and said, “Whoa”. He asked me my name and where I was from. He said “ Bonnie like Bonnie and Clyde and said that it was another button he needed to unbutton on his shirt.” It was funny and I had a good laugh. I deliberately got out the cane so I could try and be funny and it worked. Lots of fun.

Well, I walked over 4 miles today and over 10,000 steps and 56 flights of stairs. I typically walk down  from deck 15 when ever we go up there to eat. I don’t walk up because that is pretty hard.  I only ride the elevator if we are going to the Lido. Every other time I walk the one or 2 flights that we need to move from our room to the theater or supper and back.

I hope when I get up to walk tomorrow it while be quieter seas but so far tonight it doesn’t sound like it. And we have another medical emergency on board. As we were going to supper tonight the Captain came on to ask for O+ and O- blood donors. So far we don’t have to try and take them somewhere, I don’t know where we would go we are in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. This has been some cruise. Well, tomorrow will be our third clock change and then there are two more to go. 5 in all. We are to get to Funchal on Wednesday.

Well, he is fading fast so I need to stop and take my pills and head to bed.

Love Mom, Granny and Bonnie