May 3

  

First of all let me repeat a greeting which Bonnie and I sang after we had lunch in the Windjammer.  Happy Birthday, Mac! 16 years old today. And not to embarrass you, but Granny and I remember when you came home from the hospital, weighting a whopping 4 pounds. Look at you now!

Ok folks, I’m tired. I’ve been rehearsing the talk for tomorrow twice and I’ll do it again in the morning before the noon presentation, and Mom has been gathering notes all day and told me not to steal her thunder.  So here is a more exciting report than my droopy eyes and fumbling fingers could give you.

Well, he is tired and I get to write. We have turned the clocks up again so we will be four hours ahead tomorrow. Your body knows when lose an hour. You move just a little slower.

Well, today is Saturday May 3 and it is Mac’s 16 th birthday. Made  video call to him about 12:45 our time and 9:45 his time. Sang happy birthday and wished him a great day.

This morning I splurged and had baked beans and a buttered roll, and cantaloupe with a side of bacon for breakfast. We were in the Windjammer and we actually saw another boat out in the ocean. He went back to study and headed for deck 12 to try a walk. Very windy and cold. Had my jacket tightly zipped up and my hood up and tied under my chin. I managed to walk one mile being blown rudely around by the wind. Only a few people out. But there were 5 brave souls in the pool for water aerobics. The instructor was standing on the side. I had seen this class one other morning when it was warmer and it was larger. Brave people!! I have walked well over 10 flights of stairs.

I am always amazed when I go on deck 5 to refill my drink cup at the loooong line at the Starbucks at 8am. It stays like that most of the morning. Got to have the $7 cup of coffee.

When were walking back from his talk Dad found a couple of wrestling fans standing in the Starbucks line. One of them had on a John Cena shirt. He walked up and gave the guy the John Cean and gave him the “ can’ t see me now” wave. You none wrestling fans will have to look that up. Dad talked to them and they had been to last WWE wrestlemania and had flown from Australia to the event and sat behind the commentator’s table. Big Bucks for that. I think Dad said the next one is in Perth.

From Dad: a 7 second video of can't see me now -- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uySoD-D4INU

His talk was at 11. The tech tried to get Dad’s computer on line with them again. There techs are just not as savvy as they should be. Oh well, it is a good thing we bring flash drives with his talks loaded onto them.  Talk was good. It was the “The lady in Gold” He rewrites them all the time so it was different from the last time I heard it. Lots of good comments. But again we are the first talk after losing an hour. One lady said she had gotten up to come to the talk and was going back to her room and to bed.

Now, lunch. A mixture of chicken salad, yummy, on a soft sourdough roll, a small piece of jerk chicken, and some really yummy cauliflower in a creamy sauce. Since it was still very cold outside  no ice cream and we had some of the prepared desserts. I try to stick to the no sugar added.

Supper was only soso. I tried the spinach, feta cheese, tomato in béchamel sauce in a baked pastry pie. I have had this before and it has been very good. Tonight not so much. Pastry wasn’t baked, there were no tomatoes or any feta cheese, just spinach. I also had the “fried rice with Asian vegetables”. Only problem the only vegetables were lots of little cubes of carrot and several chunks of celery. Not what I would call assorted Asian vegetables. So another soso. But the dessert saved the day. A warm chcolate cake with warm chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream. 2 thumbs up!

No here is a crazy one for you. On previous ships you have been able to get popcorn when you watch a movie. Well, we have smelled popcorn walking on deck 5 and wondered where it was. We finally found it in the $ ice cream shop on deck 5 ( that is the shop where you have to buy the ice cream). Only problem is it cost $2.50 for a small popcorn cup of it. Well, when we went to the “Liberace” piano man show tonight they were selling the $2.50 cups to have while you watched the show. No popcorn for us.

I really don’t walk very fast especially when the Captain is wobbling the ship. But I do pretty good most of the time during the day. But in the evening as the day is ending I am a bit slower. When walking down the promenade on deck 5 I try to not get in people’s way and yield to most people. Tonight a family of 5 (father followed by three children and mother bringing up the rear) found it necessary to pass me on the the right where there was not room. As the third child went flying by I had stopped in order not to hit them or lose my balance and said just as mama went by, “anyone else”. She heard but could care less. Manners. Many people are careless when they seem to be in a hurry going no where to push by. But some day they too shall be old.

Well tomorrow is the “Most Stolen Art Work” talk. Unforunately all three of the talks tomorrow are on deck 14 in a very small lounge called the anchor club lounge. It is an extremely poor place to hold lectures. The surrounding wall of the room is a curved wall of windows, don’t know how they will cover those. I have no idea where they intend to put a screen or set up a computer. This is an area which will hold maybe 100 people and the private locked room for the anchor people is in room on the backside of the lounge. His talk is at 12 so people will be wandering in and out all over the place. Who knows how this is going to go.

Well, we will see how it goes. We will have a very late lunch so it will be light since we have supper at 5.

Tomorrow the high is to be 35 degrees F. I am not sure I will be walking outside. Maybe I will try walking inside somewhere. So Dad won’t be outside. So no ice cream!

Hope you have a great day tomorrow. Be safe . Love and Miss all of you.

Mom, Granny and Bonnie