Feb 27th, 2020 Day 54 of 128

Last night the crossed the International Date Line.  We woke up 23 hours into the future from when we fell asleep.  It was a strange thing and I am not sure when and if this will ever happen again in my lifetime.  But we will slowly click back now till we are back in California time before our arrival back home in May.  That going to be a lot of time changes.  We started our morning in the Pinnacle where we had nice breakfast all together.  Then mom, Megan and I went to the Ash Wednesday service they had here on the ship.  The pastor made the joke that like the sign over the bar that says, it’s five o clock somewhere, it was Ash Wednesday somewhere (cause it is technically now Thursday here).  After wards Megan and I went to crocheting and I turned in my 4^th completed blanket for project Linus.  Update on the yarn:  the monies have been raised and the order has been laced for us to acquire more yarn when we get to Sydney.  Thank you all for your help and referrals.  After crocheting we grabbed some lunch, worked on homework and then did arts and crafts.  Lastly, Valerie and I went to the Service Club Members meet up where we meet with other passengers and network on what our organizations are doing and how we raise funds throughout the different communities we all come from.  They give us certificates of attendance and I am hoping when I get back I can turn them in to keep up my attendance record with Lioness.  We’ll see. That rounded out our afternoon.  This evening mom and I took the Security officer to dinner as he has been keeping us safe since we started the cruise and he is getting off the ship in Auckland in a few days.  We wanted to personally tell him thank you for all he has done for us.  It also gave the girls a chance to have a nice quiet “girls night” in.  They ordered room service, got a couple movies and had a relaxing evening in my room while we were having great grown up time.  Then it was in for the night so we could get ready for our adventure tomorrow.  We are going to the beach and we’re going to see a pig roast.  Sweet dreams from the Polynesian Islands to all our loved ones back home.  Stay safe and healthy everyone.  Blessings,  Debra

P.S.  Sorry I am still unable to post photos.  But I happy I can at least post the blog.  We’ll be in Auckland in a couple of day and I am hopeful we can get caught up then.