March 9th, 2020 Day 65 of 128

Sea Day for us to rest and relax. As you all adjust to Daylight saving time, we rolled our clocks back an hour last night so we went from a five-hour time difference to California time zone to a seven-hour time difference. Feels like we have been living in a perpetual daylight savings zone since January. Cue the song…Working my way back to you babe! We awoke this morning to some gloomy dark skies and forecasted rain. This morning Megan and I had breakfast together in the Pinnacle grill as Mom and Valerie slept in. I got to get caught up on my blogs for you all before we went off to crocheting class. After crocheting I met up with mom and we went off to the gym. I started going to the gym as part of my Lent commitment so every sea day I do a minimum 30 minutes of cardio. It good for my body and makes me feel less guilty about the desserts we eat every night. Megan did schoolwork today. Valerie had tutoring and Choir. Later in the afternoon Valerie met up with some passengers and played Catan with them until dinnertime. Megan had some time in Club HAL from 4:00-5:15. At 5:15 we all met up for dinner in the main dining room. We hadn’t been in a few days and it was nice to be back at our table. We invited Geoffrey to join us this evening as well. It was a nice meal, good company, and we all have full tummies. We did notice some subtle changes around the ship today. When I purchased something at the store, the cashier wiped off the pen with sanitizer wipe before she handed it to me to sign my purchase slip. The server brought us hand sanitizer before our menus at breakfast this morning. After we left the dining room at dinner they came around and wiped down all the chairs with towels soaked in sanitizing fluid. Seas are rough this evening. We are going into a storm and are expecting 13-foot swells and 55 mile an hour wind gusts through the evening. I can hear the rain pounding outside, first time of the whole trip that has happened. Valerie and Megan have gone off to Club HAL (Valerie with her seasickness patch) and I am going to post this goody for you all, grab my crocheting, pop on the boob tube and relax till sleepy time. We are still waiting on excursion options for our new port of call. We have everything still previously scheduled up until March 16^th when our itinerary changes. It would be nice to have something in hand so we can research and make some decisions. Keeping a positive attitude and peace of sprit. Love and Hugs to you all. Debra