Jan 11th, 2023 Day 9 of 128

Sea Day

Another Sea Day. Another day of socializing and relaxing. But first to the gym. I haven’t been able to get my gym buddy, aka Megan to go with me yet. So when I get back to the cabin in the morning, I get the joy of waking her up so we can start our day together. We tidy up the room and get it ready for our amazing room stewards, Eko and Rosi, to come in and make our room look like we were never even there. Fresh towels, trash emptied, laundry picked up and dropped off, floor vacuumed, bed made…it is better than a fair godmother. They work so very hard and we are so appreciative of everything they do for us. It is one of the things I miss the most when we get back to the “reality” of life back in Cayucos. I miss cooking very much though. I love being in the kitchen and creating and preparing food for those I love. I do miss it and have serious withdrawals when I am on the World Cruise. We went to breakfast together and Megan was diligently working on her math homework. Seven days of sea days means seven days straight of math tutoring and assignments for her. I don’t make her do school on days we are in ports because we are off the ship most the day. But every sea day she does school. I went and spent time with our lovely Project Linus group and Megan went off to learn how to play Mahjong. Then it was time for tutoring again for Megan at noon and I went the Neptune lounge to relax, have a cup of coffee and get all caught up on my blog (you’re all welcome). We headed to the Greenhouse Spa this afternoon and scheduled Megan a haircut for tomorrow and we booked me a massage package which will get me 10 massages over the next 120 days. Megan has been wanting a change in her hairdo for a while so now is the time. We had our friend Ginny join us for dinner at our table tonight. She is sweet older woman from Oregon who shared several excursions and a love of crocheting with us in 2020. It’s nice to see her again and she and I been having lovely conversations during our Project Linus time. After dinner we headed “home” for the evening. Megan and I both spent some time reading. Another pastime I enjoy and don’t take or make enough time for when I am home in California. I started a Nicholas Sparks book and Megan is reading a novel she brought from home. We set our clocks back yet another hour this evening. For those of you keeping track we are now one hour behind CA time and I suspect we will be back on Pacific time in the next day or two. By the time we reach the Marquesas Islands we will be three hours behind you all. That’s almost one hour a day I think. I’ll keep you updated on that. Hope you are all doing wonderfully and that our CA loved ones are drying out.