Sea Day
Our second sea day in a row and our last one for a bit. After today we will have four port days in a row. But, you will have to wait to hear about them. Our morning began the same as usual. Gym for me. Extra sleep for Megan. Breakfast at the Pinnacle Grill where Megan finished up some Algebra homework for later in the afternoon and demolished her second of four mangos she bought in Nuku Hiva. I am still anxiously awaiting my avocado to get ripe. Next it was up to Project Linus where I finished my second blanket. Photo below. When someone finishes a blanket they turn in what left over from their yarn balls, aka “muffins” and I took the pastels and made a blanket with the “leftovers”. It was a lot of color change, but I think it turned our well. I started my third blanket as well today. I am doing a granny square next with the left overs. At noon today Megan was invited to a wine tasting event. Yes, you read that right, Megan was invited. It is for four and five star mariners, we are four, and for some reason the invitation just came in her name. I did the right thing and went on her behalf. They had wines to sample that they offer in the wine packages aboard the ship. Invitations for this event have been going out periodically for the last week or so as it turns out they had to host this event multiple times as there are approximately one thousand four and five start mariners on this ship currently. I am not surprised considering this unique group of world cruisers that are aboard. I got to catch up with Freddy and Bob who I hadn’t seen in a couple of days. It is funny no matter how “small” or “big” you think the ship is, the perspective is really skewed by how much time you spend out of your cabin, participating in events, and dining in the public dining spaces. We have people we see every day because we all participate in the same activities and others we won’t see for weeks even though we know they are on the ship. The afternoon was spent writing this lovely blog to you all and Megan met with her tutor. Tonight we had dinner in the main dining room back at our usual table at 5:00pm. Tomorrow morning we will pull into port in Papeete, Tahiti. We have some fun adventures planned but you will have to wait to read about those.
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