Jan 25/12: Paul's B-Day and a day at Sea

(Editors Note: This post is out of order...)

 

Hi,

 

Well, I am so far behind I don't know if I will be able to catch up everything today, so I am going to work backwards from today- Jan 25th, and see how far I get. It will probably be shorter as a result. So here goes....

 

Jan 25/12: Paul's B-Day and a day at Sea

 

Happy birthday Paul!

 

Today we slept in as we were tired out from all the activity yesterday and staying up late doing laundry and watching movies in the ship`s theatre yesterday (Evita & I Don`t Know How she Does it). We have been going to see a movie almost every night, although some we have not watched to the end because we decided they were not good enough. The best movie so far has been "Water for Elephants". As a result, I am now reading the book -amazingly the movie was very close to the book- no wonder it was so good. Have been pleasantly surprised at how good the ship`s library is - did not expect it to have anything new... on the other hand, they have so many activities going on that I have not done anywhere near as much reading as I had expected. I expect half or more of the books I brought along will be coming back unread unless something changes. Today already Dad & I have done the Daily trivia challenge (Dad only) The animal toss (stuffed toucans & whales from the balcony onto a grid for points) , I just came back from a class on Feng shui, and might go to booth camp for some exercise at 4:30. Dad is walking outside on the deck, braving the wind as things are swaying too much up on the 10th floor to use the machines like he usually does. the other day he walked 10K (I thought that was overdoing it ...)

 

Dad just came back - he was in the library & fell asleep (he says it`s because he overeat at the Ìtalian buffet lunch we had today). Now he`s lying on the bed snoozing a bit more before we get ready for supper at 5.30 ( we have early seating ).

 

Well, it`s 4.30 so I`ve got to head  off to exercise class. Will continue this later tonight.....

 

Tonight is another formal night -the black & white ball. We are dressing up for supper and will go to the Captain`s dance which starts at 10PM. Apparently the captain will dance with all the ladies there - we shall see.

 

More Later......