Sunday, August 18, 2019
Day two already. It is an At-Sea day. We are rocking and rolling – literally – along the west coast of France. We lost an hour last night because we changed time zones. We went to bed about 10:30. We slept pretty well. We might have slipped into comas. We woke up a little before 9:00. I got to use my new shower chair. Despite the rolling ship, the shower went well. Mary then showered while I worked on posting yesterday’s log. We have internet access but it is slow. I cannot complain considering where I am. I’m not able to upload pictures though. Oh well.
Mary went up to 14 to get some breakfast. I am trying to stay on my normal eating regimen – little/no breakfast, small lunch and normal dinner. I drank some Monster.
It is now 5:30 in the afternoon. I stayed in all day to this point. Mary has been in and out a few times to get tea. She slept for a few hours earlier. I napped twice. We are playing catch up I guess. We watched two silly movies. For some reason the play back frequently stopped and I’d have to resume the movie – not a big deal, but annoying. The ship is still rolling pretty good. We have to get ready to go to dinner. It is formal night, so I have to wear my rent-a-tux. Mary’s phone works for texting and voice. Mine isn’t. Who knows.
It is now 11:00pm. We are back from the evening’s events. We got dressed up. Mary looked good in her new blue dress. I wore tux pants, blue work shirt, blue tie and I carried the black tux jacket. The jacket is too small. I did wear it for the first picture set. The common areas were really busy with people. They were doing the champagne fountain. We had our picture taken with the Princess mascot bear – I didn’t know they had a mascot. We went to the dining room, there was a 30 minute wait so we went to get pictures. Our first of probably fifty sessions. From there we went back to the dining room. We were seated at the same table we sat at last night. I ordered a bottle of wine. It was a Burgundy that was really good. Mary had half a glass. I drank maybe half of it so I’ll have half for tomorrow. I had cheese and crab quiche, a shrimp dish and a chocolate dessert. Mary had soup, Cornish game hen and a tart of some sort. It was all good. There was a British couple next to us. They were funny and chatty. Of course, I only understood a third of the conversations. He was a retired banker and she was a retired nurse. They had extensive travel stories. It was a nice visit.
We finished the night by going to four more picture sessions. I threw $100 into a slot machine. Mary only lost $10. It was time for bed. We stopped for tea and cookies before heading back to the cabin. It was definitely a quiet day. We need them because we’re going to be pretty busy coming up.