2-5 At Sea

2-5 Day 31 At sea

Today was mainly a maintenance day – Doug doing work on the computer, while I was throwing out and packing unneeded items until we return home. So, not very exciting. I only did a couple of things. First, I went to a bread decorations demo. You don't use real bread dough, but more like a play dough with equal amounts flour and salt. Then you design your “creation” and bake it slowly. They will last about a month. The bread chefs did a lot of sea creatures, which would also be fun to duplicate in FL.

Met with a lady who has been in my creative writing class. She is a published author of children's books and had some samples with her to see. She is a writer and illustrator and is very good. She gave me tips about how to get started if I were interested in publishing. I think, for now, I will just have fun with my writing. But she was in a suite on the 7th floor, so it was fun just to see it. I think her balcony is as big as most cabins!

Was going to take a nap, but as I started to lie down, I heard the ship's fog horn. The last time I had looked out a window, it was a bit overcast, but smooth seas. Now, I couldn't see anything but fog. And apparently it was the case for the captain. So every few minutes the fog horn would blow, and I finally decided that if another ship was going to come crashing into us, I'd rather be with Doug, so I joined him in the library. The 30 foot waves didn't scare me, but the fog horn did!

Formal night for dinner with a cute theme of gnomes. The staff was all dressed up in the funkiest costumes. The menu had “gnome” titles (lots of mushrooms!) and for dessert I got the Snow White meringue with marshmellows. It was fun and the staff were really into it as well.

Went to the ship's show – their Amsterdam singers and dancers doing “Latin Night.” It was OK – lots of energy. Not a very exciting day, but enjoyable nonetheless.