This has been an amazingly smooth trip. The Pacific has been like sailing in a bathtub so far. Last night was the Captain’s Party. I never really understood the fun of dressing up to shake hands with the Captain and have a watery drink but we got a printed invitation so by gum Jim planned to attend! Since we were “dressing” we also hit the formal dinner too. One guy at our table is traveling by himself – quite a personable gent - full of stories of his travels. He drinks a lot, likes marijuana and hashish – and spends time reading Russian novels in the hammock that he has hung on his balcony. He had a stroke on his world cruise last year, but only stayed in the hospital overnight and then limped aboard with a cane and just the use of his right side. He walked as many laps as he could force himself to do daily hanging on to the railings and when he arrived back in the states he was almost completely recovered. There is also a single woman at our table who has traveled to Antarctica on a research ship and to Africa with a professional women’s group. I haven’t sat next to the chef yet but figure he is good for a couple of stories. We don’t go to the dressy sit down dinners that much. There is another dining room where you can dine by yourself and just order from the menu – and you don’t have to dress. Tomorrow is Jim’s big performance so I will let you know how that goes. I am really missing Hannah and Hailey already. I seldom go more than a couple of weeks without seeing them and I talk to them, or their mother, almost daily. Courtney wrote that at the dinner table last week, Hannah started singing “99 days ‘til Nana comes home, 99 more days, take my crown and pass it around, 99 more day ‘til Nana come home”. Ya gotta love it. It is so strange to not have phone of internet access. I find I really miss not being in touch – so these missives may become therapeutic! Day after tomorrow when we hit San Diego there will be phone service, emails and shopping!
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