at Sea
Seas appear calm but the swells are huge. Makes everything a bit more difficult except sleeping. We have gone back another hour but seem to be behind our actual position. Currently we are on Pacific time and will have 2 more time changes before we reach Hawaii on Tuesday.
All passengers have to meet U.S. Customs on Tuesday morning with our passport in hand. I’m not sure how these officials even operate with a straight face anymore. Here is a ship full United States citizens. All have had successful careers and have donated to the US treasury every April 15. Meanwhile, back on the southern border, non-citizens are allowed to come in freely, no passport, no ID. They are given transportation deep into the country where they may be housed in a hotel, given a drivers license, and in some cases given social security paid for by donations from US citizens.
We spend most mornings in the gym and most afternoons on the balcony. We have enough reading to keep us occupied.
The evening entertainment was DJ Bucciarelli, a male vocalist that did mainly female pop hits. Carol King and Carly Simon were his favorites. He did do some James Taylor also. He shared a lot of his life story and how he was discouraged from pursuing music. He did have quite a high opinion of himself but his act did not support that opinion. Terri flashed me a 2. I gave him a 7.
We finished the evening by watching the movie about Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. I don’t think folks that weren’t yet on the planet in 1973 know all of the controversy surrounding this game. Women at the time were very proud that King beat Riggs. Today we have men pretending to be women in order to beat them. I’m not sure why today’s women are not up in arms.…