at Sea
Roughest day yet. Things are sliding off the desk in our room and items sliding off the table in the Lido. This is not a day for those who are prone to sea sickness. Waves are at 12′ with promises to hit 16′ tonight. I know that when we have flown to Hawaii, the last 2 hours are very rough. Head hitting the ceiling kind of rough. I’m guessing the wind in this area is always an issue. 2 hours on the plane is about 3 days on the ship. I’d rather be on the ship. I can’t help thinking about the plane that had the roof entire roof ripped off coming into Hawaii back in 1988. Aloha Airlines 243.
Workouts in the gym can be interesting to dangerous. I know that when the ship was climbing from the bottom of a trough my pushups became suddenly heavier. You may be thinking that I had too many cookies but that is only partially true. Free weights are almost out of the question.
Group trivia is getting noticeably more difficult. What was the name of the girl born in 10,000 BC. Did you say Pebbles Flintstone? Neither did we. The name of the most photographed mountain? How about the first American team in the NHL. I guessed Boston Bruins. Good guess.
I’ve started reading “They Thought They Were Free – The Germans 1933 – 1945 ” by Milton Mayer. Published originally in 1955, the author went to Germany to live amongst average citizens to gain a better understanding of Nazism and how it took hold. Growing up I could never understand how this happened. During the past 5 years I have gained a complete understanding and I believe it can easily happen again. There is so much corruption in our own government. What is one citizen to do? How will others view this person if they do stand up?
Getting to our dinner table was exciting with the ship rocking. Terri thought the dining room looked empty. Maybe they are in line for cookies or maybe tossing cookies?
We listened to the piano trio and they did a nice Hadyn piece. The night before they did cello and violin duets of popular music. The violinist kept rushing, rushing, rushing…. I was surprised the cellist could keep up. I’m sure it was keep complete sight reading off of some app. We used to call them fakebooks. A book of leadsheets that a band could BS their way through if they needed to. I don’t know what they are called today.
Jose Sarduy gave a second show today. He was good and it didn’t bother him that some of the jokes fell flat. He just kept at it and gave a good show.…