The Maasdam is still afloat after 5 days at sea, and for me – 3 books read and finished. Tomorrow we see land again. Yay!
The new guests are finding their way around the ship, perhaps not exactly finding their feet due to the rocking motion though. A couple of times guests were almost surfing in the lido pool as the water was churned up. The pool didn’t empty itself, fortunately, though.
Paul has not had a good time with his computer as a new version of Microsoft Office has thrown a wobbly. A chap from IT has been trying his best to sort things out but for now it looks like he has a major headache on his hands. Paul’s computer is not the only one to have been affected – a few others have thrown a wobbly with the new windows upgrade and ground to a halt as well.
We have had a new cabin steward since leaving San Diego, being a temporary replacement for our previous steward who has finally gone home for a well-deserved holiday. The temporary steward, who had been the ship’s bell boy, has had to learn fast after having only had 1 day’s training and shadowing of his more experienced colleague. A new steward joins us in Honolulu and will take over from the temporary steward.
The plants in the cabin are starting to look happier since we re-joined the ship. I think a bit of TLC is doing them the world of good although I do wonder about one plant that seems to be struggling. If it continues to struggle I may put it out of its misery and allow it to go to plant heaven/composting.
We have been trying to be good by going for a half hour walk either on the promenade deck or, if too cold and windy, walking the treadmill in the gym. Paul has been the main ‘motivator’ to get us to exercise because I have seriously been lacking energy (low thyroid?). Today I ended up sitting on my derrière and riding a static recumbent bicycle, trying to hopefully strengthen my knee muscles a bit before I even think about jogging.
A guest was missing when we were ready to leave San Diego 4 days ago. She was found wandering around the airport in a very confused state of mind, unable to remember how she got to San Diego and why she was there! When she was brought to the port she was still very confused so she was not allowed to board on medical grounds. Yesterday we learnt that it transpired that the woman had lost her hearing aids and couldn't hear so she was confused. Why the heck she didn't write anything down to explain things - we don't know. Well ... it wasn't the ship's fault that we had to leave without her. Her seemingly confused state of mind led the medics and captain to unable to board her at the time as it would not have been safe. More so if she had also any other underlying conditions. Life goes on!
Tomorrow morning we arrive in Hilo, Hawaii, and I look forward to seeing what the day holds.
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