Sea Day #2

No post right now as when I sat down to write tonight I found out two unusual and unexpected things:

*I can’t access the internet on my computer anymore. 

*I’ve been locked out my bank account - even on my app. 

Today was such a good day. But now I’m extremely stressed so I think it’s best I go get myself a strong drink or two and spend my night working on straightening things out.

Hopefully I can come back and fill in the details of today - and tomorrow. It’s going to a fun filled one. That is, if I’m not up all night. Ugh. 

MORNING UPDATE: SOLVED!

After spending much more should-be-sleeping time than I wanted to, I think I may be good to go. The computer issue eventually resolved itself on its own this morning (what's up with that?), and with the bank issue it seems the little birdie left at home had been involved. I was able to re-secure the account and now I'm good to go there. Whew.

So back to sea day #2.

As predicted, our weather did turn off a little rough. Where yesterday I had sunshine at breakfast, this day's view was nothing but clouds and rain.

Bumpy seas, too

As much as the ship was moving it wasn't surprising when I went to breakfast on Deck 16 aft I was the only person in the restaurant the entire time. Thankfully over the years I've been able to grow sea legs and they served me well today.

Yummy blueberry pancakes for breakfast

After breakfast I went to the presentation on Maui. I got lots of history but still don’t know the best way to get around the area. Ships still aren’t calling on Lahaina (my favorite Hawaiian cruise port) so we’ll be in Kahului which is more industrial. When we were in Kahului years ago we rented a car for a couple days but that’s not an option this time so we’ll see what I can get figured out. 

Love the clearly marked accessible spacing in the theater

I also attended a hypnotism for pain relief presentation. This wasn’t the typical spa pitch, but an actual enrichment presenter doing the session. Interesting, intriguing, informative. There are more full-on sessions over the next couple days I hope to get to. 

It was cooler outside and the pools were closed because of the rough seas so I spent my outside time out on Deck 7. 

Love the no-threshold doorway to the Promenade Deck

The chairs were all wet from the rain and sea spray and the front of the deck was closed but it didn’t stop me from rolling around to both sides. 

Aft view from Deck 7. The water is getting bluer!

I had another tasty lunch in the dining room (chicken with chimichurri - oops, forgot to take a picture), made an ok choice for dinner,

What would you choose?

Double Pork Chop for me

and once I returned to my cabin for the evening came back to a little buddy 

and flowers. 

Which leads me back to where things all fell apart and I about had a melt down. But all is good, at least for now. 

See you later for Sea Day #3.

Sea Day #1

There are pretty much three words to sum up my entire day. By noon all three of them had made an appearance.

In the past we've always know the first few days out from San Francisco to be cool, cloudy, and breezy. Being I'm in an inside cabin with no windows I didn't know what the day looked like so imagine my surprise at breakfast when I had this sunny view out the window.

My breakfast view

My breakfast choice. I passed on the hash brown.

After breakfast I tried to make my way to the seats I saw out the window but found the doorway had quite a high threshold, one where I would have to carry Scooter across. I passed. But I found another spot on Deck 16 and camped out in a lounge chair tucked out of the wind and in full sun.

It was in that lounge chair I sat instead of going to Speedy Sudoku. Instead of the Hula class. Instead of the crafts class. It was in that lounge chair I stayed and watched a movie on the big screen (Movies Under the Stars). Escape from Alcatraz, how fitting for where we just came from. It was in that lounge chair where I fell asleep for a bit. And got a sunburn.

Word #1 - Sunshine

After the outdoor movie I headed back to the cabin to cool off a little bit and started watching the movie Wicked on the TV.

Word #2 - Movies (Two movies in one day, even.)

And then word #3 made a grand entrance. After a filling breakfast, I decided to go to lunch to do a taste test. I'm not a big lunch eater so I typically stick to appetizers. More than once I've ordered the wrong spring rolls so today I decided to order both at the same time so I could decide which one is the one I've liked. Thai Spring Roll or Summer Roll?

The Thai Spring Roll is served hot

Summer Roll is served cold. Look at all those veggies!
I don't like veggies so this is the wrong one. 

I also wanted to check out the Colossal Fries. On the Discovery Princess the fries have an extra crispy coating and are tasty. Here on the Ruby Princess they are just plain fries with the dips. Won't be ordering these again here.

After lunch I finished watching Wicked and finished up with Word #2. 

But Word #3 popped back up at dinner. The restaurant manager was doing table side preparation of some pasta. OMG, so tasty. I'm glad I asked for just a few bites but I certainly could have made it my main dish.

Instead my main dish was a special one for the specific dining room I'm in. The land and sea had some of the tastiest shrimp and steak I've had in a while.

And I followed through with the dessert routine Ed and I established when we wintered onboard the Discovery Princess. Blueberry sorbet.

The lighting in the dining room is throwing the actual color off

So Word #3? That would be FOOD. Way too much food.

And yet...as I was typing this blog I had room service knocking on the door and delivering an order from a special friend. No need to leave the cabin for a midnight snack now. And more bottled water? Bonus!

Yep, Sunshine, Movies, and Food is how I spent the day. (I would admit I went to the casino, but like any gambler knows some secrets are better left untold.) I'm not sure what tomorrow will hold, but the Captain tells us we're in for some weather and rough seas. They've even gone ahead and cancelled formal night for tomorrow night, just in case. 

One more note - last night we had a sick passenger onboard and had to turn around and go back to San Francisco. The Captain kept us updated into the night until the Coast Guard helicopter arrived and completed the airlift.