Sea Day

Today was about as a chill a day as I’ve had this entire trip. For the first time, the sun was shining on my balcony before I even got out of bed.

Oh, what a beautiful morning

After breakfast there was a meeting for the 200+ guests who are staying on for the next voyage. It was basically the same information we heard last week so it was hard to leave the sunshine.

And wouldn’t you know it when I came back to the cabin the sun was gone from my side of the ship. It was all shade for the rest of the day, and with the cool air and breeze it became too chilly to sit out there. Such a big bummer, especially knowing I’m going back into an interior cabin tomorrow.

Pretty but brrr

I spent the day packing up the cabin, talking on the phone with home, and taking a proper nap. None of this sitting up falling asleep, but a proper shoes-off, covered up with a warm blanket kind of nap. 

Who could have predicted I would be even warmer during my pre dinner drinks. 

Thanks to a

Red face from the sun

Red face from the alcohol

Red face from embarrassment

It was when all the officers started clapping that the embarrassment occurred. The clapping was followed by this huge cake presented to me. Wasn’t it just yesterday when I said the 1000th day was without fanfare or recognition?

Just when you think you can’t be pleasantly surprised
something like this happens.

After the initial shock and embarrassment wore off I looked red-faced in one too many pictures and ate much too much cake. I shared cake with as many guests as possible, cut an extra big piece to take back to my cabin steward, and had them send the rest of the leftovers down to the crew mess. What an unexpected way to spend part of my evening. Too stuffed to do anything else I had a small quick dinner of a baked chicken breast and potatoes and called it a night. 

Up tomorrow, turnaround day in San Francisco. 

Ensenada, Mexico

For my day in Ensenada, my 1000th day on Princess Cruises, with no fanfare or recognition I did exactly what I wanted to do. And skipped the majority of the activities on the daily schedule. 

I didn’t set the alarm, slept in, and went to breakfast when I wanted to. Even though it was cloudy and cool I watched the morning Movies Under the Stars feature Conclave, and fell asleep in a lounge chair for most of it. When I woke up the sun had come out and it was warm enough to take off my sweatshirt.

I went to the back of the ship, sat at the new handicap seating there, had a Diet Coke, and watched birds dive straight down in the water to get fish.

I went out in port last week to get my fish tacos so today I had a burger on deck for lunch.

My first one on board this month

I spent the afternoon on my balcony in my swimsuit in the sunshine. No other place I’d rather be.

I certainly didn’t want to go to the formal night dinner, but felt obligated. Here’s a tip…don’t go to things you don’t want to go to. I had a few minutes to kill before I could get my table so I went to the casino for a little while. What was I thinking??? It did not turn out well. With my tail between my legs I headed to a busy dining room I really didn’t want to go to and had a simple meal of French onion soup, sautéed shrimp, and mandarin sorbet. So simple not even worth a picture. 

Up tomorrow, a sea day as we head back to San Francisco.