International Date Line and more...

Well, the last time I wrote, it was the 6th and the next day we woke up on the ship it was the 8th...the bit red line in the ocean distinguishing the International Date Line was beautiful~my favorite color....now, now don't think crazy things like many of the passengers on board...clearly the question of the day around here was-"will we see the date line when we cross it?" Of course by the end of the day, it is much more fun to make things up than actually answer the question with no sarcasm!

Anyway, the day was just like any other day except for the following~
...a little longer on the bike because with all of these time changes, I wake up now around 4:30am...so, instead of lying awake I went down and cycled for a little longer and added some weights to boot...
...a wonderful massage at 6pm with hot rocks and deep tissue...what a treat~Chin, was wonderful...
...of course I was not much use after that, but did have to introduce our Safety officer who did a talk on Safety for 40 minutesfor the shipboard community... and then straight to my room to watch a funky movie and asleep by 10pm!
And today was the first global studies exam...so it was the first day of RD/Staff VACATION by the poolside while the faculty proctored the exam from 9:20-10:35! Here are some fun shots of hanging out in the sun, playing cards and poolside team building! side & below the RD staff~

Tonight though is the Captain's dinner...she she la la, reception, 5 course meal and wine flowing throughout the evening...I will take pics and put them up tomorrow! Long day at the office-heading out now as it is already 4:30 and the gal has to start primping for the evening event! We get to go to this once (sometimes twice) during the voyage-this will be the first one-looking forward to socializing with the Captain's group that I work with everyday!

Later~
love, ro