Day of rest...

what a concept- a day of rest-had 3 whole hours off yesterday in the afternoon-I slept for 1/2 of it and it was soooo lovely...so I am taking another one today...too many people around me are getting sick, so resting seems to keep the cold away...the only exciting thing really was the lifeboat drill yesterday afternoon at which time I gave the Staff Captain a PHd and called him Dr Kostas Siamenthos...going to make him a diploma today to hang on his wall with my signature on it! We all had a great laugh about it-I think you had to have been there...

Interesting tension on the ship happening right about this time of the voyage-I think it is really that time in the voyage where the everyday routines are getting old and a 10 day crossing, although good for rest, can be trying on people's nerves with each other...actually the other big thing that happened was also who one is going to sit with at the Ambassador's ball-kind of a funny thing...it almost felt like the high school prom and who was going with who...and then who felt left out of the seating arrangement and so on...amazing...you know tensions are high when the conversation comes to this...kind of cute, but kind of " I think I will go to my room and sit on my balcony today mode"...

So, here I go~have a great Halloween...actually our party is tonight-we sold 2300 drink tickets yesterday, so it should be a doozer-just for that reason alone, I should take a nap! Lots of great pictures for tomorrow's blog...

until then~
ro