Day 3 - At Sea
Monday, October 3, 2005
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Sleeping was even worse last night than the night before! We were rocking and rolling ALL night! However, Tom actually slept better because he was so completely exhausted from the previous night’s lack of sleep! When I woke up, Tom was just coming home from the gym…saying he didn’t feel too well and had actually had to stop and get off the bike. Uh oh. Then, by the power of suggestion (I assume, since I’ve never gotten seasick in my life) I started feeling not-so-good myself. Not anything terrible, but something just in the very pit of my stomach that I wanted to get rid of before it became worse. It wasn’t nearly as bad standing or sitting on the balcony, but we couldn’t spend all day there, so before breakfast, we hit the front desk for some magic seasick pills and each took one after breakfast. (We both felt fine the rest of the day, thankfully.) Tom said he heard some woman complaining that this was the worst cruise she had ever been on (stability wise)…but for all I know, this is completely normal with the weather we’re having.
It was nice and sunny for a short slice of time in the morning (enough for us to sit on the balcony for about an hour after breakfast) but then it became overcast and really windy and it was getting damp and chilly so we headed inside. I went on the galley tour (one of the only things I really wanted to do this week) while Tom took a nap. The tour wasn’t nearly as exciting as I’d hoped—I thought we’d get more of a personal tour but it was more of an “open the doors and everyone quickly walks through” type of thing. But, with the 100 or so people there, I guess that’s how they have to do it. I’m still glad I went.
When I got back, it was still crappy weather for balcony-sitting, so I curled up with Tom and napped on and off until it was time for lunch. After lunch, I headed up to the art gallery preview display to see if there were any Thomas Kinkades I might be interested in bidding on at the auction. Unfortunately (or fortunately!) there weren’t many and not one of the three or four I would have been interested in were there. I could have stayed for the free champagne and the chance at winning the $500 raffle prize, but the cabin was calling my name…I wanted to nap more! So it was back to the cabin for more rest and relaxation until it was time for Tom to go to his wine tasting. I could have gone, but the bed just felt TOO good (and I wasn’t that interested in tasting wine anyway). I woke up when he came home an hour later (it went well, and he learned that specific wines really do make food taste better) and then we BOTH napped until dinner. We actually came close to missing dinner as the alarm didn’t go off at 5 like planned, and I woke up at about 5:15! (It wouldn’t have been life or death to miss dinner in the dining room since there is always food available elsewhere…but I can’t imagine missing a meal in the dining room since the food is SO good! Every night it baffles me to see empty tables!)
Tonight was formal night, which meant dress blues for him and a sparkly dress for me. We chose to have one of our two included-with-our-cruise-package wines with this dinner...but we upgraded to a German Riesling that was EXCELLENT. Of course, dinner was excellent (again)…appetizers of Pâté de Foie Gras for Tom and a Caribbean Island Fish Cake for me, soups included French Onion for Tom and Shrimp Bisque for me, salads were garden harvest and classic Caesar, entrees were Fillet of Beef Wellington for me and Oriental Style Rotisserie Duck for Tom, and desserts were Master Chef’s Rudi’s Double Strawberry Cheese Cake (for me) and Chocolate Soufflé for Tom. After dinner we went up to the Crow’s Nest for drinks, but it was still really early so there weren’t many people there (dancing) so we went back to the room. We hit the sack early (before 10) as I want to see at least one sunrise on this trip (hopefully the weather will be nicer in the morning) and tomorrow is our Dolphin Swim so we have to eat early and be on the island by 10am—so we figured we might as well get some good sleep and get the sunrise over and done with!