November 29- A Day at Sea…again
The sunset last evening as we sailed away was really unusual. The weather had been overcast and
All night the ship rocked and made strange noises as the
wind blew. We both slept well except for occasionally being awakened by sudden
movement or sound. Nelma, our cabin stewardess, said she couldn’t sleep last
night because of the extreme rocking. She is a very nice person from the Philippines
who has a 9-year-old son at home living with her sister. I guess when one family
member goes to work for the cruise industry it becomes a total family project.
Samuel, our Butler, is from Goa, India and is counting the
days until he goes on vacation on January 20th. Each of the ports in
Hawaii he was off doing shopping for gifts for his family whenever he had a break. All of a sudden yesterday
afternoon I got something painfully wrong
with my hip. I knew I couldn’t make it to the dining room for dinner given the
rolling of the sea and the pain in my hip. I was just going to do room service,
but Jim had the bright idea of calling the Butler for a wheel chair. Sure
enough here came Samuel with his perpetual smile and a wheel chair. Frustrating
for me but so thankful for his help. After dinner they called him and he came to
take me back. I said I was sorry to be a bother since I knew he was so busy in
the evenings and he said his job was to take care of his passengers and he was
happy to do that. Nice to be pampered. We enjoyed watching the movie "Maleficent" and went
to bed at about 10:30.
This is the first of four days at sea before we reach Nuku
Hiva on the Marquesas Islands. Hoping for clear skies and smoother seas.
This is a time to be really lazy. I am getting
a massage this afternoon and hoping for great results on this pesky hip.
Jim went to hear Dr. Sobey lecture about The Equator. Seems
a timely talk since we are about to cross that line in the water.
posted by Jim and Elaine Barnett @ 1:23 PM
2 comments
2 Comments:
Sorry to hear about your hip and I sure hope the next few days at sea and the massage are helpful. It sure sounds like you are getting tossed about a lot -- is that normal for the Pacific Ocean?
It is a side to side roll instead of a front to back roll- not sharp but almost constant. AND yes, I do think it is fairly normal for the Pacific according the one of the lecturers.
Post a Comment
<< Home