Rock’n and Roll’n at sea

Yesterday was Valentine’s day and the ship was completely decorated for it. They did the “Marriage Game” (newly wed game) and the 4 couples ranged from the newly wed to the nearly dead… and the ages fit well. It was very entertaining. I had told Jim if they needed participants I would volunteer us, but they had enough and we escaped! Jim had ordered flowers for me… when it was delivered it is so big we almost need a bigger cabin! It was a formal night and the dinner was wonderful. I had pork - it was called Wild Boar… but whatever it was it was great and had a wonderful mushroom sauce that didn’t skimp on the mushrooms.

Late in the afternoon the ship started hitting large swells that really had us bouncing. About 9:00 the seas got quite rough and we were rocked to sleep; just the way I like it. At about 2 in the morning both Jim and I were awakened by the rough seas - it was really really rough for several hours. We did get back to sleep after an hour or so and it had calmed pretty much by morning. There is still a bit more movement than we have had since our first couple days; people are using the railings in the halls and stairways, but it does make it seem like we are actually on a ship…

Trivia… we seem to lose by one point almost every day! We have a team of 3 to 6 people almost every day now depending on who shows up. Ian and Judy are the two real brains but we all seem to have pretty good input AND we keep it fun. If people start taking it too seriously it stops being fun.