Cruise: Day Seven

Saturday, 11 December

Day Seven – At Sea

We’re on our way to Egypt and excited, but not enjoying the choppy waves that are taking us there. We woke up pretty late, but in time to participate in the Make a Wish Walk, or so we thought. Unfortunately the rough water meant that the walk had to be postponed to another day when it wouldn’t be so dangerous to be briskly walking around. All sorts of stuff was cancelled including a poolside barbecue, the big production for the evening, and both pools and the gym were closed. We went back to the room after buffet lunch and watched some Scrubbies. Jerry wanted to stay in the room, but I was a little stir crazy so I went out and about. I picked up our passports, now bearing Egypt stamps and then spent a little time in the casino, where I turned $40 into $81.50 on a slot machine! I checked out the ship shop, still debating on whether to buy a necklace that I’ve had my eyes on. I went to the coffee shop and ran into Jerry. I got some cookies and then we split ways…he went back to the room and I went to the Solarium so that I could get some studying done. That was a mistake. The solarium had water sloshing around on the floor and there was no soda service. Defeated, I returned to the room where we finished the season of Scrubbies and got in some napping. I haven’t been feeling that great and wasn’t up for formal night in the dining room, especially with heels on this rockin’ boat. Strange that I'm feeling queasy.  Even though the water's been rocky, I can't say I can remember ever haveing motion sickness in my life!  We went to the buffet and walking around on this ship was challenging, but kinda a fun adventure. It was interesting seeing the barf bags left on each landing just in case passengers needed it. The rocking was so severe that the centrum elevators were closed for awhile.

We also took advantage of the empty arcade to get in some air hockey...my favorite!

Back at the room, we settled in for a quiet evening. It wasn’t as quiet as we’d like because the rocking was causing the medicine cabinet in the bathroom to slam open and shut in the bathroom and the television to swing loudly back and forth.  In addition to being loud, it made it difficult to watch television!  Jerry remedied the situation by stuffing a pillow next to the television, keeping it firmly in place!