Yesterday, they showed “Life of Pi” in the main theater.
Today, it’s the latest James Bond movie. They serve popcorn during the movie
which is a nice touch.
CNN just cut out completely. Holland America always show
yesterday’s movie on the TV so that is still available. Fox News is hanging on
and so is ESPN 2. Those will be the last two to go. I just changed the time
zone to Greenland.
I took two computer classes this morning. One was about
Windows 8 but the class was hampered by the unavailability of the internet.
Then, I took a class on Movie Maker. That went well because the internet is not
critical to the class.
Bill does not yet have his sea legs. It’s 3:30 p.m. on
Monday, April 8, 2013. He spent the whole morning in a deck chair listening to
books on his MP3 player. I ate lunch and brought him a turkey sandwich and some
fruit out on deck. He came back 30 minutes ago and is taking a nap. He’s just
woozy, not actively ill. I feel fine.
We are still on Code Orange and being served from behind the
counter. I have not heard of any Norovirus, yet.
While I was out and about this morning, I signed up for a
cruise for next summer, 2014. We talked about it and Bill agreed that it would
be a good thing to do. So, I put down a deposit of $500 each. We can change our
minds up until next spring. The cabins for this trip just became available and
are going fast. It will be 35 days from Boston to Canada, Greenland, Iceland,
Denmark, Norway, Holland, Ireland and then back the same way to Boston. So, we
will be able to avoid the overseas flight which everyone hates.
The only drawback is that the cabin is outside and all the
way forward. We have been in a cabin like that once before and it’s noisy. However,
the cruise salesperson said there are only four full handicapped cabins on the
Veendam and we were lucky to snag one.
Bill didn’t bring a jacket so he can’t eat in the main
dining room. Ordinarily, dressy casual is okay but this is a formal night so he
can’t eat there. We ordered room service off of tonight’s menu. We still plan
go to the show at 8 p.m.
There are certain items that are always available at dinner:
French onion soup, Caesar salad, grilled salmon, chicken breast, steak and
baked potato, rice and vegetables. In addition, you can always order those
items on room service between noon and 10 p.m. You can also get a bay shrimp
cocktail, soup of the day, chef salad, penne primavera, triple decker sandwich,
grilled tuna melt, omelet, cheese and crackers, American hamburger and Thai
vegetarian wrap along with some desserts like ice cream, cake, cookies and pie.
