April 20, 2008 Sunday
Sailing the Pacific on our way to Acapulco
Some info on our cruise that I found interesting. The average age on board is 65…there is one lady who is 99 years old on board. There are only 20 guests under the age of 18 on board. There are 2354 passengers from 29 different countries. On board we will consume over 40,000 lbs of meat, 48,000 lbs of vegetables, 1,800 gallons of ice cream and more than 80,000 eggs. I think we are already half way through all of this already!!! We will sail over 5,885 nautical miles on this cruise and through some very diverse climates. We will see tropics of the Panama Canal to the cool Pacific Northwest. By the way, Seattle had 7 inches of snow on Friday….IT’S APRIL…did someone forget to tell that to Seattle?????
We dined at the French Bistro tonight. Escargots was excellent, if it had been appropriate I would have licked the plate! Sue and Al shared a HUGE rack of lamb, while Jack and I shared the chateaubriand, which was so tender you could cut it with a fork and had a wonderful taste. Of course, we all ate way too much and we struggled to get up from the table! By the end of this cruise we will need cranes to lift us off this ship!!!!
The plan was to go to the evening performance of the magician, however, we had to walk through the casino to do this. Well, I had a $11.25 casino credit burning a hole in my pocket, so I stopped to play the “Le Tumbler” for a minute. Now this is a new machine to me, and it is hard to explain. There are tokens or quarters on a tray and you put in your token to try and knock off more tokens as your wins. I know I didn’t explain that well, but I hope you get the idea. Well, 1 ½ hours later I left that machine – losing my $11.25; however, I played for a long time and had a blast doing it! Jack and Suzi each played as well…it is amazing how those tokens can hang on to the edge of the ledge…and we surmise that the ledge must be magnetized in some way.
April 21, 2008 Monday – somewhere in the Pacific off the coast of El Salvador
After a good nights sleep for some of us (Al had decided catching a cold was the thing to do, so he was up all night hacking and coughing) we moseyed down to breakfast. Jack had eaten earlier and was already at the gym (can I just say here I really admire his dedication to working out) and after breakfast I had an appointment to have my nails done. What??? You don’t think I am going a month without having my nails done do you??? Of course when you go to the spa they always try to see you their products and I might say their products are very, very expensive. Hand cream is $50 A TUBE! I finagled a sample of it. I do like it but not for $50. And I will say the sample is a good size, so if I play it right I can use it for a long time. After lunch we all dispersed … Suzi to read in her room (or I bet sleep); Al to our room to read (and sleep); Jack to read down in one of the lounge areas and I took the camera and walked around the ship taking pictures. I had to laugh at one point…I went by the poolside one time and the band was playing “Mustang Sally “ and then the next time I went by they were playing “Careless Whispers” .. I will say I looked around to see if Jennifer was hanging around anywhere. She knows what I mean.
Right now the ship is beginning to show a little sideward movement…wind is blowing some and it is 92 degrees with 90% humidity.
In the afternoon we both took naps…I think I like taking naps. Dinner tonight was in the Lotus Garden “Asian Fusion” – best meal I have had on board. YUM
Al is feeling worse, so he decided to go back to the room; Jack, Suzi and I went to the show which was an Elton John impersonator…and a very good one at that. He actually is a performer on board as well and I want to catch one of his lounge shows while we are on board…he is really a great pianist and performer.
April 22, 2008 Tuesday
Off shore of Acapulco
Well, guess AL just can’t pass up a chance to go see what the hospital on board looks like. After a night of coughing and sounding like he was going to hack up a lung or two, I made the decision that he was going to see the doctor. Of course I got from Al “I’M NOT SICK” routine and I have learned when he says that we are going to be in for a bumpy ride. Of course he is sick! He has pneumonia. And a temp of 104! Fortunately, we caught it in the early stages and the doctor commended me for being persistent (Al said I was nagging---call it whatever you like) and has put Al on a regiment of massive antibiotics via IV and confined him to the ship for at least 3 days. Does this sound familiar? He was confined to the ship last cruise as well. When you are hospitalized on a ship you are usually just confined to the ship and your room unless you are very ill. The ship hospital only has 2 beds; and those are used as a staging before you are medi-evaced off to a local hospital. Doc said had we waited another day or two we would have been in that position. Sooooooo here we go again.
Later..same day
Acapulco
Al’s temp has came down to 99.5 and he had his second dose of antibiotics this evening. He is beginning to feel a bit better I think, but he is still cranky!!!!! Hope they give him some “happy” meds soon. Or I will be jumping ship! Just kidding.
I went ahead on our scheduled tour of Acapulco this afternoon. I really couldn’t enjoy it tho, too worried about Al. We did see the cliff divers and they were interesting to watch. We toured the city as well, old part, gold part and new part. I think I would like to come back here and spend a week sometime. Hopefully Al will stay well enough for us to do that.
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