Tuesday, 29 July 2014

First sea day

Monday 23rd June

The clocks went forward an hour. I went to bed at midnight (which became 1am) and finally decided to get up at midday. I'd woken a few times but felt too weary and tired to get up. I didn't know if it was the result of preparing for the cruise in a hurry or if it was the new sleeping tablet that the doctor had prescribed. (It had seemed okay at home though.) 

I made it to the end of the cha cha lesson and then to lunch, but went back to bed at 2pm and listened to a story and dozed until 5pm.

I thought I could start on my diary before dinner and found to my horror that Microsoft Office would not work. The last time I had used it was on my last cruise, and I had no problems then. I have no idea what has gone wrong but everything this time will have to be typed on stickies or Word pad and then copied into emails to send to my home computer, to be recopied into Word. 

The Black and White Ball was on in the evening and I wore my new black jersey dress with gold beading. I'd had the hem taken up for my short height in the weeks before leaving, and hoped that the length would be right and I would not trip over again this night! I managed okay.


Great dancing again in the ballroom, but the quote of the night was from a very strange lady (who later became a friend) who stopped on her way out and told me: 'I like your hair. Don't change it. NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS. It's gorgeous.' Quick, where's a mirror?!


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