Somewhere in the Mediterranean…
31 Jul 2011 Leave a Comment
Waves crashing against the ship
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
We had big plans today to take advantage of our last full day at sea. After breakfast, we planned to meet up with Kenny to brave the Sky Course obstacle course once again. However, nature had other plans. The course was closed due to high winds. In fact, it is so windy and cold, that it is difficult to be out on deck at all. So, instead, Mom and Kenny and I went to the Ocean Plaza Lounge to play some television trivia. We followed that up with a return to the art auction where Mom scored an awesome deal on five paintings. By the time the art auction ended, we could feel the ship rocking significantly. In fact, it became difficult to walk around anywhere on ship. By mid-afternoon, we decided to return to our stateroom. We watched from our balcony as huge waves crashed against the ship. And, that’s right around the time that Tracey and I turned green with seasickness. The only thing that made us feel better was to lay flat on our backs in our beds. We flipped through television channels and prayed that the rocking would end.
Mom, being the experienced sailor she is, was completely unaffected by the motion. She went out to meet Kenny for a drink and when she returned, she brought us pizza and ginger ale. Having a full stomach definitely helps. Mom informed us that the whole ship was sick and the crew had placed vomit bag stations by all the elevators. We spent the rest of the night watching Discovery Channel (one of 4 available channel options) and wishing we could get off this roller coaster.
Enjoy the one picture I managed to take today, when I wasn’t about to vomit.
