November 8, 2012: Palma de Mallorca
After the boat drill, I only had an hour before work so I continued to look through my pictures. I worked all afternoon, with all three kids there. After work, I ended up being able to get off the ship for an hour. Edison and I ended up at McDonalds and just got internet (sadly, I had decided not to take my computer because everyone said it was a long walk to anywhere; it was only 10 minutes away).
I went back to work and watched Racing Stripes with the siblings. Not a very eventful day overall.
November 9, 2012: Sea Day
Again, it was kind of a boring day. I only worked from 1 to 4 and had Bingo at 3:45. All the kids were in Club HAL so we colored mostly. The girls are starting to get frustrated with each other because one is perfectly content doing one activity for a while whereas the other always wants to play house or another game instead of watching a movie or coloring. “You’re not being nice to me” has suddenly become a popular saying in Club HAL. Even snacktime is an ordeal because one spends the time talking instead of eating which means we all have to wait for her to finish before going back upstairs to finish what we were doing before. So, they’re all getting frustrated with one another. I knew this would happen though, a small group of kids cooped up together for over a month, there was sure to be issues.
I arrived late to Bingo, so I didn’t actually have to sell any cards, I just did the math and figured out the prizes for the day. I got back to the room and found out from Cass that we’re nearly at code red, which means that a lot of people on the ship are sick, so we have to take extra measures to stay healthy: use an unhealthy amount of hand sanitizer a day (the rule I definitely don’t agree with, they practically force it on you every time you move from room to room), the Lido is no longer self-service, we have to SuperSan (not sure how often). Brian told me at dinner that Club HAL could potentially be closed in code red. I really hope that doesn’t happen because I’d be even more bored than I am now. Of course, security won’t be that bad; apparently they miss me on gangway, they tell me every time I see them.
November 10, 2012: Civitavecchia
I slept in because I didn’t work until 12. Only the 4-year-old was there so I took her to lunch, though Brian said her mom was supposed to pick her up an hour before I got there to take her to lunch. She didn’t eat much. We went up to Club HAL for a little bit before she was hungry again, so I took her down for chocolate chip cookies; she ended up not eating those because they had nuts in them and she doesn’t like nuts. After a little bit more time in Club HAL, she wanted jello, so we went downstairs and she actually ate some jello cups. After that, we went outside for about an hour (me in my bright orange parka to protect me from the wind) and played ‘soccer.’ At least she got some of that energy out before we went back to color/play Candyland.
I left Club HAL and saw Jim in the Lido, so I talked to him for a while before coming downstairs to rest until dinner. Cass came back and told me a little about her trip to Rome before she had to go to the Passenger drill.
I worked again at 7. It was just the siblings so we colored and watched Rango. It was a very calm night, especially after the afternoon. I found out that we’re not going to Sorrento anymore because it’s a tender port and apparently it’s too windy to tender safely, so we’re having an overnight in Naples instead.
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