getting into the groove

 Sunday, our first day at sea has been wonderful! We started off with a giant breakfast… I had meant to have a light breakfast but ended up with a giant plate of mushrooms, fruit, smoked salmon, pickled herring, and an egg on half slice of French toast. It was delicious and I felt slightly virtuous!

From there we went downstairs to shop (new hat and warm blanket scarf - I've been freezing and stupidly forgot to pack a pashmina). Then we attended a lecture about our next 2 ports. From there we climbed the stairs to the track for 15 laps which is just over 2 miles!

Swim time! It's chilly and windy but we hung out by the pool for ages, meeting some nice people. Julie and her son Austin were from outside Toronto, Sue and her son Brian are from Phoenix and Colorado. He works for Subaru so we had a connection right off the bat. I'm not sure if it's me or just luck, but we have connected with a few people already 😀

I was chatting with Julie about cancer and of course she had a few friends who have gone through it - one friend doesn't call herself a survivor… she has a much more powerful term that I am adopting for myself - she calls herself a thriver! That's me - I'm thriving!

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It's already Monday! Last night we had supper with Sonia and Perry. It already feels like we've known them forever 😀 After supper we went to the theatre for a magician show. He was good but I think I enjoyed Ted and Marion’s show better.

I was awake again before the sun 🌅. Once I was showered and into my walking clothes, I dashed to the buffet for a coffee… unfortunately the specialty coffee wasn't available so I just got some regular brew and sat by the pool for a while. When I got back to the room Carm had just gotten up so he got straight into his walking clothes and away we went for a 2.15 miles on the track - with some jogging!!! I felt great!

Breakfast was huge again but I felt slightly virtuous with my choices - lots of fruit and salmon… I got 3 out of 5 health boosting foods already 😀 and it was So good!

By 10:30 we had swum and are now on the 5th deck for a latte and to listen to the captain speak.

Awesome!

“everything“