We are so contented in our little world here, travelling at
less than 20 miles an hour on the Pacific Ocean towards Mexico with nothing to
see but the sky, sea, flying fish and sea birds diving for them. 28C for us again. Today we are having an at sea celebration of our wedding
anniversary as its 23rd of the month and our cruise is in honour of
it. Khachik has just happily received
his first ever pair of cuff links (essential wear on a Black tie night like
tonight), as he has up to now been wearing family heirlooms that have seen
better days, but did the job. Look at this lovely on board celebration.
Last night I gave my water colour painting of Blyton to Blyton, one of
our waiters, he said it looks like him, so that’s reassuring. I took a photo of Vivek, our other waiter,
and in a couple of days will give a painting to him too.
Here’s hoping I can capture something he can relate to. They are both young, and both handsome, so I
think that makes it easier.
Today’s discovery is the Peninsular Club! This is a loyalty programme our dining mates
told us about last night, so we have been to investigate. Whenever we cruise with P and O we get 10
points for every night of the cruise. We have 140 points already from our first
cruise in 2009, and when we get to San Francisco we move up a tier to “Pacific”
(150-500 points), when we get to Sidney we move up to “Atlantic” (501-1000
points) and by the time we get to Dubai we should move into “Mediterranean” (1001-2000
points). Each tier has benefits,
discounts, gifts, party invites and the Mediterranean tier even offers us free
slippers!!!!!
We also realise that our Travel agent managed to get us a
substantial on board credit which our dining mates didn’t get. So we are
feeling happier about spending, even Khachik ;)
My yoga practice today felt really good. In spite of joint
pain getting in the way of strength, I have managed to maintain what can only
be described as outstanding flexibility, and my focus on that feels just
right. I guess in the past I might have
dwelt on the pain, and got more upset about it, but I do feel great about flexibility,
and the feeling deep inside that goes with it. Pain management is quite an art form. I am unable to lower my body in charuranga dandasana (plank), and am unable to take any weight through my shoulder, or lift my left arm sideways or backwards, needing help to put my arm in my sleeve. But there's still a lot of movement I can manage. Naproxen is reserved for special occasions, and these days seem "special". Hope the meds last until home.
After Yoga I caught up with Khachik on the deck walk,
explored all the shops and then we went for a dance lesson after a couple of
days off. Today we were into sequence dancing, one was based on the Charleston, the Cindy Swing? one revising the square tango and the third a sequence Calypso. We’re doing ok! No injuries, incidents or
crashes on the dance floor. Just as long as nobody is gathering video evidence,
we’ll be fine.
Bye for now. Back tomorrow
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