Day 1 At Sea

 Just a quick update from our first day at sea.  On this southerly route the weather is warm and the seas are calm so life is good!  And the forecast seems to show that the weather system that might have caused some rough seas is clearing up.  We hope it holds!

Going back to last night, the weather was perfect for an outdoor dinner so we ate at the Terrace Cafe out back.  Good seafood and a good sunset (and, oh, yes, good company) what more could you ask?

Although, one discussion put things in perspective for us.  Alan, the Restaurant Manager, stopped by to chat with us as we dined.  We got to talking about his home and, though he is originally from Serbia, he now lives in Ukraine.  His wife, their 6 year old son and his 21 year old step son are Odessa.  They are okay for now but the 21 year old can't leave so they are remaining.  It almost makes me feel guilty about enjoying the good life on a cruise ship while the Ukrainians are suffering so much.  Linda felt compelled to give Alan a hug as we were leaving the restaurant just to give him some comfort.

Today was a typical relaxing day at sea - a little exercise first thing, breakfast, coffee, puzzles, bingo (no win), lunch and then some editing.  As some of you know, our son, David, is a finance professor at Loyola Marymount specializing in entertainment finance.  While on sabbatical he wrote a book about producing movies and he asked me to help edit it.  So I spent a couple of hours this afternoon doing that.  With all of these days at sea I should be able to make good progress.

That's it for now, but first, of course there is the Rule of Civility of the day, yet another reminder of how to behave on a cruise ship: Rule #97. Put not another bit into your mouth till the former is swallowed. Let not your morsels be too big for the jowls.

Peace and blessings and let's pray to whatever god we have for the people of Ukraine,

Linda and Larry