It’s Sunday, folks. Did you get your pray on?
There is no chaplain on board as this is not a long enough cruise so there was no Mass celebrated for the passengers. Therefore, I did the next best thing. I “went to Mass” via the parish’s livestream. Of course, this does not meet the obligation to attend Mass. Livestreamed Masses do not “count”. But in situations like this, where there is no opportunity to go to Mass, there is no obligation for the faithful. So, watching a livestreamed Mass can be the next best thing as it puts one into the proper disposition of prayer.
So, anyway, the livestreamed Mass helped me to focus and pray this morning. Watching the sea and clouds and basking in the breeze on my balcony helped me to pray as well.
After a relaxing day at sea, I had dinner in the MDR (Main Dining Room) and then went to the theater to watch the evening’s Production Show, Invitation to Dance. This is a show unique to Royal Caribbean. They created it and produce across many of the ships on their line. High energy, that for sure. If you take the time to watch it, keep this in the back of your mind: after performing the show, they have about an hour and a half down time before they perform it for the second time. Most of the shows have two showings in order to fit in the dining schedule of the passengers.
After I returned from the show, I went out on balcony. Mother Nature was saying goodnight.
We are scheduled to arrived in Bermuda tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. and scheduled for the ship to be cleared at 9:30 a.m. for passengers to disembark if they so desire. This is a first for me in cruising. When we have the chance to disembark tomorrow morning, we will be reminded that all aboard is at 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. the following day, that is. The ship is docked overnight in Bermuda and passengers will be able to come and go as they wish through the day tomorrow, through tomorrow night, and through the day Tuesday.
For my part, I will be enjoying the ship. I haven’t shared this yet but, almost a week before leaving for vacation, I scratched my leg. That’s all. A scratch. I don’t know how and I don’t know when and I don’t know where. When I realized that it was minimally scratched, I did the betadine solution cleansing, antibacterial wound spray and antibacterial wound salve.
It infected.
So, I was on a strong dose of oral antibiotics to bring the infection down. It was working slow but sure. The last dose was finished Friday. That means that yesterday, today, and tomorrow, the dosages are still in “half life” territory and the antibiotic can make me very photosensitive and prone to burning.
I want to be as good as possible for the second leg of this cruise (Canada/New England) so I’m making myself captive onboard in order to not push my luck.
I’m still having the time of my life.
g’night