Back at Sea

Today has been full of swells on the ocean.  You feel like you’re sinking into the floor and then being lifted up and tossed right and left.  Handrails have been very nice today in the hallways!  Wasn’t horrible, but just enough all day long that you can tell the ship is rocking constantly.  The ocean was deep blue today with more waves than we had seen before.  Lulled you to sleep!

Riley slept great and so did we.  She woke up, ate breakfast, and took a bath courtesy of Jeremy.  I took a Dramamine after breakfast and crashed again.  Can not stay awake after taking that stuff.  Plus the rocking just sacks me out.  After Riley’s bath, she lay down on the bed and she took a nap.  So Jeremy had time to just relax on the balcony and read for a while.

We woke up and went to lunch at the Venetian.  After lunch, we watched a towel animal demonstration.  Learned how to make several animals out of hand towels, washcloths, and large towels.  Will have to watch some YouTube videos to learn how to do them as they only demonstrated them and didn’t have us do it hands-on.  So while it was cool, I still really don’t know what I’m doing!

Riley played in my parents’ room for a bit.  I came down with my mom and they used her Kindle light on the curtain and then did hand shadows.  Was so cute.  And we had a tea party for McKenna (her doll), Chee-Chee and Dolphee.  She was very creative in her use of cups and plates.  And fed the dolls food that were actually sugar packets.  My dad watched a movie and Jeremy read some more.

We went down to the Stardust Theater and saw a show that used crew members throughout the ship demonstrating their skills.  Was really great!  One lady and four men from the Philippines did a tinikling act with long sticks where she does dance steps between the sticks. 

Best one was the last act which they called “Fountains.”  There were six people – each one wearing a towel and carrying a metal drinking container.  They all took a large gulp of water and turned to face the back of the person next to them.  One at a time, they spit the water out to make it look like a fountain – and ended up spitting on the person in front of them.  Then they would make poses and imitate various fountains – one person in the middle spitting out water while the others were in a circle facing the middle person and spitting water at the middle person.  The Enya music really added to it.

After the show, we went back to the room for a little while.  Got ready for dinner.  Seriously feel like all I have done is eat and sit.  Eat and sit.  That’s basically today.

Jeremy, Riley and I ate at the Venetian tonight for dinner.  Riley was extremely well behaved and very calm.  After dinner, we went back to our room and then went to the Spinnaker Lounge for The Second City Improv Family Show.  Was hilarious.  I love improv.  We had some good laughs and then came back to our room to read.  One more day on the boat.  Supposed to rain tomorrow – perfect day for that to happen!  Has been an incredible vacation.