Today was a sea day. Carnival calls these “Fun Days At Sea” but for us they are sometimes boring and sometimes relaxing. After breakfast we went to the Cruise Critic get-together, which was very poorly attended. The cruise director speculated that people were probably feeling sick because the seas were so choppy. I asked him about a Friends of Dorothy meeting (we’ve seen a few women who might be gay, but nobody we’ve said hi to) and he said he would add it to the schedule. Unfortunately it wasn’t in there when the schedule was slipped under our door for tomorrow, but that’s okay.

After the CC event we went to hear the cruise director (peppiest person on board) talk about Bermuda. It was interesting but I was falling asleep anyway, and I snuck out halfway through for a nap. A stayed for a bit more and then went to some jewelry event, then she came back to the room and joined me.

When I woke up I wasn’t hungry, so I was going to go to the library to use a computer to look up some info I forgot to bring for geocaching. A woke up too and said she wanted lunch first, so we had lunch and then went to the library. Unfortunately I spent 20+ minutes and failed to get anything useful, because the connection was slow, the printer didn’t work, and JavaScript was blocked. So I went to the front desk and explained, and they removed the $11.50 charge from my account. After that we wanted to relax and read, so we brought our books up to the top deck, which was temperate, windy, and shady. Unfortunately the pool was right below (it always is, no matter what ship you’re on) and the activities there were loud, so I was having trouble reading. We were going to find a spot inside to read but nowhere suited us, so we read back in our room.

Eventually it was time to get ready for formal night, so we got dressed up. A helped put up my hair in a nice way, and we had dinner with her parents. Unfortunately it wasn’t very enjoyable, so I only ate half my entree…but I’d had an appetizer, soup, and salad already, so half was pleanty! I had coconut and rum sherbet for dessert. After dinner I convinced A to get our formal portrait taken…not sure yet if we’ll buy them. Then we went to the theater for the Broadway-style show; the only bits I knew were from Gypsy and Chicago. They also did Mamma Mia, Wicket, Les Miz, Hairspray, The Producers, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. I just love those Broadway-style shows…production numbers are my favorite, and that’s all those shows are!

That was it for the day…we came back to our room and got out of our fancy clothes. So that was our day at sea! No bingo, no casino, no swimming (they only filled the small pool), just reading, napping, and relaxing.