Day 6 at Sea and I hate Elvis

We are 1,795 miles into our cruise with 612 miles until Hilo. We’re getting pretty used to this ship stuff at this point.

Our lecture of the day was from Miss Celia who taught us about sea birds yesterday. Today it was animals who adapt to extreme conditions. She started with bears and discussed why they have to fatten up for the winter. She said that bears don’t hibernate! Say what?! They go into torpor instead which means their metabolism slows down along with their heartbeat, breathing and body temperature but they can still wake up if they smell food. Go figure. We also learned that Koalas sleep for 22 hours per day to digest the toxic eucalyptus plants they eat and Giraffes sleep for 2 hours per day for no more than 2 minutes at a time because their blood pressure gets thrown out of whack if they lay down for longer than that. Who knew?! The things you learn on a cruise ship!

After lunch, we went to see the theater to see the movie, Blue Hawaii with Elvis, hence my title of today’s blog that I now hate him. Because A) he is a ridiculously bad actor, B) he treats his girlfriend and the other women in the movie like dog doo, and C) he’s a bad actor (it bears repeating). And he’s constantly singing in the most idiotic places. My favorite was the scene in jail where he conveniently had his back up singers WITH THEIR INSTRUMENTS in the jail cell with him. Jeezum Crow! I know that the movie was made in another time and he was a heartthrob at the time but Jeez-O-Pete! That was a train wreck

After the movie, Mum and I ventured down to the medical center to see if I could get some more cold medicine but apparently even over the counter medicine requires a doctor’s note. Disappointing but fortunately Mum brought enough to get to the first port to buy some more. The cold is still kicking my butt so I think I’ll load up on some when I get the chance.

Dinner was fancy dress up again and we complied but were both secretly wanting pajama night in the dining room. I bet that would be super popular. Dinner was a bit of a hit and miss for me like most nights. The appetizer was delicious and the entree was a disappointment. My entree tonight was veal which usually is served as a flat hunk-o-meat. Tonight it was more of a tower-o-meat that in no way shape or form resembled veal but rather roast beef. It was baffling so I requested more wine and the dessert menu and no longer cared what curious form my veal was in. Chocolate lava cake for the win and a successful end to the dinner. We also had a great time talking with the couple at the table next to us. I initially admired his snazzy watch and that was all it took for them to share their life history with us - they are from British Columbia, he is retired, she is not, they have 5 grandchildren, and now you are all caught up too.

Tikki-Boo, my personal cruise director is currently going through tomorrow’s options and it looks like slim pickings but as long as Elvis isn’t included I’m going to be sanguine about it.

Aloha from Day 6