The Early Bird Catches the Machine

Good morning!  Since my last entry, Alan and I have learned the jive and the foxtrot!  Today it is the Salsa!  Our dance instructors are Ryan and Ksenia. They look like a perfect couple together and we all wonder if they are a dancing partnership that looks romantic or a romantic partnership that also dances beautifully together.   It is funny though; obviously Ksenia’s first language is not English, but there are times when she needs to add more substance to what Ryan has said, or even just to say hello and welcome us back.  Regardless of what she says, Ryan always repeats it, as if he were translating. This in itself is not funny, but the whole class has finally relaxed enough to laugh about it.  What is the joke?  Ryan is Irish with a very heavy accent, Ksenia speaks very clearly.  We all can understand HER just fine! 

The other thing that has happened is the clocks went back – again – night before last!  On our last cruise, a couple advised us if we ever did cross the Atlantic to go West toward the Carribbean, not to do it the other way.  I am having enough trouble with sleep patterns gaining an hour almost every day.  I cannot imagine how it would feel to lose one at the same rate! 

Life at sea has developed a pattern similar to what I have described before.  I wonder how we will cope when we have to get up, dressed and go have fun on the islands?  One advantage we have over most other passengers is last year’s blog!  I am very grateful to Alan for having the presence of mind to copy it and bring it with us.  Now we can remember exactly what each island was like, what we did, who we were with, what we liked and most importantly, who our taxi drivers were!  I am hoping that Dennis will still be working on Antigua, but will have to be patient. 

I have to cut this entry short though, it is laundry day for us.  Laundry day should have been yesterday but I could never find a time when any machines were free.  I even got to the laundry room 5 minutes before it was supposed to open and all machines were going helter skelter.  So today I decided to be early myself.  I was one hour early this time, with only one other machine going.  Anything else I accomplish today will pale into insignificance when compared to having clean clothes!

“He who arrives late is almost always happier than he who has been waiting for him.”