May 31, 2025
8 SEA DAY CROSSING TO HAWAII - 5/24 to 6/1/25
SEA DAYS pass by oh so quickly!! It is amazing to me how fast the days fly! There are never enough hours to do all the activities I strive to do in a day. Typically, I am up by 8 am, dressed and at breakfast by 9 and then attempting to be on pickleball court by 930 or 10 - I can easily play pickleball till noon - it's more popular now and with just one court I typically have to wait 1-2 games in between matches I play in. Love the group and camaraderie of players. Then I may do a little bit of emails or work and then get to lunch by 1- 130 to 2. Then the afternoon flys by with port talks or guest speakers and I try to get some more work or admin in and then I am off to gym by 430 -5 to get an hour workout in of cardio and weights, then a quick shower and clean up for dinner. Dinner is very sociable from 6:30pm to 8:30pm most night and sometimes is with a large group for a birthday celebration. It was Gary's 53rd Birthday on Tuesday! After dinner we usually have a choice of a speaker, music entertainment and maybe dancing or a game night. This will typically take me to 11 pm and then I wind down in my room, before bed. Then the whole process starts over again.
I always have a long TO DO LIST! Right now I was desperate to catch up on my blog; read all about Japan and do research to figure out how I want to spend my days there ( we need to book some hotels, train tickets and hard to get excursions); do the same for Hawaii; contact my friends in Honolulu, San Francisco and Seattle that I want to hook up with and visit when I am in their towns in a few days/ weeks; get some health items scheduled for San Diego; order and buy some much needed new items ( smaller bathing suits and underwear) to be delivered to friends in USA ports; and get some good work outs in at the gym and pickleball court. Next I want to work on getting dive certified for all the great water ports we have coming up. I really thought I iwould have so many more hours in the day since I don't have to cook, clean, do laundry, drive or do any household chores. But it is amazing, when you add in the social elements to my day - how much time gets eaten up. A big change is having conversations with others, at my 3 meals a day. This easily adds 2 to 3 hours to my meal times daily. I also love how regular I am now with my exercise. I struggled to get this consistently accomplished prior to being here. Now I really miss it if I can't get it worked into my day. I have one more sea day to go. I have a manicure and pedicure scheduled for the late afternoon. I am happy to be caught up on blog for now! Aloha from Hawaii coming soon!
