Valentine’s Day

We woke up to a markedly rougher Tasman Sea today. We’d been lulled into thinking that we would miss the normal very active ocean out here. Wrong. It’s not the worst seas I’ve been in on this trip, but we are rocking and rolling.

We got to turn back our clocks another hour last night. We are 19 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time. My body clock doesn’t know what’s going on! Luckily we’ll stay right where we are for awhile.

My day started with a haircut at the Lotus Spa onboard and I think it turned out quite well. Nothing is cheap at the spa but when you need a haircut, you need a haircut. Our travel agent gifted us with a generous amount of onboard credit, so we can use that to pay for the it.

This morning, there was a Valentine’s Day Renewal of Wedding Vows ceremony held on the ship and presided over by the Captain. Anyone who wanted to could sign up. The choir I’m in sang “Love Me Tender” at the start of the ceremony and there were a lot of people participating or observing. It was very touching and the decorations were beautiful.

I had a short choir practice after the celebration. Our next mini-concert is outside on deck 14 as we sail past the Sydney Opera House before we dock. It happens very early in the morning and we all wear our bathrobes. We’ll be singing “Waltzing Matilda” and “I Still Call Australia Home”.

Its just past noon now and I’m relaxing in our cabin waiting for Brian to get back from his walk around the deck. Our afternoon is totally unscheduled until dinner. There are plenty of opportunities to find something to do, if we wish. We’ll see what happens!

Tomorrow is another sea day and then we’re in Melbourne.