a foot massage + poorly timed naps + miracle drugs
Cruise day 3.
So I spent most of yesterday in the sun. I remember thinking, I should put on sunscreen. Did I? No. I pranced about the ship feeling like a QUEEN because I was a) the only person wearing a bikini b) of the people wearing a swimsuit, I was at least 30 years younger than the next youngest person. I've never felt less insecure in my god damn life which is a nice change, for once.
I discovered an international coffee shop on the 6th floor. It's right next to the casino which is a bummer, but I found out my beverage plan includes premium coffee. This little coffee shop has international roasts from 36 countries. I've been averaging 4 coffees a day and for the hell of it, I have been asking for decaf. I can love coffee for just the taste on a cruise!!! That's like, $30+ of coffee at home. I've started making friends at the coffee shop too because apparently coffee people exist in drones. I met a sweet mother & daughter duo from Boston/Connecticut. We ran into one another at the winery 4 days ago and stood in line at check in for the boat the other day and have so far seen one another about 10 times a day in passing. I can't remember their names already but it turns out they are Boise obsessed people and vacation in Boise just for fun. No family there. No college ties. They just like the nice people and nice city. Weird. I told them about the volcano excursion that got added to our itinerary and when I ran into them 4 hours later, they signed up for the same one. I guess that's the funny thing about meeting people on cruises. You can see them on a random group tour at a winery and end up exploring volcanoes with them a few days later.
Last night I did this thing I keep doing where I take a nap after dinner and wake up around midnight and Facetime the family and then stay up until 4am. It sucks! I guess time really has no meaning on a cruise ship so it is technically the place to have weird sleeping schedules, but even if I'm cumulatively getting 8-10 hour chunks of sleep, with a 3-4 break in the middle, I still wake up feeling like I didn't sleep at all. I need to improve on this! After all that sun yesterday, I woke up from my post-nap dinner and realized I was VERY very sunburnt and almost immediately got sea-sick. I threw up. Thank goodness for the miracle of Dramamine and rooms in the middle of the ship.
This morning I went to breakfast and coffee alone and found a rando link on Twitter linking 2019's best films and their scripts. I ended up reading the entirety of the 126 page Little Women script which was absolutely amazing. It made me think, ok if I can write a 400 page novel and do nothing with it, certainly I can write a 120 page script and do nothing with it? So maybe I'll write a screenplay? Okay.
The highlight of the day was my scheduled pedicure at the spa. I rolled in with my second coffee of the day and my spa enthusiast (that's not what they're called but that's what they should be called) greeted me with rainbows on her eyelids and introduced herself as Shelley from Jamaica. She led me to the changing room which confused me at first, but she told me to take off my yoga pants and all my clothes and put on a robe. I put on a robe and immediately felt cozier. All pedicures should be done in robes. She took me to the chair and it was just her, me, an 88 year old woman named Martha from North Carolina, and Ria from Philippines (the other Spa Enthusiast). Shelley looked at my feet, made a face, and asked if she could offend me. I shrugged.
Shelley: Lady, are you married?
Me: No.
Shelley: Why not?
Me:
Me:
Me:
Shelley: Lady, you have the legs of a woman who hasn't had sex in a long time!
She started howling with laughter and honestly, as I looked at my prickly legs, nasty toenails, and blistered feet- she's 100% right.
It broke the ice and I learned a lot about her. She invited me to Jamaica to visit her and her family within 3 minutes. I learned that she has a 5 year old daughter who "would hug you all the time if I came to my home" and told me she's getting married in May to her daughter's father. She said she is on her third boat contract and each one lasts 9 months. She didn't go home. She sends all her money and tips home to take care of her daughter and fiance. All her food and lodging is paid for on the boat so she sends 100% of what she makes home.
I think I fell in love with her a bit and genuinely asked her if I could go to Jamaica to photograph her wedding and family in May. She said only if I take joke photos. I asked what joke photos are. Her words? "Things like the couple floating in the sky or riding a shark in the ocean."
WOW.
Tonight is formal night and I showered already and I'm laying in bed naked waiting for my hair to dry so I can start getting ready.
I might come home and watch The Bachelor. Or maybe I'll go to the bar.
So I spent most of yesterday in the sun. I remember thinking, I should put on sunscreen. Did I? No. I pranced about the ship feeling like a QUEEN because I was a) the only person wearing a bikini b) of the people wearing a swimsuit, I was at least 30 years younger than the next youngest person. I've never felt less insecure in my god damn life which is a nice change, for once.
I discovered an international coffee shop on the 6th floor. It's right next to the casino which is a bummer, but I found out my beverage plan includes premium coffee. This little coffee shop has international roasts from 36 countries. I've been averaging 4 coffees a day and for the hell of it, I have been asking for decaf. I can love coffee for just the taste on a cruise!!! That's like, $30+ of coffee at home. I've started making friends at the coffee shop too because apparently coffee people exist in drones. I met a sweet mother & daughter duo from Boston/Connecticut. We ran into one another at the winery 4 days ago and stood in line at check in for the boat the other day and have so far seen one another about 10 times a day in passing. I can't remember their names already but it turns out they are Boise obsessed people and vacation in Boise just for fun. No family there. No college ties. They just like the nice people and nice city. Weird. I told them about the volcano excursion that got added to our itinerary and when I ran into them 4 hours later, they signed up for the same one. I guess that's the funny thing about meeting people on cruises. You can see them on a random group tour at a winery and end up exploring volcanoes with them a few days later.
Last night I did this thing I keep doing where I take a nap after dinner and wake up around midnight and Facetime the family and then stay up until 4am. It sucks! I guess time really has no meaning on a cruise ship so it is technically the place to have weird sleeping schedules, but even if I'm cumulatively getting 8-10 hour chunks of sleep, with a 3-4 break in the middle, I still wake up feeling like I didn't sleep at all. I need to improve on this! After all that sun yesterday, I woke up from my post-nap dinner and realized I was VERY very sunburnt and almost immediately got sea-sick. I threw up. Thank goodness for the miracle of Dramamine and rooms in the middle of the ship.
This morning I went to breakfast and coffee alone and found a rando link on Twitter linking 2019's best films and their scripts. I ended up reading the entirety of the 126 page Little Women script which was absolutely amazing. It made me think, ok if I can write a 400 page novel and do nothing with it, certainly I can write a 120 page script and do nothing with it? So maybe I'll write a screenplay? Okay.
The highlight of the day was my scheduled pedicure at the spa. I rolled in with my second coffee of the day and my spa enthusiast (that's not what they're called but that's what they should be called) greeted me with rainbows on her eyelids and introduced herself as Shelley from Jamaica. She led me to the changing room which confused me at first, but she told me to take off my yoga pants and all my clothes and put on a robe. I put on a robe and immediately felt cozier. All pedicures should be done in robes. She took me to the chair and it was just her, me, an 88 year old woman named Martha from North Carolina, and Ria from Philippines (the other Spa Enthusiast). Shelley looked at my feet, made a face, and asked if she could offend me. I shrugged.
Shelley: Lady, are you married?
Me: No.
Shelley: Why not?
Me:
Me:
Me:
Shelley: Lady, you have the legs of a woman who hasn't had sex in a long time!
She started howling with laughter and honestly, as I looked at my prickly legs, nasty toenails, and blistered feet- she's 100% right.
It broke the ice and I learned a lot about her. She invited me to Jamaica to visit her and her family within 3 minutes. I learned that she has a 5 year old daughter who "would hug you all the time if I came to my home" and told me she's getting married in May to her daughter's father. She said she is on her third boat contract and each one lasts 9 months. She didn't go home. She sends all her money and tips home to take care of her daughter and fiance. All her food and lodging is paid for on the boat so she sends 100% of what she makes home.
I think I fell in love with her a bit and genuinely asked her if I could go to Jamaica to photograph her wedding and family in May. She said only if I take joke photos. I asked what joke photos are. Her words? "Things like the couple floating in the sky or riding a shark in the ocean."
WOW.
Tonight is formal night and I showered already and I'm laying in bed naked waiting for my hair to dry so I can start getting ready.
I might come home and watch The Bachelor. Or maybe I'll go to the bar.
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