Sick at Sea

Seven foot seas don't sound very threatening until you notice the boat moving under your feet. Walking in a straight line includes a certain weaving motion. You have to hold on to the basin to brush your teeth. Mom took a picture of the seas going by our window (I told her that I couldn't look). This was the view from our window on the first morning at sea.

The night before, the captain announced that motion sickness pills would be available from the purser's office. I told Deb that the purser's office was our first port of call. We went up to the fifth deck from our deck on the stairs, weaving all the way. I didn't even make it to their counter before I had dry heaves. I found my way to the first men's room and hugged the toilet with 2 more attempts to empty an empty stomach, then I went straight to the purser's counter, took my 2 tablets and drank down my first 12 hours of relief at breakfast. It took effect quickly, although the ship still kept rolling.

These are the deck chairs on deck 10. Deck 9, the open pool deck is just beyond the canopy and in front of the glassed in structure shown in the background.

Deb an I went to the pool deck (deck 9) and went outside. The fresh air was a great relief. It was raining steadily and over the next hour and a half, I just laid on the deck chairs under the roof watching the rain intensify with thunder and lightning. Huge amounts of water overflowed from the upper deck's roof and floors onto the pool deck, where is sloshed back and forth with the ship's movement. It rather matched my mood and at the same time it was soothing compared to trying to walk with the movement. Not very many people made it out that morning. The rain cleared away in the afternoon and the sea calmed to less severe rolling but continued to roll none the less.

This picture of Mom overlooks the deck 9 pool area, which was my perch for watching the storm the next day.

By the way, isn't she the cutest thing ever. Did I mention that this cruise was commemorating our 25 years of marriage. I'm so thankful for her patience.

Here's the flower I imported from China, especially to surprise her in the room (unfortunately the vase broke on the way to the stateroom).