I got up at 6 after nearly 8 hours of sleep and my left eye looked like I was a racoon. The bruising was just around the inside and bottom of my eye. My right eye is starting to show bruising along the inside and will probably increase to the level of my left. I went to breakfast at 7. After breakfast, I walked 1.05 miles around the promenade deck and then went back to my cabin. I have found out that our first Cruise Specialists cocktail party will be on my birthday at 12:30 and and that night will be the Great Gatsby party. At 9:15, I went to the Coffee with Jai, our cruise director and I stopped by the Hospitality Desk for Cruise Specialists to talk with Tom Mullen. I stayed for about 30 minutes as others came in and visited then at 11 I went to the port talk on the 3 stops in Norway. When I got there, the World Stage was completely filled with early arrivals and a line at each entry, so I decided to skip it and returned to the cabin to work the day's crossword. I went to lunch at 12;30 and then returned to the cabin since I had walked from one end of the ship to the other multiple times for an additional mile just between venues. I did some computer updating for my daily pictures. At 3, I went to Happy Hour at the Billboard Onboard. I had a Moscow Mule and a Diablo and returned to the cabin at 3:45 to get ready for a dressy night. At 6, I went to the Crow's Nest for a drink before dinner and then went to the dining room where I shared a table with a couple from Scotland and another couple from North Carolina. We had a nice chat and the food was great. After dinner, I returned to the cabin and found a Eco-Friendly mug as a gift and a towel elephant. I updated the blog and read until 10 when I went to bed. I have a tour tomorrow at 8:15.
