Now this is more the Dubrovnik I’m used to. Slightly overcast, slightly rainy, but not really dreary looking, just…a little grey. It brings out the red in the roves and makes the streets shimmer. They say we might get thunder showers later in the afternoon
I am once again saddled with IPM today, so even if I were feeling up to it I wouldn’t be able to go out. Which is a shame, because the Party Band is going out cliff diving (or, in some cases I’m sure, watching *other* people cliff dive) and I was invited, but unfortunately my sinuses still feel like a semi-truck has parked in them, so I’ll be staying in trying to figure out precisely how to breath when my nose doesn’t want to function.
But tonight is also my second favorite show of the cruise, so with any luck by then I’ll be able to take my second dose of decongestant and be somewhat human again.
Because I swear I’m going to get through every movie in my library at this rate (and trust me, that’s saying something). Next cruise at least I get to move back down to the bottom bunk of my cabin, which means I’ll be able to sew properly again – since right now I can only lay out my threads when I know my roomie has a long shift at work and won’t want to come home to nap. That said, I haven’t ‘needed’ to sew much this contract. Sewing is my retreat, when my brain needs a break and my mind needs a rest, I’m much more inclined to sew when I’m confused or processing in some way than I am when I’m content.
I apologize, by the way, for the sudden lack of updates in the last few days. The only explanation I can offer is this: this is still a ‘ground hog day’ run. It’s not as repetitive as Alaska of course, and I like this itinerary much better, but it is still a repeated loop – once you’ve been out into all the ports once or twice you have a tendency to stay in and try and save some money, so there’s been little going on that’s worth updating about. I’m still happy, I’m still (mostly 😉 ) healthy, and apparently keeping up with my summer tradition of massive emotional progress. Seriously, just once I’d like to have a summer where NOTHING major happened in my emotional life. But this is good progress, as it almost always is, so I suppose I should actually be pleased J