Get Me Out of Here…..!

There was a time when I would have welcomed time to just do nothing and sleep a lot. However, this changed as I got older and then it was a matter of keeping active and busy all at once which elicited comments from the family about my being unable to sit down even for a second. I even seem to manage with little sleep. (Sleep is a big problem for people with Parkinson’s but I’m sleeping better nowadays with very few problems.)

I hope I can last out but it is getting to me and we both are hoping that John gets the all clear, I have not got Covid and life can return to the normal that it was. I can tell you that I learned what it must be like when you are incarcerated. We’ve not left the isolation cabin except for the hour they give us

We were doing fine for a while there even though I was disappointed that we had to cancel Cuba (went to Bahamas instead); cancelled Matarani which was substituted by going to Iquique and Coquimbo/La Serena. Trips to Puerto Chacabuco and Punta Arenas were also cancelled. I was beginning to get a bit edgy about spending too much time on the water and insufficient time on land. Of course, this was not helped by John reading positive on the Lateral Flow Test on Mon, 12th Feb. We were asked to go into isolation for about 7 days. I thought I could cope but it has now been only three days and I’m beginning to get a bit restless. John thinks that if all is well, we’ll be ‘released’ on Sat 18 Feb. I don’t want to miss any more excursions and I want to get bak to our original cabin 4146. Surprisingly they offered a cabin with balcony this afternoon. We couldn’t see it as they would have to clean it otherwise, so they took a photo instead. It was not bad but unfortunately the shower was in the bath and I couldn’t cope with that especially if the ship starts to roll while I’m in it. Also it is on Deck 9 which would give me motion sickness compared to our original one on Deck 4.

So, for the moment we are staying put unless they want to offer a suite. (We are taken to a suite every afternoon for our hourly ‘fresh air’ sessions.). I’m just a little concerned that we’ll miss the first day of our visit to Antarctica.

I am so looking forward to my well-ordered routine of breakfast, gym, shuffle board, quoits, darts, table tennis interspersed with lunch, dinner, showtime, quiz and music in its various form.

Well, life is not terribly exciting at present but hope to give you a bit more colour the next time which I hope will be SOON!