Queen Mary day 3

Today was another great day! I got up and it was still really foggy out. I had a small breakfast at 7 then went swimming. I was the only one in the pool, but just as I got out someone else came to swim so it was perfect timing. I normally swim back and forth for 15 min, I try not to stop, which is a lot when you are not used to swimming. On the way over I did stop a lot at first, but slowly built up to longer without. Yesterday I managed the 15 min alright, though I was tired by the end. Today I was thinking about who knows what and lost track of time and swam for 20 min! That doesn't sound like a lot, but my arms were noodles by the time I got out! The pool was also very warm, a bit too warm! I tried sitting in the hot tub afterwards, but that was way too hot and I was overheating so I headed back to my room. I think it is all warmer because it has been so much warmer than the way over! And so much less windy!

After a small second breakfast I headed to my watercolor class and today was so much fun! We painted a whale! I am not happy with the water, I knew I should have left that for later, but the rest of it I think it pretty good. The UK guy wasn't there today, but the class was way full, moreso than prior days, so some new people sat with me who were very nice. The one lady was saying that the last teacher was not very good (I think that was the one on the way over) and a lot of people complained about her so maybe it was okay I missed those. She was also saying that this teacher was the best one she has had on a ship. One of the other ones just set like some fruit or a plant on the table and said here, paint this and then read a book or something. Which...that is not helpful! If you don't know what you are doing you can't just paint something! So I am petty happy that we got a good teacher on this trip. She is staying on past when I get off so that is good. She is really helpful and always comes around and answers questions and tries to help where she can. I've really been enjoying the classes!

After that it was lunchtime, reading a bit in my room, and then the sun started to try and come out and it was so warm outside! I was on the warm side of the boat where the sun was trying to be so I went and was going to sit on deck for a bit...well everyone else had the same idea! My side of the boat was full of people, but the other side wasn't as it was colder so I sat down for a bit, but slowly the people started filling in the chairs. It was a bit too close together and no wind so I said eh, I will go read in my room some more.

Then, since we didn't set the clocks ahead and I feel like I have all the time today, I decided to try out the afternoon trivia. I got there and there was a two person table that was open so I thought perfect! I will sit there! So I grabbed a paper and when I turned around a lady was sitting at the table. So I asked if she had someone else coming and she was very nice, but said yes unfortunately, so I wandered on. There are all of these couch areas where trivia is and there was one with a couple guys sitting on the one end so I asked if anyone was sitting on the other and no one was so I had a seat there. Well the first lady must have seen that I was sitting alone so she came over and asked if I was playing by myself and invited me to join them. They were very nice, but I was not that helpful as the trivia was so so hard! Much harder than on the way over!! I did have some instant guesses and they often matched the guy's guesses so we went with those, and there was one question that I knew the answer to that they didn't (Nirvana) so I gave us an extra point at least. But I had fun. And we did better than I thought we would - 11/20 is not bad when it was that difficult! They are playing every day and invited me to join them so I probably will do that the rest of the week.

Today I have seen a lot more joggers than yesterday, and I don't know if I mentioned it but in the afternoons there have been a lot of people in the pools just hanging out so I am glad I get my swim in in the morning! Though it is 9 now and I am getting tired cause of all the swimming this morning! The fog came back around 6 and right now I can barely see the water even standing on my balcony! It is so foggy!!

The show tonight was Tom Franek who plays piano and sings (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nInqwRxWGQI - this is a youtube video clip from another cruise) and I couldn't tell if I would enjoy watching it or not so I went to spy. Well the piano and singing were not very good, Raymond is much better at the piano, but he was actually really funny in between songs (and for awhile he was mostly just joking around). I laughed a lot and and had a lot of fun and he was way better than the comedian on the way over. Like he should cut out most of his piano stuff and just do that! But then he started just playing songs and it was not good so I cut out a little early, but I stayed way longer than I thought I would.

Then there was a music bingo in the pub which sounded odd but fun so I was debating whether I wanted to go down and play. It didn't start until 9:15 which is pretty late when I am going to bed at 10...but I thought why not. I am here, let's do it! Well...the pub was soooo busy. It was packed with people and they said what the prizes were (tablet sleeves) and I was too tired to try and fight my way into the mix. I think it was busier than they expected as they were scrambling trying to get some more chairs set up for everyone, but I didn't feel like dealing with it tonight. Oh well, now I am in bed reading until bedtime :) Tomorrow there is a 70's music night so I hope I can stay up late enough to go dancing! We shall see....I think because of all the time changes everything starts much later than it did on the way here. At the very least I will probably go listen to the music.Read more