Fifty-Third Sea Day-Day of the FLOOD

We went to Bible study this morning.

After returning to the stateroom, I sat on the balcony in the sun. After some cool weather in Cape Town, we are now approaching the equator once again and it is getting hot. So I wanted to get some sun in the morning.

I also had time to finally do my nails as they were looking pretty unkempt.
One of the many benefits of being on the ship and not having to cook and clean is that my nails have had a chance to grow.

We had lunch in the World Cafe. After I ate, I ran back to the stateroom to get some things done while Bob stayed and chatted with Dale.

I got to the stateroom and decided that I needed to get things a bit more organized. I unpacked my bag from the spa the previous evening. I needed to wash out my swimming suit. I threw it in the sink and started running the water.

In the meantime, I sat down at the desk to organize it. I looked at our excursion tickets and compared them with our account located on our television. I did not see a credit for our Luderitz and Walvis Bay excursions. I knew that we were scheduled to play Hand and Foot at 2 PM but I thought that I had time to head down to Guest Services to discuss the issue.

Micah, an extremely efficient member of the guest services team, walked me through our account.

As I was headed up to the stateroom, I saw Lynn and wanted to thank her for arranging the spa evening. We chatted for a bit and then I had to excuse myself otherwise I would be late to our 2 PM Hand and Foot game.

I ran into the stateroom. Bob was standing right outside our bathroom door with a look on his face that said, "What are you doing?"

I looked at my phone and said, "I am not late, I have 3 minutes!"

He said, "Brenda, look in the bathroom!"

I looked in the bathroom and it had FLOODED!!!! I had forgotten that the water was still running when I left to go to Guest Services.

I panicked, began throwing towels on the floor, emptying the flooded drawers, wringing the towels out in the shower.

I asked Bob to message Ron and Carol and tell them we would be late.

The bathroom floor is heated, I had been running hot water and I now had a bit of adrenalin coursing through my veins so it is HOT in the bathroom. Quickly, I am sweating while trying to wring towel after towel full of water.

Bob said that he would help but there is only really room for one panicking, wild person who is throwing soaking wet towels around in the bathroom at a time.

Bob called Housekeeping Services and told them that we had a flood and needed some help.

I then told Bob that he could come in the bathroom and stand in the shower while I mopped up the water and he could wring out the towels. So we began an coordinated effort to soak up as much water as quickly as possible.

Soon, our room steward rang the bell. Bob answered the door while I continued to mop up water.

Our sweet steward said, "Ma'am, I will take care of it." He had to say this several time before I shamefully yielded the task to him.

Seriously, what is with me and bathrooms on this cruise?

Bob said we had better head to our meeting with Ron and Carol. I looked at myself in the mirror. The heat, steam and sweat had cause my hair to curl into a wild mess. And let's not even discuss the mess that I had made of my new manicure. I grabbed a brush and tried to make myself somewhat presentable.

We made our way to the second floor game table and met Ron and Carol. We had an enjoyable time playing Hand and Foot. I think that everyone was feeling sorry for me and my stupidity so they let Carol and I win.

We had a scheduled call with Bill and Patty DeGroodt so we only had time for one complete game.

It was great to hear Bill and Patty's voices. We were also lucky enough that Edith was visiting Bill and Patty so we got to chat with her also.

We are scheduled to go on a cruise to Egypt with Bill and Patty in 2025. The purpose of our call was to discuss the current situation in the Middle East and how it could possibly effect our cruise. We came up with a list of questions that we need to be answered before we can make the decision one way or the other.

Jenni and I went to the Chef's Table for dinner by ourselves because Bob did not like the African menu and Dale wasn't excited about it either. It was so nice to have Jenni to myself. We had a lovely dinner and discussion.

When I returned to the stateroom, Bob said that people on the fourth floor have been forced us walk around with umbrellas.Read more