Monsters and Mystery Pounds

Well, we’re obviously doing something wrong.

                   Paula has lost three pounds and I’ve lost five. We’ve searched high and low for them. We believe that they are located somewhere up in the Buffet in Horizon Court, but not being positive we’ve also looked in the Dining Room and the little Snack Bar in the Lounge on Deck Seven, but to no avail….

                             For me, the possibilities are endless.

                             But, it has been thirteen days since I’ve had a Monster Energy Drink. It’s not that I have a tremendous amount of willpower or anything like that. It is solely because they do not have any on board. There are Red Bulls here….. Hmmmm…..

                             But no, I don’t drink them for the energy.

                             I have had no withdrawal symptoms.

                             I just like the taste, simple as that.

                             Yes, I know that these tall, slender cans containing the Elixir of the Gods are not the best things to imbibe in. They have proven that (in questionable quantities) they are quite detrimental to your well-being.

                             But I only have One….. a day.

                             Not anymore!

                             I think that this was Paula’s plan all along. She has tried in vain for me to kick this insidious habit. Maybe she is responsible for them not having any on board!

                   Anyway, we’re down a few and if this trend continues, we will need all new clothes by the end of the cruise!

                   Actually, there is another reason why we’ve lost weight.

                   It’s the food.

                   No, it’s not what you think.

                   It’s because they make it look so good that we feel bad destroying their works of art, hence we don’t eat it!

In fairness, we have been keeping up with our exercising-by-walking regime. In fact, the Captain has been so supportive of everyone’s fitness routine that he has been looking out for particularly wavey routes so that when we walk and the deck tilts, it is like being on a treadmill that the incline increases automatically! What a difference it makes when you are trying to:

A.- walk up hill, and

B.- Try and keep your balance at the same time!

                   What a guy!

                   On a completely different topic, I’ve mentioned before about some of the Cruise Passengers and their level of Cruise Experience. Well, it has now officially gotten out of control. We had breakfast yesterday with Don and Shirley (we like it when one member of another couple shares one of our names as it increases the possibility that we will remember the other person’s name by 100%!)

                             Granted they are older than us, but still, com’ on!

                             Sixty cruises??? !!!

                             Where do these folks get the scratch??? !!!

          Now granted, most peeps on here are participating in the World Cruise, and most folks do not take a World Cruise as their first one, (we did find one lady that did though!) so, all things being equal, you would expect that the level of Cruise Experience would be a tad higher than let’s say, a seven-day Caribbean jaunt.

                             Hah! Were we wrong!

                             It’s astronomically higher!

                             They’re handing out Captain’s Circle Elite Level pins here like Kleenex to kindergarteners after recess on a winter’s day!