Four in a Cabin

We had a good week at sea the other week. I had rejoined the ship after my sick leave in Leith, unfortunately missing the port visit. I had spent some time in Leith a couple of years ago and had had a good time. We sailed to head around the other coast for an exercise, however our play mate broke down so we ended up just doing internal exercises and advancing our ETA. Advancing the ETA was good though as it meant Debbie and the little ones could come down to the ship early.

It is a shame we got in on the third as I missed Beth's second Birthday by a day. Debbie said that everyone had a nice day and little Beth really enjoyed opening her pressies.

Debbie had kept a few pressies back so she could open them onboard. One was a Teddy with a little screen displaying uploaded pictures. She really liked it and it means that when I am away she can go to bed with a little picture of me. The other was a key board which she took to immediately. It had a little microphone so she can sing a long to her tunes. It was noisy enough in the bar and not to welcome at 0645 in the morning. Luckily my neighbour was wearing earplugs so I don't think the noise woke him.

It was quite cosy in the cabin with four of us. The first night was awful as Beth and William had a really restless night. The second night was a bit better but uncomfortable as I was sleeping on the deck in a sleeping bag.

Meals were fun onboard but on Saturday we had a walk into town and took the wee ones for a Chinese.

Beth soon took charge and ordered the food after throwing her coke everywhere. It was great to have real food rather than ship food. Little William even tried the chopsticks.

He gave them up as a bad idea and just tucked in to the meal with his little hands.

After the meal William was even good enough to volunteer as duty driver,

I only hope that in 18 years time he is as willing to be duty driver.

Anyway only another day in port and then back to the sea for the weekend. We haven't got much sea time over the next Month or so but at least most of November will be at sea and then it will be December and time to go home.