whales in motion

I sat down at lunch today with Bianca and Sue and they asked me if I had seen the flying fish. Bianca teaches psychology and she also has a clinical practice. Sue is her partner. They live in Provincetown on the Cape and Bianca just got through saying that Sue had grown up on the water and could see things in the water that she could never see, when Sue spotted a whale. It was moving the opposite direction from the ship, but we saw it come up several times before it went out of view. At first we weren’t sure if it was a dolphin or a whale, but then it blew and all was clear. We started screaming and then all the folks on all the decks above and below were watching the whale.

I am feeling the motion much more today than previously. It was a perfectly beautiful day so I’m not sure if the seas are actually more rough or what. But, not feeling so good today. I think it’s a combination of the motion and the exhaustion and the time change. I realized today that I’ve been working since last Monday without a day off. Even when I work during the weekend at my normal job, I know it’s the weekend and I’m sitting on my sofa as I’m working away. This is really hard. I left at some point in the afternoon because I had to go sit outside and just watch the horizon. And I couldn’t really eat dinner. But, I’ve found a spot that I like that feels "away". There’s a lower deck in the back (the aft) which generally has fewer people around where I can sit and watch the whirlpool of water behind the ship. It’s quieter than other outdoor spaces and quite lovely.

I bought a stuffed ship today. I had been coveting the stuffed ships in the bookstore since last Monday when I boarded. Today was the first day the store was open.



Tomorrow, Puerto Rico.