Anderson South America Misadventure Day 21 - Off the Coast of Peru - Day 3 of confinement March 24, 2020

Anderson South America Misadventure Day 21 - Off the Coast of Peru - Day 3 of confinement We are surviving, a little bored but surviving. Rob decided that I needed to learn how to play cribbage. He actually had a captive audience. It went OK, not sure how much I remember. We have been watching a lot of TV when we can find something worth watching. We watch HGTV and Food Network. We are limiting how much we watch the news channels. It is all the same things about COVID-19 and what Andrew Cuomo has to say today. I tend to get upset when another idiot who shall remain unnamed talks. This is a serious topic, do not just say what pops into your head. Try using scientific facts for a change. We play trivia twice a day on TV. So far we have had the best score in our cabin, but no one has given us another Holland America pin. They do not know if we will be allowed out for fresh air. We meet up with the Rotterdam on the 26th and they are bringing more supplies. Maybe there will be enough masks for everyone so that we can go walk on the deck. I can tell that our sense of humor has gotten a little dark. Our cabin is right under the outside walk or pomenade. Today we could hear some very heavy cart of something going overhead. It had a very squeaky wheel. Rob said that it sounded as if they were moving a body. I said that if we see a big splash we know what they are doing with the body. Yeah, I know, gallows humor is not funny. You lock yourself in a 200 sq ft room and see where your sense of humor goes. Victoria has been working very hard contacting different news outlets telling our story. She put me in touch with someone from Good Morning America. He wanted us to film little videos answering his questions. He said that if we kept them to 1 minute we would be able to send them. Nope, too big. Rob tried to upload them to Google Drive but the wifi here could not handle it. I told him that I could send him photos and do a phone interview. I have not heard back yet. I am used to walking all over the ship, it helps to control my blood sugar. All of my HMB friends know how much Rob walks. Image how he is dealing with this. We still do not know if this will be for the remainder of the cruise or if after they test we can be allowed out. I had mastered the skill of working the elevator with my elbow. Not a talent that I can use in the room. We have been pretty far from land, but we still get birds going past. Today I watched some flying along with the ship. They would suddenly dive into the water and come up with a fish. Now I really wanted to know where they went to eat this fish we were at least 20 miles from land. We figure that we are the last deck to get fed. I am not used to eating dinner at 8:30. They are also going very heavy on the carbs. I do not know if they think that we are in training for some race or if they keep us stuffed with carbs we will not complain because we are sleeping it off. Rob finally said that he had had enough pasta. We just left one plate untouched. We also discovered that if you save a roll from dinner the next day you can play hockey with that roll. We get two glasses of fruit juice every morning. I drink V-8 in the morning. Fruit juice is just pure sugar. I did make tea this morning with hot water from the tap. Not great, but I got tea. In the category of "some people have it worse" the people across the hall have an interior room. We get to watch the birds, water and sunsets. Now her husband is sick so she has to wear a mask at all times. Wow, trapped in a room wearing a mask KMN. I still have my cough from my sinus infection. The sinuses are clearing up but it always takes me a while to get rid of the cough. At least it is just the two of us. Before I was afraid that when I coughed I would be thrown overboard.