Does Anybody Know What Time It Is?

Today's version of the When & Where flyer.

One of the downsides of traveling around the world is jet lag.  I've found that as I get older it takes me longer to recover.  Cruising makes it easier because instead of changing 12 time zones in one whack (which I had to do when flying to Asia), you change time zones an hour at a time, every few days.

We've lost two hours since leaving Ft. Lauderdale.  I hate losing time and look forward to heading west so we can start gaining an hour every few days.

Last night when I got back to my cabin, my cabin steward had already done turn down service.  This luxury includes tidying up the room/bathroom, turning down the bed, closing the drapes and leaving the next day's Where and When (which outlines the day's activities), a nightly piece of chocolate and tonight, the dreaded "Turn your clocks back" card.

A few minutes later, my cabin steward was at my door.  I was surprised and said "What, did you miss me?"  His immediate response was "So much!"  And, btw, the time change was an error.  We don't lose an hour tonight.

But then I checked the Where and When - it said to turn my clocks back.  Hmmm.  Mystery solved with a note left during the night from the Hotel Manager, apologizing for an "oops" moment.

In addition to trying to keep up with the time changes, I have other challenges.  Like a Las Vegas casino, the ship has no clocks.  I wear a FitBit (love it!) instead of a watch.  And use my phone as an alarm clock.  But, that stuff only works with access to cell or WIFI.  My phone, when we're out of range of signal, changes the date to September 23, 2019 at 3:44 p.m.  I'm guessing that's when the SIM card was installed.  The FitBit updates time when connected to internet.  I'm researching now how to manually change it.

Bottom line is that I frequently don't know what time it is, while on board.  I don't mind since I rarely attend any of the scheduled activities.  Actually, HAL could save a lot of money by eliminating all the activities.  Comedians, singers, dancers, lecturers would all be unemployed, if I had my way.  And while we're at it, let's cut back the numbers of ports.  How about just stopping to top up the gas and food situation.  And liquor, of course.  I still think the best part of cruising is just being at sea, watching the ocean.