April 25, 2009
Up early for my morning coffee at 6am via room service. Enjoyed a banana also. Acid + Alkaline = bad, I know. But that’s what I had. Then off to Aerobics and Stretch Class. The aerobics instructor got a few chuckles from watching my lack of coordination. She is this cute little blond thing from Serbia with a lovely accent. I was the youngest in the class (well, besides her) and therefore it was a rather “mild” aerobics class - I didn’t even break a sweat. But my clothes stunk so bad from my workout on the treadmill two days ago and the heavy sweat I broke then, all I could think about was getting out of those clothes - especially when we were doing the 30 minutes of stretches that she insisted we “breathe deeply in through our nose and out through our mouth.” Since I didn’t really feel like I gained anything from that hour (the no pain, no gain theory) I stayed after class to lift weights. And then Steven showed up, so I made sure he saw that I was lifting weights like he told me. He showed me a couple exercises I can do without weights that are just as good or better. That was nice…
The Nutrition class that I was looking so forward to wasn’t as good as I had hoped. Pretty much all that I learned in the Personal Metabolic Assessment was discussed again at this seminar. I mean, I learned a couple new things, but I am hungry for more. So, after the class, I had a pistachio ice cream cone - mmmm good!
We got more of a glimpse of the sun today. It was still quite cloudy, but there were plenty of shadows to be seen. It was warm, yet breezy. The kids played in the pool on the back deck this afternoon and now have their first tan lines. We slathered sunscreen on a couple times today and I am thankful because they would have burned if not.
The little one and I made it to watercolor class this afternoon and I painted my favorite piece of the trip so far. And wine was not a precursor to this masterpiece…
I have used my observational skills to note that the menu served in the Rotterdam Dining room is also the same foods offered in the buffet line (which I don’t believe the kids have caught on to yet). So, I thought that maybe today we should just bag dinner in the dining room and go through the buffet. It is a formal night and I just was feeling lazy about getting dressed up and such. Well, after the watercolor class, the little one and I head back to the room and Bubby was all showered and dressed in his best ready for dinner. Therefore I took the opportunity to clean myself up too and dine with my children. Of course, the informer mentioned to him that “Mom wanted to eat at the buffet tonight.” After a little hesitation and a short 60 minutes or so we were all in the dining room seated and ready to enjoy the cuisine of the night. I told the kids that they would be ordering from the adult menu tonight and there wasn’t much a fuss about it. Bub had New York Steak, the little one had Filet Mignon (I ate that) and Jumbo Prawns, and I had Penne Roasted Garlic and Vegetables (which didn’t have any garlic in it). Dessert was worth it all though - Bub had the usual Triple Chocolate Ice Cream, I had a Chocolate Chip and Hazelnut Cream Soufflé - the kind of dessert you eat alone in a quiet place…..
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