Copenhagen

June 26th
Copenhagen

Well, sort of. I had “in port manning” today, that silly policy that keeps me on the ship every so often in case of emergency, so I was stuck looking out the window at one of my favorite ports all day. It actually wasn’t a bad day for IPM duty because we had a rehearsal scheduled for 1:30 in the afternoon, which would have drastically cut into my port time, so I guess that worked out all right. In the afternoon I went up to the gym to continue a workout routine started just a couple days ago (something I forgot to mention in my last blog). The gym is really nice upstairs, about as fancy as you might expect a Cunard gym to be, but surprisingly small. Anyways, when I got up there and was getting ready to jump on a bike, I saw my friend Michael (guitar player) set up in the corner doing a workout to some DVD he had playing on his computer. He had told me about the work out series before and I was interested in seeing what it was all about, today’s focus was legs. I joined in with him on the hour long leg workout not quite knowing what I was getting into, and after about 10 minutes I was quickly figuring out just how much trouble I was in for. The workout is basically and sequence of lunges, squats, and a lot of jumping, and is meant to not only keep your heart rate up for the full 60 minutes but also do nothing short of completely destroy your legs. I did end up making it through, but not without a 10 minute break in the middle where I had to try to lose the sick feeling my body was throwing in protest. But even with the break, by the end of the routine I was having a difficult time jumping and could feel a burning like no amount of time running or biking has ever given me. I really can’t think of a time where my legs have been more fatigued than after that workout – it was INTENSE! I’m glad I got through it, but not looking forward to the pain I’m expecting to wake up with tomorrow.
The show that night went fine, no problems. It was the show where we put the orchestras together and add in the string quartet – it’s a really enjoyable show to play. Following that, I ended up in the crew mess at some “Grease” party where we watched the movie and ate ice cream and popcorn. I went for the ice cream, it didn’t even matter what movie they were playing. It was fun though, an unusual end to my evening, and that was all. Thanks!