Add a little Casino to the medicine...

I'm onboard a ship right now in the Tasman Sea, between Australia and New Zealand.  This cruise, onboard Holland America, was the prize for surviving cancer surgery.  I aimed to collect by surviving until the December disembarkation in Sydney, 2 weeks sailing around the islands of New Zealand, and I did.  I've been having a marvelous time...

Until now.  Seasickness has descended.

I took one tablet of bonine (I can't remember the name, it's something like that, although that name sounds suspiciously like Latin for "cow"), and one tablet of Aciphex, which seems to cure everything ever wrong with me.  The two together took the edge off the nausea, but I'm definitely not going to that Champagne tasting in an hour in the Pinnacle Lounge.

One other thing I did for the seasickness was distract myself in the ship's Casino.  I played a slot machine, maybe two, and that did take my mind off my troubles, at least until I ran out of money on the penny machine.

Being on a cruise ship is like being at Disneyland, but for foodies, it's better.  I joke about having 10 meals a day; while not completely true, it is certainly possible, and in my case, almost inevitable.  The trick for me is to stay away from sugar.  Ha.

I have had one Coke on this cruise -- which, if you know me, you'd think, Amazing! -- and that was only to get Wi-Fi at McDonald's in Auckland.  (The Wi-Fi didn't work.)  But there's so much white bread, desserts and alcohol on this ship that's it's a constant temptation.  I actually did pretty well for about 10 days on the 14 days' cruise, but have been paying for it the last few days.  My usual symptoms for overdoing it are feeling horrible, almost nauseous, and staying close to a bathroom.  I haven't experienced the former, except for the motion sickness, but certainly have the latter these last two days.

Tonight is New Year's Eve in the main dining room, and it should be quite a meal.  Our dinner mates are springing for the champagne.  Wish me luck.