Quiet day.

Before I forget, we reduced the Fentanyl patches by another 25 on Sunday 1st March, so well done kp.

After a poor sleep, we had a lie-in. And then headed to the beach where the plan was for kp to go snorkelling with me.

Unfortunately, it was completely overcast and felt cool (22′C) so once she had felt the water it wasn’t as inviting as it would be if u wanted a cool swim after a hot sunbathe. The water temperature is 24′C.

So we headed back to the hotel picking up supplies (milk, water) en route.

Karen’s mood was on the wane. “Slippery slope” she called it.

I think she needs a more-actioned packed holiday. So we made a note to pick up an excursion leaflet so she had something to aim for.

Lazy day after that. I have changed one of my 2 remaining days into a digital photography course so was reading the training material for that.

By the nighttime Karens mood improved a little when we discussed how we could engineer some snorkelling for her off the boat. She was only going to do 1 more boat day, but now she is coming on both the remaining diving days. We are going to try to get her a dedicated snorkelling instructor, and arrange it so that when everyone else is in the water and the boat is quiet, she then goes in. Fingers crossed we can pull of off.

Last night, Karen expressed a wish to go to the casino so off we went after a lovely drink at the hotel’s rooftop bar. She likes the slots and was very soon about $5 up. I was keen for her to quit at that point but she’d only been doing it 5 mins. So, a bit of an atmosphere developed (my fault). She made the (very valid) point that I had had my fun diving and she wanted to have some fun on the slots. My huff continued.

About 10 mins later, we left a $1 up and with me with $10 worth of guilt. Anyhoo, she accepted my apologies and that I would be less anal if we returned.

A lovely meal after the casino and Karen’s first full meal of the holiday.

So today (day 7), we are planning to try the beach snorkel again, having ruled out all the excursions.