Dinner with the Captain

Well, just as I thought things were getting routine on the ship, we recieved an invitation to dine with Captain Roman Krstanovic this evening. We just returned from the meal and I had to come back to the computer lab to write this down while it was fresh in my mind, and taste buds. We had to dress up, Dan looked very sharp in his suit (with shark tie). We started out in the faculty lounge at 1930 hrs for wine and hors d'oerves, then walked to the dining room with white table cloths and all for another 5 courses: roasted vegetables or shrmp cocktail, soup,Ceasar salad, salmon with Hollandaise and asparagus (or you could have filet mignon if you wanted), then coffee with a warm nutty chocolate cake with whipped cream. YUM. There were 3 tables of us (faculty, staff and Life Long Learners) It was such a treat from the normal loud and bustling cafeteria, with the normal cafeteria food. I am so spoiled, I know. Being waited on by Perry and Mardy and all, who are always cheerful and so very nice. In the morning when they serve me coffee I will have to thank them for staying late to serve me dinner. Then I will go to my "Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism" class where we are learning about consumer culture, labor issues, poverty and inequality, outsourcing,and free market impacts on societies. Well, back to our cabin, where Armando has turned down the sheets and left fresh towels. What a life.