Today may have been the day the chest infection

or is it bronchitis,has reached its climax.The throat is sore and I have almost lost my voice,and when I cough everything inside me from the belly-button all the way up to my neck hurts.And I am tired.I took a lift to the self-service restaurant for breakfast and today also for lunch,as I can only take medication after having eaten. The morning was glorious,the sun bright and warm.In the short ten minutes I went up the 5 floors,ladled some porridge into a bowl and made cranberry tea,the thickest of the thick fogs descended on the ship,obliterating the sun completely.The roaring horn followed to warn other ships, none would have a chance in a collision with this ginormous floating vessel.I love the sound of the horn.I love it when a ship announces its readiness to depart from a port by 3 mighty roars,I love it when it announces a midday has arrived.Not all the ships do it.Apparently it annoys some travellers,fools that they are.Even today the captain apologised for having to do so.I say - some more,please. And then,just as quickly as the fog had descended,it had lifted and there was the sun,all bright and happy again,as if nothing at all had happened.Not for long though.By the time I got back to my cabin it was foggy,only this time the sun-rays were more powerful than the grey floating mass that had enveloped us and this has been the pattern all day.And it is considerably colder today