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Day 5
I woke up often. At 10.35h I woke up, they came to clean and didn't know I was still sleeping. The boat started sailing past night and now we are at Kuijk where a pontoon-bridge is being made by the military so 'the Nijmeegse 4-daagse' can cross the river Maas. I lie outside on deck comfortably in the sun, unfortunately not for long, because a bit later it starts raining.
I hurt extremely in my legs and back from a few exercises which I had done after persisting from a volunteer, I thought it would help after the cramp of last night. I shouldn't have done this!! I hurt so much in my legs that I have the feeling that I don't feel them anymore. I also told this to a volunteer and he would sent the physician. Hopefully I get something that helps real good, that is if I get something and if they got something. The only thing the physician has which resembles my painkillers is naproxen and then one didn't do anything at all back in 1998. Luckily he also has diclofenac 100 and so I use that one. I have to, because in a half day I have already taken what I normally take in 1,5 days. At 15.00h they help me with the pill.
I wanted to go to sleep at 16.30h and I want to write something, which 1 of the volunteers will read aloud tonight as a word of thanks, so I let them bring me directly to my cabin where they help with putting the pill in my butt (sorry I don't know the English word for these kind of pills).
During each meal the pastor lit a candle on each time a different table. This afternoon the pastor asked if I wanted to have this candle... I feel really honoured.
After they gave me that pill, I start writing the text for tonight.
At 16.00h I go to sleep, I am completely broken!
At 19.30h I am in the salon, I am completely exhausted, but I don't want to miss this. As of tomorrow I will rest. There is a band playing in the salon, not really my kind of music but for the elderly guests I love it. I had hoped that the band wouldn't play too long, so that John (another John) could read aloud the text and then I could immediately go back to bed... I have really had it. But unfortunately the band plays till 22.30h.

Since I have met an elderly man on the boat I am playing with the thought that he resembles my grandpa qua character and charisma (because my grandpa had a fight with my parents till his death, I have seen him till I was about 8 years old and just before he died; I have always missed him as my grandpa).
All afternoon I have played with the thought and tonight I did it... I asked him if he wanted to be my grandfather... and this he wanted very much.

Before I were back in bed it was again 23.30h; after the band John read my text aloud, well then you of course get reactions... everyone loved it and some had even tears in their eyes.

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