Ah, DJing

Well, as I type this I am enjoying a glass of Merlot (The OB has stopped serving spirits and you now have to use your card to buy drinks - I guess sthey can check up if necessary! - but now has a much better wine selection - mainly thanks to the Chief Engineer) and there is a horrendous grinding racket going on - generally meaning we're coming into port - we are in Sochna (I think!).

All is going well onboard. I arrived to find Michael still here and he's not leaving 'til Tuesday so we've had fun splitting the duties between us (which means not doing much at all really!) and I've DJ'd one night and start officially tomorrow. My Badge reads 'DJBex', so a season trying to stop people calling me that was all in vain, and my first 2 days wandering around the ship I felt like a celebrity as all the crew kept saying 'hello' and 'welcome back', it's nice!

The PLAN is underway. I know about 2/3 of my lines (well all of them except the 6 page bit!) and I've been spending about 1hr 1/2 in the gym everyday - not bad, although my muscles are wondering what the heck is going on :)

Had some new gameshows to learn but fairly straightforward as it's all similar to the others I've done. I've felt very calm about the whole the thing really, which is an answered prayer, not letting stuff stress me out and sorting things out as I go along. I'm also in the cabin next to my old one so not too much of an orientation problem either! I've spoken to the Scuba diving duo and I should be going on a couple of dives, Yeyey!!!

There's lots of gossip and all sorts of things happening with TPTB but generally it can only be a good thing:)