A bit premature being Good Friday but most of my suday will be spent at sea. However Lorna and I will be doing the service on board which is cool - if a tad nerve-wracking. We´re having an Easter Egg hunt for the kids which should be a riot as there´s about 80 of them on this week! I´m getting up on stage for the Welcome Show tonight for the first time aswell:)
Had a gorgeous week weather wise. We went out for team meal on Wednesday in Agadir and had a lovely time. We did however get rather sunburned and I still have the red arms to prove it! It was fab I had some Moroccan meatball thing followed by a crepe with strawberyy ice-cream and the entertainment included a random singing guy and a tiny tortoise that was found in a bush by the patron ´Madame Mimi´! I´ll put some pics up when I get chance.
Only got 3 weeks left on board, eeek. Trying to organise stuff for my week at home aswell as planning for going on the other ship. I met my Cruise Director this week as he cam on board to see how things work and he seems like a cool guy. He´s a Trekkie and likes Red Dwarf - Fantastic!
Friday, March 25, 2005
Saturday, March 19, 2005
"Fine"
This seems to be the phrase of the ship at the moment. If you ask someone how they are, they are going to reply ´"Fine" even though they blatantly have a cold, are tired, in pain or some other way indisposed! That word has never bugged me so much in my life. I guess it´s just irritating because I actually meant it when I said "How are You?" and that reply is sooo annoying!
Sorry....vent over.
I am "Fine" at the mo, except for the muscle pain which has taken up residence in the top of my left leg, making it nearly impossible to walk DOWN stairs. Walking up, no probs - going down, agony (?!). Still after 3 days it´s now got to the level of ´I know it´s there but I can ignore it´ so I shall go on being fine until it actually disappears and then I shall be "Fantastic!". As long as I can get some sleep in between so i don´t fell quite as bleugh and unsociable as I do right now!
I met my Cruise Director on "The Destiny" today. His name´s Rob and, get this, he´s American! and watches Star Trek!!!! So now 3 members of my family are working for American bosses - freaky.
Only 4 weeks left before I disembark. Seems odd to think I´ll be leaving, am actually trying not to think about it too much because hopefully it won´t hit home until I´m safely ensconssed on ´Destiny´ and surrounded by a new lot of folks. I am gonna miss these guys though. Even though I move around a lot doing different work and contracts I hope I never get to the point where I´m blasee about saying goodbye and end up not getting to know people just so it´s easier. I think that would be a very lonely way to be.
I got an Easter card off my Mum yeasterday. Bob hand delivered it to me (literally I was lying on my bed reading and he gave it to me!) I read it and then for some inexplicable reason burst into tears! I think it was more the religous side to the card rather than being homesick. I´m not homesick but I really miss going to church and being able to discuss my spiritual well being with my mates. I have tried to be diligent with reading my Bible but as usual have failed miserably. It´s not like I´m slipping or anything, I just feel the need for some fellowship now and then and on here it´s next to impossible. Still me and Lorna are going to watch´"The Passion of Christ" on Friday so that might help, well if it has the same effect on me as last time I´ll be sobbing through most of it but we´ll see!
Lloyd has had to go home for a week for medical reasons. The poor guy just seems to have had one thing after another and it is easier to send him home to sort it out so he´s off today. Any spare Prayers/Thoughts or mojo in his direction would be much appreciated.
I´m now on a mission to see if I can find/create some hot cross buns - any ideas for finding these things in the Canary Islands much appreciated!
Sorry....vent over.
I am "Fine" at the mo, except for the muscle pain which has taken up residence in the top of my left leg, making it nearly impossible to walk DOWN stairs. Walking up, no probs - going down, agony (?!). Still after 3 days it´s now got to the level of ´I know it´s there but I can ignore it´ so I shall go on being fine until it actually disappears and then I shall be "Fantastic!". As long as I can get some sleep in between so i don´t fell quite as bleugh and unsociable as I do right now!
I met my Cruise Director on "The Destiny" today. His name´s Rob and, get this, he´s American! and watches Star Trek!!!! So now 3 members of my family are working for American bosses - freaky.
Only 4 weeks left before I disembark. Seems odd to think I´ll be leaving, am actually trying not to think about it too much because hopefully it won´t hit home until I´m safely ensconssed on ´Destiny´ and surrounded by a new lot of folks. I am gonna miss these guys though. Even though I move around a lot doing different work and contracts I hope I never get to the point where I´m blasee about saying goodbye and end up not getting to know people just so it´s easier. I think that would be a very lonely way to be.
I got an Easter card off my Mum yeasterday. Bob hand delivered it to me (literally I was lying on my bed reading and he gave it to me!) I read it and then for some inexplicable reason burst into tears! I think it was more the religous side to the card rather than being homesick. I´m not homesick but I really miss going to church and being able to discuss my spiritual well being with my mates. I have tried to be diligent with reading my Bible but as usual have failed miserably. It´s not like I´m slipping or anything, I just feel the need for some fellowship now and then and on here it´s next to impossible. Still me and Lorna are going to watch´"The Passion of Christ" on Friday so that might help, well if it has the same effect on me as last time I´ll be sobbing through most of it but we´ll see!
Lloyd has had to go home for a week for medical reasons. The poor guy just seems to have had one thing after another and it is easier to send him home to sort it out so he´s off today. Any spare Prayers/Thoughts or mojo in his direction would be much appreciated.
I´m now on a mission to see if I can find/create some hot cross buns - any ideas for finding these things in the Canary Islands much appreciated!
Friday, March 11, 2005
Comings and Goings
Lack of a post last week I realised. Which is probably gonna make this one long!
Can I just say that I am sat in the ´Ciber-Scout´Cafe in Santa Cruz and next tome is sitting a guy with the worst BO known to man so I´m attempting to be as quick as possible!
I got my guitar last week. It´s so nice to have an insrument to play and the quality of sound is amazing! My fingers are in a small amount of pain from practising so much but that´ll get less if I play alot :)
On Gran Canaria day this week Me and Dom went shopping. I wanted to get a suit so that I can wear some of the vest tops I´ve got in the evenings (it makes sense to me...OK!). I asked Dom if she´d come with me as I´m hopeless at picking out clothes and her fashion sense is just so flippin´ cool :)
I went for a suit and somehow came back with 2 Outfits (no suit though!), a pair of shoes and a lighter wallet, although I don´t want to scare anyone so I won´t say how much lighter (my mum reads this you know!). The crowning moment for me was the boys reactions, they were so sweet! Even if I can´t walk more than about 5m in the shoes at one go!?
I haven´t worn the other outfit yet. I did wear the top lat night when I went for a meal in ´Sirocco´s´though.
Sirocco´s is the A la Carte restaurant onboard - v.nice :) Ron was on again this week (a regular cruiser who always brings presents for the Ents team and we treat him like royalty! :) )and he took several of us to the restaurant throughout the week. So last night´s meal went something like this:
Escargot with a sizzling butter + Garlic sauce
Cream of Cauliflower Soup
Parma Ham and Mozzerella Salad
Lemon Sorbet in Champagne
Lobster Tail with Garlic butter sauce and Fresh Vegetables
Crepe Suzette
Chocolate Dipped Strawberries and Coffee
Sooo gorgeous - Who knew Snails could be that nice :)
Ron´s back on in 4 weeks - my last week and the week my Mum and her friend are on.
Speaking of last week´s (see what I did there!)Anthony left today. He was the Sound technician. He´s gong home for a bit and then going on the Celebration as Tech, that´s the ship that David (who left last week) is going to be Cruise Director on and Bob (who´s here at the moment as David´s replacement) is going to be Assistant Cruise Director on - confused? It gets better!
Felino, Anthony´s replacement is going to the Destiny in 3 weeks, I´m leaving in 4 weeks and Dante is now also moving to the Destiny (presumably before me or at the same time) so the Spirit´s tech team is going to be rather interesting for the next 2 months :) think the person replacing me on here is Simon. So I´ve asked one of the show team (Kim) to learn all the costume changes for ´Hobson´s Choice´ so that he doesn´t have to do them if he doesn´t want to.
I´ve managed to programme that b****y lighting Desk in HS - Hurrah, hang out the flags!!! it only took me 4 weeks but I finally sussed out the chromadome chases etc and now the ´R´n´B´Cabaret has it´s own states :)))))
Can I just say that I am sat in the ´Ciber-Scout´Cafe in Santa Cruz and next tome is sitting a guy with the worst BO known to man so I´m attempting to be as quick as possible!
I got my guitar last week. It´s so nice to have an insrument to play and the quality of sound is amazing! My fingers are in a small amount of pain from practising so much but that´ll get less if I play alot :)
On Gran Canaria day this week Me and Dom went shopping. I wanted to get a suit so that I can wear some of the vest tops I´ve got in the evenings (it makes sense to me...OK!). I asked Dom if she´d come with me as I´m hopeless at picking out clothes and her fashion sense is just so flippin´ cool :)
I went for a suit and somehow came back with 2 Outfits (no suit though!), a pair of shoes and a lighter wallet, although I don´t want to scare anyone so I won´t say how much lighter (my mum reads this you know!). The crowning moment for me was the boys reactions, they were so sweet! Even if I can´t walk more than about 5m in the shoes at one go!?
I haven´t worn the other outfit yet. I did wear the top lat night when I went for a meal in ´Sirocco´s´though.
Sirocco´s is the A la Carte restaurant onboard - v.nice :) Ron was on again this week (a regular cruiser who always brings presents for the Ents team and we treat him like royalty! :) )and he took several of us to the restaurant throughout the week. So last night´s meal went something like this:
Escargot with a sizzling butter + Garlic sauce
Cream of Cauliflower Soup
Parma Ham and Mozzerella Salad
Lemon Sorbet in Champagne
Lobster Tail with Garlic butter sauce and Fresh Vegetables
Crepe Suzette
Chocolate Dipped Strawberries and Coffee
Sooo gorgeous - Who knew Snails could be that nice :)
Ron´s back on in 4 weeks - my last week and the week my Mum and her friend are on.
Speaking of last week´s (see what I did there!)Anthony left today. He was the Sound technician. He´s gong home for a bit and then going on the Celebration as Tech, that´s the ship that David (who left last week) is going to be Cruise Director on and Bob (who´s here at the moment as David´s replacement) is going to be Assistant Cruise Director on - confused? It gets better!
Felino, Anthony´s replacement is going to the Destiny in 3 weeks, I´m leaving in 4 weeks and Dante is now also moving to the Destiny (presumably before me or at the same time) so the Spirit´s tech team is going to be rather interesting for the next 2 months :) think the person replacing me on here is Simon. So I´ve asked one of the show team (Kim) to learn all the costume changes for ´Hobson´s Choice´ so that he doesn´t have to do them if he doesn´t want to.
I´ve managed to programme that b****y lighting Desk in HS - Hurrah, hang out the flags!!! it only took me 4 weeks but I finally sussed out the chromadome chases etc and now the ´R´n´B´Cabaret has it´s own states :)))))
Friday, February 25, 2005
I´m sorry....what?!
That may possibly be you response after reading this - it was certainly mine when the situation arose 3 days ago.
I am not staying on the Spirit until June 17th.
I am now leaving on the second week of April, going home for a holiday (ha!) for a week and then being flown to ´The Destiny´ to work for the summer sailing round the Med.
Crazy how things can change in a week huh?
The Destiny looks like this:
It is bigger than the Spirit but only has the same amount of passengers. It is the new addition to the Thomson fleet and I will basically doing the same job I do now aboard there only with more Stage Management duties and I´ll be sharing the DJing and Tech stuff with someone else.
It was such a tough decision to make but I was really flattered to be offered it and it sounds like it´ll suit me down to the ground.
The down sides are that I´m going to have to leave this team, who I get on with really well, and start getting to know a whole new set all over. I know I do this all the time when I move jobs and contracts at home but for some reason this time it´s different. Still I might get to see them, as the Destiny follow´s the Spirit´s path around the the Med, so hopefully I´ll get to say hello!
Also I only get one week at home to sort my whole life out until November which is going to be a bit of a tall order (as it is probably going to involve moving all my stuff from Leeds back to Birmingham!!). Also I won´t get to do the Big Event in Birmingham and I won´t see my family and friends much :(
Still I would have been a fool if I´d have said no and I spent 2 days agonising over it so now I feel that I have made the right decision by Sense if not by Sensibility!
I am not staying on the Spirit until June 17th.
I am now leaving on the second week of April, going home for a holiday (ha!) for a week and then being flown to ´The Destiny´ to work for the summer sailing round the Med.
Crazy how things can change in a week huh?
The Destiny looks like this:
It is bigger than the Spirit but only has the same amount of passengers. It is the new addition to the Thomson fleet and I will basically doing the same job I do now aboard there only with more Stage Management duties and I´ll be sharing the DJing and Tech stuff with someone else.
It was such a tough decision to make but I was really flattered to be offered it and it sounds like it´ll suit me down to the ground.
The down sides are that I´m going to have to leave this team, who I get on with really well, and start getting to know a whole new set all over. I know I do this all the time when I move jobs and contracts at home but for some reason this time it´s different. Still I might get to see them, as the Destiny follow´s the Spirit´s path around the the Med, so hopefully I´ll get to say hello!
Also I only get one week at home to sort my whole life out until November which is going to be a bit of a tall order (as it is probably going to involve moving all my stuff from Leeds back to Birmingham!!). Also I won´t get to do the Big Event in Birmingham and I won´t see my family and friends much :(
Still I would have been a fool if I´d have said no and I spent 2 days agonising over it so now I feel that I have made the right decision by Sense if not by Sensibility!
Friday, February 18, 2005
Fizzy Cravings
In the team meeting yesterday Richard (Cruise Director)informed us that we are half way through our Canary Islands tour - another 8 weeks of this and then we´re off to the Med. He then went through all the ports we will be visiting there and it sounds amazing! Barcelona, Rome, Ibiza, Villefranche and all sorts of other places (most of which I haven´t heard of!) but we get more time to explore when we´re there so it should be cool :)
I´ve had a fun morning with the guys from the ´Freedom Band´ in a music shop. I´ve reserved an electro acoustic nylon stringed guitar, and it´s pretty sweet. It has a thinner body which makes it easier (and sooo much more comfortable) for me to play and it has a great sound. I can´t buy it ´til I get paid next but I can´t wait!
Not that I´ve had a lot of time this week. We had LOADS of kids on (of all ages!) so kids zone needed help with some extra activities inc. Family Bingo and a Junior Talent Show. So much work for 20 minutes - the kids had a blast though so it was all worth it :)
I sang on Karaoke last night. I was the first time anyone on here has heard me sing and I was really nervous! Fortunately there was only the 2 guys doing Karaoke who were in there from the team so it wasn´t too bad. I sang ´Don´t Know Why´ by Norah Jones and I think it went pretty well ;) I think the glass of red wine that David (Ass. Cruis Dir.) bought for me probably helped, although I was still shaking!!
We have appraisals this week, eeek!?!
I´ve given up fizzy drinks for Lent. When I was a kid we were only allowed fizzy drinks on a weekend (in fact I think that still applies at home - mum?) so this should not be a problem. However having worked in bars and having been on this ship for the last 2 months where the drink flows freely (well...almost!) I think I might have gone a little carbonated crazy. Right now I would love nothing more than a long cold glass of coke! I feel like I´m turning into an orange juice I´ve drunk so much of the stuff - I can´t find orange squash anywhere....*sniff*
Anyhoo, must head back and clean some mics, check they´re working, and see if the lighting board is going to co-operate with the manual :)
I´ve had a fun morning with the guys from the ´Freedom Band´ in a music shop. I´ve reserved an electro acoustic nylon stringed guitar, and it´s pretty sweet. It has a thinner body which makes it easier (and sooo much more comfortable) for me to play and it has a great sound. I can´t buy it ´til I get paid next but I can´t wait!
Not that I´ve had a lot of time this week. We had LOADS of kids on (of all ages!) so kids zone needed help with some extra activities inc. Family Bingo and a Junior Talent Show. So much work for 20 minutes - the kids had a blast though so it was all worth it :)
I sang on Karaoke last night. I was the first time anyone on here has heard me sing and I was really nervous! Fortunately there was only the 2 guys doing Karaoke who were in there from the team so it wasn´t too bad. I sang ´Don´t Know Why´ by Norah Jones and I think it went pretty well ;) I think the glass of red wine that David (Ass. Cruis Dir.) bought for me probably helped, although I was still shaking!!
We have appraisals this week, eeek!?!
I´ve given up fizzy drinks for Lent. When I was a kid we were only allowed fizzy drinks on a weekend (in fact I think that still applies at home - mum?) so this should not be a problem. However having worked in bars and having been on this ship for the last 2 months where the drink flows freely (well...almost!) I think I might have gone a little carbonated crazy. Right now I would love nothing more than a long cold glass of coke! I feel like I´m turning into an orange juice I´ve drunk so much of the stuff - I can´t find orange squash anywhere....*sniff*
Anyhoo, must head back and clean some mics, check they´re working, and see if the lighting board is going to co-operate with the manual :)
Friday, February 11, 2005
Mended Footsies
It´s been a year since my Operation. Wow, where did that year go? I still remember vividly having to phone the hospital on the Thursday afternoon to see if they had a bed for me. I was so nervous, my hand was shaking as I lifted the receiver! But the whole thing went pretty well.
It really has made such a huge difference. I spent about 7 years of my life with severe pain in my big toe joint after every day spent on my feet, I was frequently in tears because it hurt so much. My steel toe caps that I had to wear for work/Uni made me cringe everytime I put my feet in then because I knew the pain I was going to be in after a few hours. But now all that is gone and replaced with a ´normal´ ball of the foot pain from wearing the strappy shoes I have to wear onboard that is perfectly dealable with!
I can however predict when it´s going to rain and occasionally my right toe gives me a bit of pain but on the whole the change is amazing!
This week has been good. We had some 2-weekers on from Glasgow who were up in HS every night so we spent time chatting about the happenings in that fair city, apparently ´The Shack´and ´Trash´(the club underneath it) burnt down, scary!
My aim this week is to get to grips with the Lighting Desk upstairs, apparently it was programmed somewhere back in the mists of time and noone knows whats connected to what so there is my challenge!
I was on line dancing with Dom twice this week and I´m down for it again tommorow! You never know I might have actually remembered the dances this time! It´s fun to do some other stuff aswell :)
It really has made such a huge difference. I spent about 7 years of my life with severe pain in my big toe joint after every day spent on my feet, I was frequently in tears because it hurt so much. My steel toe caps that I had to wear for work/Uni made me cringe everytime I put my feet in then because I knew the pain I was going to be in after a few hours. But now all that is gone and replaced with a ´normal´ ball of the foot pain from wearing the strappy shoes I have to wear onboard that is perfectly dealable with!
I can however predict when it´s going to rain and occasionally my right toe gives me a bit of pain but on the whole the change is amazing!
This week has been good. We had some 2-weekers on from Glasgow who were up in HS every night so we spent time chatting about the happenings in that fair city, apparently ´The Shack´and ´Trash´(the club underneath it) burnt down, scary!
My aim this week is to get to grips with the Lighting Desk upstairs, apparently it was programmed somewhere back in the mists of time and noone knows whats connected to what so there is my challenge!
I was on line dancing with Dom twice this week and I´m down for it again tommorow! You never know I might have actually remembered the dances this time! It´s fun to do some other stuff aswell :)
Friday, February 04, 2005
No...I am NOT Spanish!!!
A guy came up to the DJ booth the other night and told me that he had hesitated in coming over because he didn´t expect me to be English (he was Welsh - not sure if that makes a difference!) he thought I was Spanish. Now as anyone who reads my blog who who has known me for any length of time will know, this is a common occurence. But 3 yes, 3 times in one night.
In this post I listed the nationalities people have thought I am. I can now add Malaysian to that list and the top 2 are New Zealand (Kiwi) and Spanish.
I´ve had a flippin´rotten cold all week and am now left with a cough that sounds like a smoke 40-a-day and hurts! My other wisdom tooth is also threatening to do what the first one did (come out too far) and Dental isn´t covered on my medical - owwww :(
I got Oscar´s (The passenger´s are asked to nominate 3 member´s of staff who have made their holiday special - it means more to the crew as they get rewards!- we just get a warm *fuzzy* feeling) this week and a very cool comment off some passengers so I feel last week went well!
Have been guitar hunting today but nothing has really grabbed me, still we shall persevere!
In this post I listed the nationalities people have thought I am. I can now add Malaysian to that list and the top 2 are New Zealand (Kiwi) and Spanish.
I´ve had a flippin´rotten cold all week and am now left with a cough that sounds like a smoke 40-a-day and hurts! My other wisdom tooth is also threatening to do what the first one did (come out too far) and Dental isn´t covered on my medical - owwww :(
I got Oscar´s (The passenger´s are asked to nominate 3 member´s of staff who have made their holiday special - it means more to the crew as they get rewards!- we just get a warm *fuzzy* feeling) this week and a very cool comment off some passengers so I feel last week went well!
Have been guitar hunting today but nothing has really grabbed me, still we shall persevere!
Friday, January 28, 2005
Daily Routine
Had a good week this week, not much went wrong ang I´ve started sorting some stuff out in HS so it´s easier to use and find things!
Dom´s parents were on this week which was nice. It makes such a difference having people´s friends/parents on. Can´t explain why but it does! We´ve got quite a few coming on over the next few months. Today one of the guys from the office is on checking on us. He´s on for 3 days it was supposed to be a week but we´re getting excellent scores for the entertainment product so they´re not that woried about us.
I´ve realised that I havent really explained what I do all day. It changes everyday but as a general idea:
2pm - Check on Sound System for Quiz
4:30/5pm - Change Background Music (& lights/gobo´s - for theme nights)
7pm - Quiz in HS
9:45pm - Quiz in HS
11:30pm - Quiz/Cabaret in HS
12:00 - DJ ´til 3am-ish
3am - Close Disco, Tidy areas (change music/Lights/Gobo´s - on theme nght)
ON DUTY - 4pm-8pm (Have to be on Ship)
I DJ 4 nights a week, usaully the first 3 and the last 1. Sometimes I haev to do stuff for the main show. On the day at sea I do a backstage tour and then SM "Hobson´Choice" at 1pm. Ohter morning´s I have to put a film on at 10am and if football is being shown in HS I have to set that up.
So there you go. My day in a nutshell. Tomorrow is hard because I have to be up at 9 for a lifeboat drill. I then go back to bed or go and lie on the beach (we´re usually in Gran Canaria) I think the bed option will win tomorrow!
Dom´s parents were on this week which was nice. It makes such a difference having people´s friends/parents on. Can´t explain why but it does! We´ve got quite a few coming on over the next few months. Today one of the guys from the office is on checking on us. He´s on for 3 days it was supposed to be a week but we´re getting excellent scores for the entertainment product so they´re not that woried about us.
I´ve realised that I havent really explained what I do all day. It changes everyday but as a general idea:
2pm - Check on Sound System for Quiz
4:30/5pm - Change Background Music (& lights/gobo´s - for theme nights)
7pm - Quiz in HS
9:45pm - Quiz in HS
11:30pm - Quiz/Cabaret in HS
12:00 - DJ ´til 3am-ish
3am - Close Disco, Tidy areas (change music/Lights/Gobo´s - on theme nght)
ON DUTY - 4pm-8pm (Have to be on Ship)
I DJ 4 nights a week, usaully the first 3 and the last 1. Sometimes I haev to do stuff for the main show. On the day at sea I do a backstage tour and then SM "Hobson´Choice" at 1pm. Ohter morning´s I have to put a film on at 10am and if football is being shown in HS I have to set that up.
So there you go. My day in a nutshell. Tomorrow is hard because I have to be up at 9 for a lifeboat drill. I then go back to bed or go and lie on the beach (we´re usually in Gran Canaria) I think the bed option will win tomorrow!
Friday, January 21, 2005
All Change
Been an interesting week.
For the past 2 days I feel like I´ve been in an Agatha Christie novel but can´t go into details for now.
Had a spectacularly bad evening on Tuesday (Technical screw-ups etc) but the next day it was all sorted so am fine with it now. Actually starting to feel like myself instead of whoever I have been for the last 5 weeks! Getting to know people and starting to feel like I fit in so all is going well.
I found out yesterday that the company want to extend all of our contracts until June 17th. This would be amazing as we are sailing around the Med by then (that was news to me too!)but it would mean missing my Mum´s important birthday (!?) so dunno yet......
Today is a busy day for the team.
It´s Dominique´s Birthday
It´s Anthony´s Birthday
Daniella left this morning
Hannah officially starts back today (she broke her ribs during the rehearsal period and Daniella stepped in)
Had a bit of a rough day at sea (Tuesday), a storm was brewing and it was touch and go whether to leave, we definitely made the right decision to go though. The Storm changed direction and headd straight for where we sailed from!
For the past 2 days I feel like I´ve been in an Agatha Christie novel but can´t go into details for now.
Had a spectacularly bad evening on Tuesday (Technical screw-ups etc) but the next day it was all sorted so am fine with it now. Actually starting to feel like myself instead of whoever I have been for the last 5 weeks! Getting to know people and starting to feel like I fit in so all is going well.
I found out yesterday that the company want to extend all of our contracts until June 17th. This would be amazing as we are sailing around the Med by then (that was news to me too!)but it would mean missing my Mum´s important birthday (!?) so dunno yet......
Today is a busy day for the team.
It´s Dominique´s Birthday
It´s Anthony´s Birthday
Daniella left this morning
Hannah officially starts back today (she broke her ribs during the rehearsal period and Daniella stepped in)
Had a bit of a rough day at sea (Tuesday), a storm was brewing and it was touch and go whether to leave, we definitely made the right decision to go though. The Storm changed direction and headd straight for where we sailed from!
Friday, January 14, 2005
Back in Santa Cruz
well here we are bcak at the beginning!
Here as promised is a photo of my Birthday pressies:
Here as promised is a photo of my Birthday pressies:
Isn´t the dog cute! I´ve put a fair few more photo´s up on my group so if you follow the "Snap´s, Photo´s and Pic´s" link in the sidebar you can peruse at you leisure.
Had a pretty good week. Am definitely settling down now. The Kareoke machine decided to have a ´moment´last night and I remained calm so I feel I have made some progress ;)
We were docked in Morrocco at some point this week (days have ceased to exist!) and I had an allergic reaction to the water in my shower! I think there must have been to much chlorine in it or soemthing (we take on water from whatever port we´re at) and I got out of the shower to find that my legs and forearms looked like a particularly vicious ant had been very hungry! So I had a slight panic (as it continued to get worse!) and then had to get a form to see the doctor.
Not sure where this doctor is from but he´s obviously not seen many allergic reacitons as he told me to go away and come back at 5pm (crew hours). Now I´m a rational person and I understand that there are crew hours, but when someone is standing in front of you blatantly having a reaction to something you DON´t tell them to come back in 7 hours!!!!! Anyway I stood my ground and he gave me some Clarityn and some gel to take the lumps down. The redness went by the next day so it wasn´t too bad.
Must go and get supplies for the week - Cola and Sweets!
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