Author Archives: GypsyShaughnessy

An Awfully Big Adventure – Somewhere above the UAE – [03/12/2016]

Posted on March 12, 2016 by GypsyShaughnessy

The strangest thing about this job is the travel; there’s huge chunks of my life where I am not really of any world, I’m above it. That takes some getting used to, but this trip – this one is a … Continue reading →

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Memories of Glass Slippers – At Sea – [02/28/2016]

Posted on February 29, 2016 by GypsyShaughnessy

When I left the flagship I thought I had left a lot of things behind, including the Grand Balls. Huge glittering affairs full of fancyfetti, glimmer curtains and what always felt like hours of decorating, although by the time I … Continue reading →

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Parting of the Pages – At Sea –[02/27/2016]

Posted on February 29, 2016 by GypsyShaughnessy

There is only one hard part about leaving this job…my books, how can I leave my books? And I don’t mean just the books in the library proper, I mean the actual ones in my library, the one I end … Continue reading →

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Edge of Tomorrow – At Sea – [02/27/2016]

Posted on February 29, 2016 by GypsyShaughnessy

Standing on the edge of tomorrow I see the sky is clear Gonna build a bridge to the future Into a new frontier You know we got a lot to live for Got so much that we can share And … Continue reading →

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“Be Home In Time For Supper” – St. Lucia, Castries – [02/26/2016]

Posted on February 29, 2016 by GypsyShaughnessy

This is the future! You can either fight it, or you can rock out to it! ~ Hairspray Sometimes, you simply need to get away, away from the drama and the drills (this morning’s ran nearly a full hour and … Continue reading →

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Kick up Your Heels – At Sea – [02/25/2016]

Posted on February 29, 2016 by GypsyShaughnessy

There was a time when I didn’t know how to line dance; after five years of line dancing on a fairly regular basis I now find this hard to believe, but I do know it to be true. Despite the … Continue reading →

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Ugh – At Sea – [02/24/2016]

Posted on February 28, 2016 by GypsyShaughnessy

I have frequently prided myself on the fact that I do not get sea sick. In all my time on ships I have been seasick only a handful of times, and then it was usually when I was working on … Continue reading →

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Flip the Coin – Parintins, Brazil – [02/21/2016]

Posted on February 24, 2016 by GypsyShaughnessy

Just my imagination Running away with me yes it was just my imagination Running away with me So many people who are in a ‘normal’ job dream of the life that those of us out here on the waves already … Continue reading →

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Window to Normality – Manaus, Brazil – [02/19/2016]

Posted on February 24, 2016 by GypsyShaughnessy

Sometimes in this crazy life, when the stress level builds to boiling, all you need is a little bit of what passes for normal. In the middle of brazil, the western concept of ‘normal’ isn’t exactly the easiest thing to … Continue reading →

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In the Jungle – Amazon River & Boca Del Valeria – [02/18/2016]

Posted on February 24, 2016 by GypsyShaughnessy

Let me begin by telling you this: the amazon is not what you think it is. It is so wide that at times it feels less like you’re sailing on a river and more like you’re transversing a particularly muddy … Continue reading →

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