Category Archives: Summer Contracts

Peace and Panic – Somewhere over the Caribbean – [05/13/2017]

Posted on May 13, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

I had thought that I’d seen some of the most odd contract experiences; but this is the first time I’ve left a ship half way through a contract to go somewhere else and come back. Welcome to the semi-annual workshop … Continue reading →

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Bright Light – Willemstad, Curacao – [05/11/2017]

Posted on May 11, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

I had no intention of going out today. We’re still in a very warm part of the world (goddess I’m looking forward to Boston) and I’ve been having difficulty dealing with the heat…that said, sometimes it feels like I’m having … Continue reading →

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Touching Normal – Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala – [05/04/2017]

Posted on May 6, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

Distance hurts. A lot. And sometimes, just sometimes, the brief glimpse of normal that you are gifted in between the distance stings as much as it heals. Amras and I are on separate ships this contract. I haven’t seen him … Continue reading →

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Come Hear the Music Play – At Sea – [05/03/2017]

Posted on May 3, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

There are only two piano bar entertainers in the fleet that I have enough of a rapport with that they will trust me to step up to their microphones. I knew that one of them was currently on board, and … Continue reading →

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Through the Fire – At Sea – [04-25-2017]

Posted on April 26, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

I just got out of bed and sneaked downstairs at 1:10 in the morning…to rescue paperbacks from the recycle bin…. How typical of me… You can take the girl out of the library, but you can’t take the librarian out … Continue reading →

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Dance with the Water – Bora Bora, French Polynesia – [04/13/2017]

Posted on April 15, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

Every turn I make, every trail I track, every path I take…every road leads back [to] the line where the sky meets the sea… The unbalance has been throwing me lately. I’ve not been sleeping, I’ve been edgy and twitchy … Continue reading →

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Time Tricks – Bora Bora – [04/13/2017]

Posted on April 13, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

Time plays such funny tricks. I remember on my second ship, I was going home before the voyage that would take her to Bora Bora. The entertainment crew was all excited and preparing, trying to get themselves “Bora Bora beach” … Continue reading →

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Pre-programmed – At Sea – [04/09/2017]

Posted on April 9, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

When I was a kid we had a dog. Sweetest dog ever. We had “inherited” her from a relative who had moved and we loved her dearly. But she had one upsetting quirk – upsetting not because of the quirk … Continue reading →

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A Tender Approach – At Sea – [04/05/2017]

Posted on April 4, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

It’s a wonderland out here. And sometimes the wonderland presents us with challenges. No matter how hard we try, there will always be things that we simply can’t make the guests understand. One of the biggest of those things? Is … Continue reading →

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Virtual Memorials – At Sea – [04/05/2017]

Posted on April 4, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

I’ve been doing an unexpected amount of soul searching as of late. Not exactly on purpose, just kind of by accident. I’m feeling better for it as a matter of fact. Memories are odd things, we cling to them sometimes … Continue reading →

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