So….as most of you know ….I had a secret.
Well the truth is I have lots of secrets, and many of them belong to people other than myself. I’m kind of the Bank of England when it comes to secrets, once something gets to me it goes no further.
But this wasn’t that kind of secret!
This was a fun secret! (except when it was driving me mad trying to keep it)
Almost half a year of holding my tongue about something I would normally broadcast instantly: challenging.
Not posting a single blog for a month and a bit (during what has, thus far been a fantastic run): mental torture.
Suffering the wrath of my parents because I was refusing to post pictures of my various locations for said month: more mental torture.
Thinking up creative ways of not answering when asked “where in the world are you?”: verging on impossible (I’m a lousy liar).
The look on my ‘big brother’s’ face when he realized that after nearly two years we were finally back on the same ship? And that Alasse and I had kept it a secret from him for months?
Bloody worth it…
You wanna tell me what the HELL you’re doing here???
Addendum: he’s still razzing me about it. Is it MY fault he was too thick to figure it out? I mean honestly! I actually had him convinced that I was on the only other ship doing the European run, which is funny because I never once told him that I was! In fact I never gave him the slightest hint as to where I was at all, except that the time zones would have told him I was somewhere in Europe.
Oh and incidentally: pending internet connection, satellite availability and general availability of time – we now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.