You’re just not going to catch a break…
What do you mean?
Aren’t you going straight into the crossing to Russia…?
I’ll be fine…
This was an exchange with one of my co-workers during the last few weeks of Alaska when we were dodging 40ft seas and hurricane force winds. I knew what they were talking about of course; you always hear that the crossing to Russia is notoriously rough. What I didn’t realize was that for some reason, this season, my usual ability to maintain a working relationship with Mother Ocean was going to fail me. Completely.
Green apples and ginger ale for this gypsy…again.
Maybe I just haven’t recovered from spending too many hours working on Deck 10 in high seas in Alaska?
In all honesty, I suspect it’s because I’ve not had a chance to rest much since boarding. As you may have guessed, embark day was a bit frantic, made more frantic by all the work L and I have to do in the library to get it back up to running standard. I’ve been falling into my old habits, working through my breaks, skipping lunch, skipping dinner – and with no party band on this ship to distract me at night, well, all there really is during 7 straight sea days is work. The good news? I’m sleeping really well these days!
My Event Manager is already threatening me with isolation if I keep overworking myself. I had to promise him that I wouldn’t go without my breaks anymore…
The good side of things is that I have my own room this season. My own guaranteed-never-to-be-shared room. Pictures up, crystals out, diffuser making the place smell like a candy shop. I’m home. Well, home for now anyway. I suppose some would find it strange that we unpack our homes and set them up at the beginning of every contract – but you get used to it after a while.
We land in Russia on October 5th (which happens to be my birthday), I imagine by then we’ll be quite pleased to see dry land, even if it is slightly cold and damp! But Russia is one that I have never had the chance to see- one more patch to sew on my laptop bag.
If we can just get through the crossing of course…