I’m sure it hasn’t completely escaped notice that I’ve been quiet this contract. That’s mostly because I don’t really have all that much to report! With the exception of Cuba, I’ve been to all these ports before, so I’ve been staying in for the most part and getting used to the ship, figuring out what’s where and such. And I have a project I’m working on that is taking up a lot of time (nope, not telling, at least not yet) – so I guess I’ve been a little bit withdrawn.
Being in the Caribbean is a lovely change from Alaska. Don’t get me wrong, I love the Last Frontier, it remains one of my favourite places on this little marble we call a planet – but it does get cold and wet by the end of the season.
Definitely the opposite of what we have here!
It’s an interesting batch of students this cruise, most of them are really sweet – there’s a handful that are…a handful…but then there always are. Numbers are up for the most part, although there’s the occasional class that, surprisingly, only gets two people. And it never seems to be the one that I expect! The greeting card class is one of those, it either has one or two, or …twenty. But this cruise it’s definitely leaning towards the first of those two options.
And so off we go, just bouncing around in the sunshine, with water that’s so blue it reminds me of the video game ‘Riven’ I used to play as a kid. I even managed to get at least a little bit of my Christmas shopping done.
There are worse ways to spend a day 🙂
It sounds like you’re settling in. I hope the crew has warmed to you and you’re more comfortable now than those first few days.