{"id":1867,"date":"2013-01-20T12:17:44","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T20:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.wordpress.com\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2013-01-20T12:17:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T20:17:44","slug":"like-clockwork-at-sea-01202013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=1867","title":{"rendered":"Like Clockwork \u2013 At Sea \u2013 [01\/20\/2013]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are times when the job, as glamorous and as wonderful as it is, still feels like a job. I challenge you to find any job that doesn\u2019t.\u00a0 With no internet for three days, new policies coming in on board that really upsetting to many of the crew, a choker-block full ship that leaves us no space to breathe, and nine straight days at sea with no escape from any of this\u2026currently, this is proving to be a grind. It will pass of course, once we start getting into the ports, but the trans-pacific? Always a challenge. Just a little bit more so this time.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, I still have my own room for a few more days, I\u2019m not required to move until the day before we make port in Tahiti. Tahiti itself proving to be an interesting port for me, as it has rather a lot of confusing \u2013 though mostly good \u2013 memories attached to it.<\/p>\n

We cram these sea days full of as many activities as we possibly can. Later today we\u2019ll throw a massive pool party on the aft deck (one of the downsides of being primary librarian as opposed to my old 50\/50 job is that I won\u2019t get to attend L ), which is sure to have everyone in fits of laughter, and end with many of my team mates dripping wet from the inevitable plunge into the pool.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow is Easter Island, one of the most isolated and yet most anticipated ports on the route. The entire crew is crossing our fingers that we make it and that crew is granted shore leave. It\u2019s always hit or miss on both counts, and if we do make it, then crew isn\u2019t granted shore leave until the passengers have all gotten off, particularly the tours. Two years in a row I\u2019ve missed it, once because I joined the ship after they\u2019d been, and the second time because of IPM shenanigans (and that\u2019s putting it kindly).So I\u2019m really hoping that the third time is the lucky charm.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a challenging few days. Much as I love my job \u2013 and I do, I really truly do \u2013 there are times when it feels like I am merely a clockwork toy, with a lovely decorative key set between my shoulder blades. Sometimes that key gets wound very, very tightly, as the world tries to eke out that last valuable spot of energy from you, that last smile, that last little bit of sparkle \u2013 and sometimes there\u2019s just one turn too many, and all the gears inside go \u201csnap\u201d. But, as always, we crawl around and pick them all back up again \u2013 even that one little one that\u2019s rolled under the bed. And we get some sleep, and write home, and call friends and the key slowly unwinds again, and clockwork becomes flesh and life goes on\u2026<\/p>\n

Just please, don\u2019t wind my key too tight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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