{"id":2611,"date":"2013-09-28T14:12:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T22:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2013-09-28T14:12:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T22:12:24","slug":"footloose-agostoli-greece-09222013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=2611","title":{"rendered":"Footloose \u2013 Agostoli, Greece \u2013 [09\/22\/2013]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"soul\"<\/a>It\u2019s hard to believe how quickly this contract is going. Probably because I don\u2019t want<\/i> it to go quickly. Despite its ups and downs, this is one of those summer ships that I would love to last for a lot longer than it will. Just kind of suspend, with the same people and the same run, for a couple more months out of time. But that\u2019s not how things work, so I just get to take advantage of it while I have it J<\/p>\n

Much to everyone\u2019s surprise (because they really are earned, not expected) we had a crew party last night. Much to my own<\/i> surprise I actually attended. As in I went for more than my usual half hour. Somehow though I knew that\u2019s what was going to happen\u2026I was sitting with the band and one of the guest entertainers at late night trying to decide if we were going to make an appearance or not, and the conversation kind of ran along the lines of<\/p>\n

You know what\u2019s going to happen don\u2019t you? I\u2019m going to go all the way downstairs, get changed, go up there \u2018for just ten minutes\u2019 and then it\u2019ll suddenly be two in the morning\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n

You say that like it\u2019s a bad thing\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n

Nah, just acknowledging the inevitability.<\/i><\/p>\n

And that is, naturally, precisely as it happened. Somewhere around 12:30am found me sitting perched in a skirt and heels, with my roommate, on the bright yellow hood of a fully restored New York Taxi (yes, we have one of those on board\u2026don\u2019t ask, no one is sure why), drinking a corona and watching several hundred crew members attempt to dance.<\/p>\n

Of course, my roomie was trying not to have a meltdown as the party was held in her workspace, so she was forever fighting urges to say NO don\u2019t touch! Don\u2019t break! DON\u2019T CLIMB ON THE TAXI!! Though I think she felt better once she thoroughly beat me at air hockey. Not that it takes much to beat me at air hockey, especially in a very dark very noisy room!<\/p>\n

I think honestly we needed the chance to cut loose for a bit. It\u2019s been a challenging week for some of us \u2013 especially those in my department \u2013 we\u2019re feeling the heat of the new ratings system and attempting to figure out what exactly we can change to do accommodate it. In my own personal lingo \u2013 there have been a lot of dragons this cruise for a lot of different people. But the roaring seems to have calmed to a dull rumble now and we\u2019re all just chugging along and working our hardest as we always do.<\/p>\n

As of tomorrow I\u2019ll be on my own again. Shadow has been pulled to another ship two weeks early because of a contract change, so this morning was my last morning off this contract, after this it goes back to 8 \u2013 12 hour days and a lot less shore time. But it\u2019s what I\u2019m used to. It\u2019s not as if I haven\u2019t done the transition several times (see previous entries towards the end of the GWV!) \u2013 but that doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m necessarily looking forward to it.<\/p>\n

For now, I leave you with this:<\/p>\n

I\u2019m still having a great time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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