{"id":2780,"date":"2013-12-07T23:03:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T07:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=2780"},"modified":"2013-12-10T10:49:55","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T18:49:55","slug":"i-can-hear-the-distance-calling-victoria-12072013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=2780","title":{"rendered":"I Can Hear The Distance Calling \u2013 Victoria \u2013 [12\/07\/2013]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I think if you held my heart up to your ear you would probably hear the ocean…<\/em><\/p>\n

Twenty night\u2019s worth of theme and formal wear (including one, exceptionally difficult to track down white cocktail dress), make up and shoes to match, and five months\u2019 worth of day wear and I\u2019m finally successfully packed. Packing for the world cruise is, was and ever shall be the biggest challenge of the contract \u2013and forget the idea of ever being under limit. It\u2019s simply not possible to pack for that much with that many climates (and that many formal nights!)\u00a0 is just not possible if you\u2019re working with a 55lbs limit. For this contract I always just accept in advance that I\u2019m going to have to swallow a $150 worth luggage fees.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s costume kit? Includes at least two flapper dresses (one of the grand balls this year is The Great Gatsby, and I couldn\u2019t for the life of me decide which of my two suitable costumes to take as I have the full kit [shoes and beads included] in both black and white), one medieval gown, one vintage disco dress (that one almost has to be seen to believed), and the requisite two full length ball gowns (it would be three, but one of my best ones needs tailoring, I\u2019ve really got to get the train on it shortened)<\/p>\n

Since I\u2019m thinking about work, the rest of it seems to be going smoothly \u2013 I finished the admin prep I had to do for the World last week, finalized the orders and prepped the schedules. The only thing left now to do is wait, and hope that I have enough space<\/i> for the order when it comes in.<\/p>\n

Of course, that doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m quite ready to get on a plane tomorrow just yet (at least, not one that\u2019s going to San Francisco, I might consider other destinations), there\u2019s still things to do. I have book club books to review, laundry to finish (some of which has to somehow<\/i> get added to my already full suitcase), accessories to buy and a pair of black wrist-length gloves to track down (seriously I know that they came home with me so where can they have gone??).<\/p>\n

There is, I suppose, a certain comfort in knowing where I\u2019m going before I launch into what is \u2013 for me at least \u2013 the unknown. I know what ship I\u2019m on after this contract, but I have no idea what that ship is going to involve (I\u2019ve heard good things and bad) or who exactly I\u2019ll be working with (though hopefully I\u2019ll find at least something about that out before I get there)\u2026<\/p>\n

I never thought I\u2019d see the day when the world cruise would become comfortable, when it would be solid, and I would know how to handle it. I never thought I would be the woman that people depended on to be the veteran, the solid one, the one who knows how things work \u2013 I mean, I\u2019ve always thought of myself as kind of a fly-by-night, a willow-the-wisp of a girl who kind of just floats at the edges of things\u2026<\/p>\n

And yet here I am\u2026ready to do it all again\u2026<\/p>\n

And looking forward to it\u2026in an odd kind of way\u2026<\/p>\n

Here we go again\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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