{"id":3079,"date":"2014-04-29T18:14:33","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T02:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3079"},"modified":"2014-04-29T18:14:33","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T02:14:33","slug":"the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-fort-lauderdale-florida-04282014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3079","title":{"rendered":"The End Of the World As We Know It \u2013 Fort Lauderdale, Florida \u2013 [04\/28\/2014]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ELVGREN_img_88.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3080\" src=\"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ELVGREN_img_88.jpg\" alt=\"ELVGREN_img_88\" width=\"300\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ELVGREN_img_88.jpg 360w, https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ELVGREN_img_88-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Just when you think it\u2019ll never come, it\u2019s on top of you. It\u2019s difficult to describe the controlled chaos of yesterday, let alone today. The yearly turnaround from the GWV to the PanCan is something that almost has to be experienced to be truly understood. It\u2019s not just that almost the entire passenger base changes AND that over half the crew changes out, it\u2019s a shift in lifestyles. No matter how much some things may drive us crazy, over four months we have all \u2013 guests and crew alike \u2013 gotten used to each other\u2019s quirks. For lack of a better way of putting it \u2013 we have each other well trained.<\/p>\n<p>And as of 11:30 this morning, all of that changed. 1300 new passengers made their (always somewhat wide-eyed) way onto my floating living room.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest difference being that now the gremlins are \u2013 supposedly \u2013 completely under my command. With the position change over now complete I\u2019m now officially in charge of the internet caf\u00e9 as well as the library itself. It\u2019s a lot of work, but I keep telling myself that it\u2019s nothing I can\u2019t handle. Though it does feel a bit\u2026wobbly. Not the system itself, that\u2019s working fine, just the weight of all that responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>That said, it\u2019s not as if I have much of a choice, people are depending on me, and went people are depending on me I must rise to the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Calling on my beloved books, perhaps I should just adopt a \u2018Zozie d\u2019Alba\u2019 approach to it: \u201cF**k you, I\u2019m <em>fabulous<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you think it\u2019ll never come, it\u2019s on top of you. It\u2019s difficult to describe the controlled chaos of yesterday, let alone today. 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