{"id":3232,"date":"2014-07-27T11:07:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T18:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3232"},"modified":"2014-07-27T11:07:29","modified_gmt":"2014-07-27T18:07:29","slug":"busy-busy-kinda-at-sea-07242014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3232","title":{"rendered":"Busy Busy \u2026Kinda \u2013 At Sea \u2013 [07\/24\/2014]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"back_to_wonderland_by_juli_snowwhite-d5pwcx0\"<\/a>When you only have one sea day per cruise (which in this case means one per week), getting through it can feel like pulling teeth. This is a really port heavy route, so there are a lot of things we can\u2019t do simply because we\u2019re in port all the time, so when the one sea day rolls around we cram everything <\/em> that we can into it:<\/p>\n

Two bingo games, two dance classes, the specialty luncheon, the extra bridge games, the service club meets etc etc. My schedule today reads like an eye chart.<\/p>\n

And yet\u2026that doesn\u2019t really take much of the shine off the rest of the week(s). It\u2019s only one day, and anyone can handle anything for only one day. This time last year, I felt drastically out of place because I wasn\u2019t preparing for the flagship Grand, now I find that the further I get from her, the less I worry about her. I\u2019m not sure if that\u2019s a good thing or not, but I suspect it is. One of these days, I will<\/em> leave the flagship, some other adventure \u2013 some other commitment \u2013 will call me onwards and I\u2019ll leave her in someone else\u2019s competent hands. Before that concept devastated me, because that ship meant more to me than some people I could name, but now\u2026I don\u2019t know, now I just wonder.<\/p>\n

I do know that I could definitely get used to not being so frazzled.<\/p>\n

Anyway\u2026here we are again, steaming our way slowly through the Gulf of St Lawrence. The white horses are kicking up out there, but it\u2019s not particularly rocky. It was last night; the ship took such a hard heel to starboard that all the crew cabinets decided to fly open downstairs! But now we\u2019re just kind of making a sedate plotting pace along the shoreline.<\/p>\n

The crowd on board seems to have fizzled itself out. After the immense success of the live karaoke a few nights ago, we fully expected the lounge to be packed for Motown night \u2013 but when I went up there after shift it seemed to be back to the usual setup : me, the band, five people at the bar and perhaps two or three other people scattered around. Fortunately it was at least a vibrant crowd, if small, so it didn\u2019t feel quite like performing to an empty room, heh, I talk as if I actually had any active part in the band, when I don\u2019t do anything except sit on the sidelines with a glass of white zinfandel and applaud. But hey\u2026everyone needs a roadie! And as always, there is comfort in routine\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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