{"id":3307,"date":"2014-08-16T22:46:55","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T05:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3307"},"modified":"2014-08-16T22:46:55","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T05:46:55","slug":"unexpected-freedom-boston-08162014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3307","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected Freedom \u2013 Boston \u2013 [08\/16\/2014]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"dream_in_purple_by_juli_snowwhite-d423327\"<\/a>Every week at the beginning of the new cruise we have a departmental meeting. It\u2019s one of those things that\u2019s required by head office even though we rarely have anything that we really need to talk about \u2013 the entertainment department on my current ship is one of the top (if not the top in some sections) in the fleet, and we work like a well-oiled machine. However, the meetings are required, and it at least gives us all a chance to see each other in one place, introduce new faces, and go over the previous cruise\u2019s comments and ratings if anything needs addressing. Even if it\u2019s just a \u201cwell done guys, we did it again\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also announcement time. If any of you remember what it was like in home room in high school when you all had to sit and listen to the principal read out the day\u2019s activities and postings over the PA, it\u2019s much like that, only we\u2019re all adults and hey \u2013 we\u2019re all entertainers \u2013 which means we utterly talk back. We shouldn\u2019t, but we do. Today perhaps more so than usual.<\/p>\n

You see, the \u2018Cats have this set\u2026this set on Charlottetown day which everyone<\/em> detests, because the darn thing hardly ever runs, it always gets cancelled due to weather, or technical issues or something<\/em>, and I usually end up ordering Amras and myself lunch and just chilling out until official word comes down that once again we have all come back from port early for nothing whatsoever. Except a hot dog. Aaaanyway, there\u2019s a point to this, and I\u2019m getting to it I swear. The all aboard time for Quebec<\/em> has been drastically altered this cruise in order to allow us to make clearance under the bridge that allows us to get out of the city, the day has been shortened by several hours. We were all sitting in the meeting today, listening to our supervisor explain the effects this was going to have on various people\u2026and this<\/em> is what brings me back to that troublesome \u201cjinxed\u201d Charlottetown set;<\/p>\n

Soo\u2026good news in the world of the \u2018Cats, this means the Mussel Bake set is a no go this week\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

And he\u2019s completely unable to finish his sentence as every \u2018Cat in the room, including me<\/em> (hey, I\u2019m still the \u2018Kitten here), erupts into roof-rattling applause. Seriously, we cheered<\/em>, as in full on whooped and hollered. I think at one point \u2018Gale was actually praising heaven. The supervisor just blinks, laughs and looks at all of us<\/p>\n

Come on guys, it\u2019s not THAT bad a set<\/em><\/p>\n

YES IT IS!!!!<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh honestly\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

So we have an unexpected near full port \u201coff\u201d in Charlottetown, I\u2019ve no idea what we\u2019re going to do<\/em> with it, but we have it.<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s cool.<\/p>\n

Since my computer was being held prisoner by the fact that Amras had taken it downstairs for me after our gaming session this morning and then promptly locked his key in his room, I had nothing to really do in the gap between the end of my afternoon shift and the start of dinner hour, so I hung around and watched the rehearsal for the opening night show. And laughed, and laughed and laughed\u2026rehearsal for a show you perform every single week often leads to a special kind of insanity, not only are people marking (that\u2019s normal), but people make up their own crazy variations on choreography, occasionally a singer will randomly lip-sync to someone else\u2019s part while they do the actual singing off stage (such as what happened this evening), and all the while the band is standing in place at the back, trying ever so hard not to crack up\u2026<\/p>\n

Yes, out here we definitely put the fun back in dysfunctional\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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