{"id":3395,"date":"2014-09-26T19:39:49","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T02:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3395"},"modified":"2014-09-26T19:39:49","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T02:39:49","slug":"chill-in-the-air-sydney-nova-scotia-09242014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3395","title":{"rendered":"Chill In The Air \u2013 Sydney, Nova Scotia \u2013 [09\/24\/2014]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"winter<\/a>It seems that overnight the weather around here has just \u2026turned. I\u2019m sure it couldn\u2019t have happened that quickly, but it feels like it has. Last cruise we were still walking around in shorts and light jackets\u2026and this cruise?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s just say we all layered up for drill this morning.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve been having a lot of drills this week, because we\u2019re transitting to the new emergency system and it naturally has to be up and running before we \u201cgo live\u201d with it next cruise. Sooo\u2026.drills drills and more drills. This morning my lifeboat team was standing somewhat huddled out of the cold in the shelter of one of the outside walls, and our deck officer \u2013 who is a super nice guy, always has a smile on his face, comes up to us and grins and says<\/p>\n

So guys, are we lining up nicely or are we staying out of the cold?<\/em><\/p>\n

Er\u2026both?<\/em><\/p>\n

Nice try. Git to yer boat!<\/em><\/p>\n

That last was said completely in the same tone that a not-really-upset mother would tell a pouting child to \u201cget to your room\u201d<\/p>\n

So we shuffled back into the wind and stood there shivering for the rest of the hour, despite being layered up in winter jackets.<\/p>\n

That said, despite the chill in the air, it is still lovely here. The fall colours are just starting to turn, by next week or the week after I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll be surrounded by a fire of reds and oranges with the green of summer long behind us. Since Amras left last turn around port, I\u2019m spending most of my port days just catching up on the extra admin projects I\u2019m doing for Head Office. Sadly, my dear friend Toffy transferred out of our department this week, – man will she ever be missed \u2013 but she left me with a few projects to tie up the loose ends on for her replacement, and I \u2013 as ever \u2013 refuse to let her down. Therefore I actually had a pleasurable morning sitting with a cinnamon roll and a single serving pot of earl grey, looking up all the necessary titles for next season\u2019s fleet-wide book club (yup, I do that), so that I can send it off to the Office next week. There\u2019s a little caf\u00e9 in this port that Amras introduced me to which is just far enough off the beaten track that usually only locals go there\u2026<\/p>\n

Yup, I\u2019m just that much of a nerd, my idea of relaxation is Admin work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems that overnight the weather around here has just \u2026turned. I\u2019m sure it couldn\u2019t have happened that quickly, but it feels like it has. Last cruise we were still walking around in shorts and light jackets\u2026and this cruise? Let\u2019s … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,77,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-below-the-waterline","category-east-coast-adventures-2014","category-summer-contracts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3GtNE-SL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3397,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3395\/revisions\/3397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}