{"id":3520,"date":"2014-09-21T04:12:21","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T11:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3520"},"modified":"2018-09-23T12:07:29","modified_gmt":"2018-09-23T19:07:29","slug":"protected-montereal-09212014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3520","title":{"rendered":"Protected &#8211; Montereal &#8211; [09\/21\/2014]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Her_Phantom_by_Foxfires.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3521\" src=\"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Her_Phantom_by_Foxfires.jpg\" alt=\"Her_Phantom_by_Foxfires\" width=\"298\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Her_Phantom_by_Foxfires.jpg 700w, https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Her_Phantom_by_Foxfires-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a>No matter how long you do this job, one thing never gets easier: people leave and you stay. It\u2019s somewhat impossible to explain to anyone who hasn\u2019t been ship-side, but it\u2019s truly bizarre. When someone debarks, they\u2019re just\u2026gone. Poof. Vanished. Instantly replaced. Name scrubbed from the system, time slot filled with someone else, cabin occupied with someone else the very next day. Within hours.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes you can get used to it, but with some people you never really do.<\/p>\n<p>My big brother\u2019s contracts are shorter than mine, always have been. And that\u2019s just icky.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not like it\u2019s to something we haven\u2019t dealt with before. I helped roadie all his gear down to the taxi stand, watched him load it up into the car, hugged him goodbye, and then went back and started the new cruise.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>cool<\/em> thing is? We have a really good department on this ship, and they circled the wagons in a way I\u2019ve never really seen before in all my time out here \u2013 I mean, when I showed up for our weekly COD session (which I was instructed I had to go to, even if I only stayed an hour), next to my normal station is a stack of tissues, and sitting between the other two players is the massive supply of chocolate.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hey sweetie, figured ya might need this\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And Agetien just holds the chocolate out, gives me a big hug\u2026sits down and says<\/p>\n<p><em>Okay then, let\u2019s play\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yup, I have good people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No matter how long you do this job, one thing never gets easier: people leave and you stay. It\u2019s somewhat impossible to explain to anyone who hasn\u2019t been ship-side, but it\u2019s truly bizarre. When someone debarks, they\u2019re just\u2026gone. Poof. 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