{"id":3528,"date":"2014-12-06T05:27:45","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T13:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3528"},"modified":"2014-12-06T05:27:45","modified_gmt":"2014-12-06T13:27:45","slug":"packin-it-up-at-sea-12042014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3528","title":{"rendered":"Packin\u2019 It Up \u2013 At Sea – [12\/04\/2014]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"packing\"<\/a>It\u2019s always strange when it all starts coming down\u2026not bad, not by a long shot, but strange\u2026and you always<\/em> end up taking home more than you packed with you.<\/p>\n

For example, I have to find a way to pack a porcelain doll, a pair of bright pink and black doc martin Mary Jane\u2019s, two Hard Rock Caf\u00e9 glasses and at least one dress. And dammit this year I\u2019m not traveling in my winter coat, so I have to find room for that too\u2026.<\/p>\n

So as per usual, I start early\u2026I\u2019ve still got just over a week left, but my replacement has already arrived (Ghost Girl is a new hire, so she gets at a week and a bit of training) , so there\u2019s no real point in waiting to start packing. Besides there\u2019s always things that you know you aren\u2019t going to use for the rest of the contract, so it\u2019s easier to get those things out of the way. Since I have a cabin to myself at the moment, it\u2019s easy enough to just leave the suitcase open on the top bunk and gradually fill it up.<\/p>\n

I both love and hate packing, but this time? I couldn\u2019t start soon enough. I feel like I should have been home oh\u2026yesterday? Maybe a week ago\u2026.<\/p>\n

So sue me I\u2019m excited about packing! I did a little happy dance of joy when I realized I could start packing this morning! Because\u2026because I have 8 and a half more days left!!!! That\u2019s it!!!! And then I wil be home! Home with trees, and parents and\u2026my cat! My cat who wasn\u2019t even supposed to be alive!<\/p>\n

I am, absurdly happy about going home!<\/p>\n

And hey, this year the packing is actually going easy on me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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