{"id":3761,"date":"2015-04-30T17:16:48","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T00:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3761"},"modified":"2015-04-30T17:16:48","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T00:16:48","slug":"milestones-in-flight-at-sea-04202015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3761","title":{"rendered":"Milestones in Flight \u2013 At Sea \u2013 [04\/20\/2015]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"index\"<\/a>Where does the time go? Behind us or in front, it all depends on which way we are looking ~ Poledra [David Eddings, Polgara the Sorceress]<\/em><\/p>\n

This morning I stood and had my picture taken with the Captain in recognition of five years of loyal service to the cruise line that I seem to have fallen into a career with.<\/p>\n

Five years. How did it get to be five years?<\/p>\n

Five years that have almost exclusively been on one ship.<\/p>\n

Granted, five years is a drop in the ocean compared to the rest of the staff of the flagship, most of whom are edging closer to the 20 or 30 year mark. I felt less like a graduate student and more like a toddler shuffling her way from kindergarten to first grade; a big step yes, but hardly as significant as the \u201cbig people\u201d.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m actually rather stunned that I have lasted this long. I\u2019m also stunned by how much the job has given me, and how much it has changed<\/em> me. A very dear friend of mine said once that ships changed me into the person that she had once hoped I would have the courage to become (Silv probably doesn\u2019t remember saying that, but she did\u2026or at least she said something similar). Prior to this the only thing I had remained committed to for more than a year was performing, and despite my love for it, even my commitment to that was not what I wish it had been.<\/p>\n

I remain continually shocked by the directions that life can take me. Had you told me five years ago \u2013 when I was scrimping every dollar from a minimum wage paycheque – that I would have risen to where I am now, or that I would have accomplished so much\u2026I would have laughed you off, or worse, I would have looked at you and said \u201cyeah\u2026wouldn\u2019t that be nice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Five years\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2018Tis true\u2026time\u2026does fly\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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