{"id":3960,"date":"2015-09-24T13:46:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T20:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3960"},"modified":"2015-09-24T13:46:40","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T20:46:40","slug":"flying-start-at-sea-09212015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3960","title":{"rendered":"Flying Start \u2013 At Sea \u2013 [09\/21\/2015]"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Tired<\/a>

Tired businesswoman with telephones and pen in her mouth sitting<\/p><\/div>\n

You can lull yourself into forgetting what a crossing is like; until you\u2019re back in one and the memory comes back with frightening force. Embark day for a crossing feels almost like embark day for a world cruise, only slightly less crazed.<\/p>\n

Trying to handle filling up shelves that have been completely plundered within the first hour of my being open \u2013 I\u2019ve checked out 138 books in under 48 hours \u2013 , completing the sign-ups for book club (thankfully only 20 of the 30 books went, so the group may actually be manageable this season), coping with the fact that three-quarters of the cruisers are multi-return cruisers and more than a handful of them know me from the flagship (I can never get away\u2026.sometimes I think I could switch lines and never get away), and fueled completely by one extra-strong mocha at 7:50 in the morning, which by the time I finally got to drink it was ice cold. Bleh<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s not even 12 o\u2019clock yet.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I feel like the hindu goddess that has 8 arms, one is handling the book club sign-ups, the other is keying up someone\u2019s internet account, one is answering the phone, one is checking the safety schedule\u2026and on and on<\/p>\n

Plus, it feels like we\u2019re in for a bumpy ride. I\u2019m unsure whether or not they had the stabilizers out this morning (I just don\u2019t know enough about the engine room to tell) but in the wee hours of this morning it was rocky enough to wake us. This is not uncommon for the trans-pacific, there\u2019s two extremes for the trip to Hawai\u2019i: it\u2019s either smooth as glass, or it tosses us like a cork in a hurricane. Right now it seems to have settled down to something in the middle, but the roll is still somewhat noticeable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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