{"id":3966,"date":"2015-09-24T13:58:26","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T20:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3966"},"modified":"2015-09-24T14:10:17","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T21:10:17","slug":"the-bluest-skies-youve-ever-seen-juneau-alaska-08202015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3966","title":{"rendered":"The Bluest Skies You\u2019ve Ever Seen \u2013 Juneau, Alaska \u2013 [08\/20\/2015]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Traveling\"<\/a>When it\u2019s time to leave your home
\nAnd your loved ones
\nIt\u2019s the hardest thing a girl can ever do
\nAnd you pray that you will find
\nSomething warm and sweet and kind
\nBut you\u2019re not sure what\u2019s waiting there for you
\n~ In Seattle<\/em><\/p>\n

They say you know when the time comes. They say that the universe tosses you opportunities and if you aren\u2019t smart enough to grasp them then you simply remain where you are\u2026gilded handcuffs, stay safe and all that.<\/p>\n

I never thought the time would come when I would even consider leaving ships. I figured I was out here for at least another two years (that\u2019s how much longer I have on the principle of my student loan), if only because the alternative was going back to waiting tables and packing hardware supplies and I just couldn\u2019t do that to myself again. After all, I do love it out here, and I\u2019m very very good at my job. I\u2019ve carved out a life on the waves, and I was pretty sure that life was going to do me for a while.<\/p>\n

But things change, things shift, and life is never quite what you expect it to be.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s long been a running joke that I would possibly survive in the Corporate Office. With the exception of needing to formalize my often over-casual communication skills, I have a good head for networking and I\u2019m decent at dealing with people. The idea of moving to Head Office was first pitched to me a few years ago, and laughed off, because I would never leave the fleet. But then there were changes announced \u2013 changes that are going to effect my whole job, and with those changes a new position opened up in the Corporate Office. A job that encompasses a large portion of what I already do \u2013 plus a steep learning curve to pick up the other necessary skills, but a job that everyone who\u2019s seen the description (which was sent to me yesterday) has said has me written all over it.<\/p>\n

I spent yesterday collecting names for references and gaining interview and communication tips from Toffy \u2013 who is, thankfully, no longer in Entertainment and is therefore able to advise me neutrally, because I can\u2019t ask anyone in my own department at the corporate level for advice without risking negatively impacting my application by looking ignorant. I can relax that a little bit with my current supervisor as she has already told me she will have no input into the process since the position in question would be her peer reporting to the same manager, hence it\u2019s considered a conflict of interest. Still, in a process like this, only someone outside the department is truly safe to confide in.<\/p>\n

If I am granted an interview \u2013 and that is far from a sure thing \u2013 I will still be advising them that I am not available until the end of my next contract, as I have been committed to that for some time and I want to follow it through. That may or may not make a difference on how things proceed from that point; but it\u2019s something I wouldn\u2019t feel right not acknowledging.<\/p>\n

I also had long talks \u2013 as in all day long \u2013 with various people about this, because it\u2019s not just my life that will be affected if I go shore-side. I\u2019ve long talked about putting my feet on solid ground, but it was just talk until this opened itself up. This is big girl stuff, this is settle-down-buy-a-house stuff, and that means sacrifices and priorities. One of the blessed things about the Pack is that they all insist that I put myself as first priority, and allow everything else to follow suit. That\u2019s not always an easy thing for me, but in this case I had to agree with them that it may end up being necessary.<\/p>\n

This is serious stuff, this is settle down get a condo go 9-5 stuff. It means giving up a lot to \u2013 I hope \u2013 gain a lot.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also all spec at the moment, because I haven\u2019t even got the interview, and if it goes two weeks without my hearing anything I\u2019ll assume that I\u2019m meant to stay where I am. And even if I do get an offer, I\u2019m far from 100% sure that it\u2019s something I actually want to follow through with.<\/p>\n

But\u2026at least\u2026at least this time I\u2019m getting on the plane so to speak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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