{"id":4002,"date":"2015-10-24T15:45:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T22:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4002"},"modified":"2015-10-24T15:45:52","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T22:45:52","slug":"uncontrolled-chaos-at-sea-10082015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4002","title":{"rendered":"Uncontrolled Chaos \u2013 At Sea \u2013 [10\/08\/2015]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"closet\"<\/a>Cabin inspections are a thing of life out here; your space is only partially your own. Every so often you get a nice little card under your door informing you that a group of stripes will be coming around to inspect your living quarters. You can be in the room, but not asleep or in the shower etc\u2026<\/p>\n

When I was on the flagship it was usually the head of department that did this, and often on my morning off; he would poke his head in \u2013 see me contentedly watching TV and working on embroidery in a cabin that looked more like a tidy little apartment than a cabin \u2013 ask me if there was anything amiss and then go off to the next cabin.<\/p>\n

You see, my cabin? It\u2019s somewhat\u2026zen. I pack my own sheets, warm fuzzy comforter, posters, throw rugs, electric candles, water features (though the pump on the fountain is louder than the fountain itself), throw pillows, laundry hamper\u2026heck I even got a shower curtain this season! I take pride<\/em> in my living space. It\u2019s my safe space, where I do my embroidery and occasionally shut out the world. And as such I have become a bit of a neat freak with it; especially since it is a very tiny room, particularly when you have two people living in it!<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s true that this particular contract I may not spend as much time in my room as usual, I do tend to like to spend a lot of time there at during the day. I mean, everyone needs a little slice of space to call their own, no matter how close you are to your loved ones.<\/p>\n

Most roomies that I bunk with appreciate and respect this\u2026except the one I had just this cruise prior. If there is a word stronger than slob than this girl was it\u2026clothes everywhere \u2013 most of which were never worn; bed never made, you could barely walk in the room. It was a disaster<\/em>; it looked like a war zone. I couldn\u2019t even bear to be in there much of the time, being around that much clutter somehow stresses me out.<\/p>\n

And she didn\u2019t<\/em> clear any of it up for cabin inspection, even though she was leaving in San Diego and therefore could have simply used the opportunity to pack.<\/p>\n

As such, when I pulled open the \u2018result of crew cabin inspection\u2019 file that comes around as a follow up I was mortified<\/em> to see the following next to \u2018my\u2019 cabin number<\/p>\n

Cabin #Alpha \u2013 Youth Staff\/Librarian \u2013 Cabin Messy \u2013 Occupant responsibility<\/em><\/p>\n

Needless to say, I am EXTREMELY glad that my new<\/em> roomie is Tolerance (and yes, I gave her that nickname for a reason), Tolli and I have roomed together before, and we\u2019re actually good friends. And she<\/em> appreciates my shower curtain \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the little things\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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