{"id":4188,"date":"2016-03-20T11:38:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T18:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4188"},"modified":"2016-05-08T04:54:20","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T11:54:20","slug":"onwards-again-victoria-03202016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4188","title":{"rendered":"Onwards again – Victoria – [03\/20\/2016]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"leaving\"So, here we go again.<\/p>\n

New duffel bag purchased (the old one is just too damaged to make the trip), and packed, new carry on purchased and soon to be packed.<\/p>\n

One thing this incredible mis-adventure has taught me to have a spare toothbrush, a spare pack of all medication, and a pair of pajamas in my carry-all, which is why I purchased the new hard-sided wheel case in the first place. That and the fact that my shoulder can no longer handle carrying my laptop anymore; so the old laptop shoulder bag went (empty) into the check luggage, and all the electronics go into the new wheelie bag.\u00a0 Which balances nicely on top of the new duffle bag (with the aid of a bungee cord) after all, I\u2019ve only got to manhandle all three bags up the gangway and back down again in July. Airports are not much difficulty as they have trolleys.<\/p>\n

I doesn\u2019t really feel like I\u2019ve been home, possibly because I wasn\u2019t supposed to be. It\u2019s true that this wasn\u2019t precisely how I had anticipated going into the newest leg of my journey as a ship-girl, but perhaps I should be grateful for it. After all, if I can survive this (and I\u2019ve since found out that Silv used my epic mis-adventure as a cautionary tale for her own travel department) I can survive anything.<\/p>\n

The Office has been great about keeping me in the loop as far as all my travel plans go, I know who\u2019s meeting me at the airport and when. Ask me if I\u2019m scared? A little perhaps, perhaps gunshy might be the best word\u2026<\/p>\n

But hey, there\u2019s nothing else to do but go onward right?<\/p>\n

Which for me, means that tomorrow I’ll be getting on a plane headed – you guessed it – back to the middle east<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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