Nearly time to come home

I've mentioned before that time flows differently on ships. The venue I was first assigned to here was time travel themed which I now find very fitting, I truly believe in ship years as a concept, it feels like I've been here forever...Now that we are part way through July, September feels just round the corner. I wouldn't normally wish away my summer, back home summer is what I live for, with tech fest and all the other great festivals I get to be a part of, I tend to want it to last forever. Here the summer is going to be spent assisting 3 day cruisers which means packing everything our ship can do into a shorter space of time. We have enough activities and shows to fill a 7 day cruise so it's pretty tiring cramming it all into 3 and a lot of the set ups are in the sun, either out on the beach or on the top deck. It's funny, I managed to go through asia still pale as a ghost because I was very respectful of the dress code and being covered up, here I'm going brown hilariously quick on account of my day uniform and time off at the beach.
I'm so excited to come home soon, even though it means filing my taxes, finding someplace to live or at least finding a place for my possessions that are currently in storage. Going to the ship with few possessions has shown me how to live with less, so I plan to get rid of more, I'm finding
it hard to find souvenirs for the peoople that are going to want them as it's the same meaningless tat in Thailand as it is in Dubai, Camden or wherever I end up. This tiny cabin is not conducive to having many possessions, there isn't the space for decoration except on the walls but that in itself draws them a little too close and has it feeling claustrophobic . So once I get home I intend to lessen my possessions again as I did when I first left for Asia.
I'm still having a good time on board but I'd leave tomorrow if they let me, I miss my family hugely and I'd love to catch up with friends. Although with time running out it also highlights some of the goals I haven't met and didn't consciously address.
I'd hoped somewhere along the way i was going to be super healthy, lean and tanned, know another language or two better and perhaps get mega rich. I've spent a portion of my wage on adventures and travel (which I don't regret), and I've been too busy to focus on anything as shallow as tanning or going to the gym regularly, I have learned how much I'm capable of though, with no days off and shifts between 7 to 13 hours a day, I've needed major resilience. I've also had to make the most of my time for travelling, and take any opportunity to leave the boat and explore. I've learned snippets from all sorts of languages by  communicating with different people around the ship. I've also really got in touch with my craftsy side, I've been knitting as well as weaving dream catchers from scraps found on the beach and around the ship, I made a pledge to myself to pick up a minimum of two pieces of litter whenever I'm on a beach, and I'm signing up to a few conservation groups i've managed to find locally. I've also taken to drawing and colouring in, I've been reading often, although not as much as I'd hoped, I feel I've been spending my time well, with less time than I have at home I'm suddenly much better at using it. I got to learn a lot too, driving the zamboni and the cherry picker, new lighting desk and maintenance, I hope I don't come home with too much american terminology or the theatres here won't have me back. I've got a chance to learn to dive and get started on being padi qualified before I go and in the next few weeks new york fly house are putting me through 3 levels of rigging training and foy use, I'm excited for that, should be enough to keep me interested and stop me pining for home a little longer, it's still very much where my head's at.