Back to the Sea
We have salt in our blood in our sweat and in our tears, and so when we go back to the sea, we are returning to ourselves.
Having sufficiently gorged myself on all the things I'd been missing, namely Domino's Pizza, Galaxy chocolate and Ben and Jerry's ice cream (seriously if you haven't tried the birthday cake flavour you NEED to) I suppose it's about time I head out to another ship, checked in today to see my flights are ready, so now its official.
I've had a long break and I'm lucky they didn't summon me back after only a month, but I'm still a little glum to be leaving, I'll be missing Christmas, New year's and my second birthday in a row. The good thing is I'll be back for my summer festivals which are a huge part of who I am and I was sad to miss that this year.
Being that it's winter right now, which is not my season at all I haven't been super social, I tend to hibernate a little bit so I haven't caught up with as many friends as I've wanted to but I'm sure those that know me well can forgive me that trait, as it's not so different from my usual winter behaviour and I'm sure I'll make a better effort next summer on my return. Mostly I just needed to rest, to read books and to see my family, it's been great spending time with my younger brothers, and see them turning into proper little people now with their own personalities, I think I'm less scared that they'll forget me this time around. I've also been making the most of all the things I couldn't do on the ship, loving trips to the cinema, Netflix, Live music and being able to cook for myself or choose what I want to eat. Thrown in a little travel and a little charity, so I feel like I've used the time well enough, although i do recall I had high hopes of learning to drive and climbing the rainbow mountains of Peru, alas maybe next time!
I fly out to San Juan on the 30th via El Dorado and I'll stay overnight in a hotel before starting work, excited to see how different it feels working on a boat that has a 7 day itinerary, I did some rough maths, I'll be in every port 30 times, so lots of potential to explore. It's a lot less stressful going this time because I know what to expect, I have a nice bunch of friends heading to the same ship too. Cant wait for warm weather again, and the beauty that is the open ocean!
Having sufficiently gorged myself on all the things I'd been missing, namely Domino's Pizza, Galaxy chocolate and Ben and Jerry's ice cream (seriously if you haven't tried the birthday cake flavour you NEED to) I suppose it's about time I head out to another ship, checked in today to see my flights are ready, so now its official.
I've had a long break and I'm lucky they didn't summon me back after only a month, but I'm still a little glum to be leaving, I'll be missing Christmas, New year's and my second birthday in a row. The good thing is I'll be back for my summer festivals which are a huge part of who I am and I was sad to miss that this year.
Being that it's winter right now, which is not my season at all I haven't been super social, I tend to hibernate a little bit so I haven't caught up with as many friends as I've wanted to but I'm sure those that know me well can forgive me that trait, as it's not so different from my usual winter behaviour and I'm sure I'll make a better effort next summer on my return. Mostly I just needed to rest, to read books and to see my family, it's been great spending time with my younger brothers, and see them turning into proper little people now with their own personalities, I think I'm less scared that they'll forget me this time around. I've also been making the most of all the things I couldn't do on the ship, loving trips to the cinema, Netflix, Live music and being able to cook for myself or choose what I want to eat. Thrown in a little travel and a little charity, so I feel like I've used the time well enough, although i do recall I had high hopes of learning to drive and climbing the rainbow mountains of Peru, alas maybe next time!
I fly out to San Juan on the 30th via El Dorado and I'll stay overnight in a hotel before starting work, excited to see how different it feels working on a boat that has a 7 day itinerary, I did some rough maths, I'll be in every port 30 times, so lots of potential to explore. It's a lot less stressful going this time because I know what to expect, I have a nice bunch of friends heading to the same ship too. Cant wait for warm weather again, and the beauty that is the open ocean!
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