day 82 – at sea

today was lovely… some sea days are just better than others… i didn’t sleep much last night because our a/c wasn’t working properly… yikes!  considering that my room is right next to the gangway and gets a bit warmer than other areas with the open wall letting the 90-100 degree heat in, the a/c is kind of vital to my well being and ability to sleep… i put in a work order in the middle of the night with guest services to try and get the ball rolling as early as possible tho i’m s’posed to report repairs at 9 am to our human resource office… i wasn’t about to wait that long!  anyway, they did finally fix it - yay!  i can think again (and sleep!). 

in spite of being a bit sleepy, bob and i still had a great day, just enjoying the time together and trying to get as much as we can from this time we have together.  i find that the whole being at sea thing has helped me put a sharp focus on what really matters in life, and that is easy for me – my family, friends and music… not much else really matters!  when i am out here, i work hard at what i do and try and make myself irreplaceable, and with bob here, we enjoy our days together with the changing scenery and sights, sounds, smells and tastes… when i am home, i look forward to being completely home and hugging my babies, cooking, the comfort of my own bed, being able to chat with my folks on the phone or get out to breakfast with my dad… all the day to day normal things, like shopping and cooking, stuff many folks find irritating, become very enjoyable, and each dinner together is like a special occasion… the gift of having to miss the ones i love is realizing how lucky i am and how much i love them! 

it’s an interesting mix of people you find who work at sea, and one large subgroup is people who are either running from something or have nothing to go home to… that is very sad, and also underlines for me once again how lucky i am.  anyway, today has been another day that makes me know in a very deep and certain way just how blessed i am and how much i love my amazing kid, my folks and family members, my friends, my wonderful husband, my opportunities, music, my adorable dog… life is so good!

my theme tonight was a repeat, “in the garden,” with songs about flowers, trees, etc.  my cocktail and theme sets were good as usual, and once again, it was a lot of early nighters in prep for early arrival to salalah, oman, tomorrow.  i didn’t get picked as a crew escort for a guest tour, and since bob has a compulsory class to go to, and i don’t want to get extorted for major cab fare back from town (rumor has it you get a good rate to town and then they charge you 3x on the way back ‘cause you have no choice being 14 miles from the ship!), i am going to see if they have any extra seats tomorrow on tours and try to ‘fly standby.’  if i can’t, i’ll just chill with bob for the day, and that would be good, too!  more soon… xo, di