we are sailing between yemen and somalia by the horn of africa… pirates recently nabbed a tanker the other day here, and now all the tankers are traveling in convoys with military ships leading the way… our captain let us know that according to all his recent intelligence sources that no unauthorized craft were anywhere in our comfort zone… whew!
there are the soul pirates, though (“argh! steal your soul!”)… i definitely am reaching the time in the cruise where i have to spend a little time below decks and make sure that in addition to working, prepping for work and maintaining positive daily interactions continually with guests and colleagues, there is some real self-care going on each day in terms of eating well, resting well, quality bob time, some quiet time, and some veg time… everyone who says hi or stops to chat is just being nice, and 90% of those i am fine with, because i like the folks in general… it’s the ones who come over while you are having lunch with your husband and want to ask about obscure tunes, or the people who corner you or get too close to you, breathing on you or touching you (i hate that), which freaks me out because i spend a lot of energy trying not to get sick out here in this closed container of germs that is a ship with 2000 people on it… i told bob today that tomorrow i was going to be a little bird in a shoebox under a lamp recovering my depleted chi and being serene since i feel a bit vulnerable… when that little alarm in my soul goes off, i now go into semi-hibernation mode until i feel less sensitive and can give good energy from a sense of overflow, not because it’s a requirement… usually if i have enough rest, i will always be fine, so that is the first thing i amp up on when i feel a little fragile… and i really have to build up my psychic teflon for the last leg of this journey and not let anything or anyone get under my skin… the new people who have boarded recently remind me to treat the whole room and my longtimers as if it were my first night out, and when i am mindful of this, i always have a good night…
my theme tonight went with the dessert extravaganza upstairs tonight, i called it “how sweet it is”… they had a hedonistic orgy of chocolate at 9:30, which definitely took a chunk out of my room, but i still had some folks who came back… i was reflecting that with all the different theme nights and other general set lists i have prepared for this voyage, i will never have to do major prep for any smaller voyage again… i could now go out for a two week alaska cruise and never repeat myself and have a themed set for every hour of every night if i wanted… that’s a solid feeling! i have kept adding some new songs and am going to do a major push in the next several days to add several of the requests i have gotten recently before the end of the trip… i can’t believe i am under four weeks to the end now… it will be very exciting to get home to nino and the fam, and also great to know that even though bob stays on board, he will be relocating to seattle for the alaska season, and i can see him on port days… i might scoop nino up to go on a quick cruise this summer if they have open space on bob’s ship… if we can find a way with our other adventures we’ll try! cheers, mama
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