Sea day with the teens!

February 27, 2013: At Sea
I had a leisurely breakfast and went by to see Jacob before going to the Loft. Not long after I walked into Club HAL, there was an announcement for a fire drill. I had to get Jacob to look up the number so I could call the front office to let them know I was working. That’s what I don’t get about Club HAL being PAX notification team. If an emergency happens, I’m extremely likely to be at work and my first priority will be to get the children to their lifeboats and their parents. Only after that will I be able to go to the front office to post stuff, probably after they’re done since most people should be at the lifeboats quickly. Then, I’d have to go down to my room, grab my lifejacket before heading back to the other side of the ship to my liferaft. It’s just an added step. We have a general drill tomorrow as well because of an audit on the ship...not fun.

Anyway, the boy showed up this morning again, but brought one of the teens with him! He’d met her in the Lido and convinced her to come up. We hung out for a while, listening to music and trying to identify the artist and title of songs, then we played video games again until it was time for my lunch break.

I didn’t really take that long to eat, but I was happy that I found brie! Now I know where to look in the future! There was only about 45 minutes before I had to be at work, so I went up to see if Jacob needed anything. None of the kids were there, so I held down the fort while he went down to the office to print out schedules for the next few days. The kids must have all had really long lunches because none of them were there when Jacob got back and I went to the Loft early. The boy came up first, we just chatted and I did a few sudokus while he played cards, then the teen got there and we all played video games the rest of the afternoon. Surprisingly only one person came in to ask about the library!

Dinner was long, and very interesting. I sat with Jacob and Krista, and we had good conversation. They both had to leave for work, but Charlotte had come by, and one of the 4th officers sat with us and the three of us started talking, joined by the doctor and his wife once she’d dropped the kids off at Club HAL. Charlotte had to head to work, but I stayed since I was interested in the conversation.The doctor had actually been in the navy, and is now just a travelling doctor, filling in in ERs where they need him. Doing ships is just as easy for him since it’s just more travel. I love learning stuff about people. He and Charles (the 4th officer) talked about different stuff in the bridges of ships they’ve been on and stuff like that while the wife and I listened and talked ourselves. It was a good dinner!

Only the boy came up tonight, we talked and played video games. Actually, I let him play while I did a few sudokus until it was time to go. We have some pretty interesting conversations since he’s travelled all over the world pretty much.