April 17, 2013
I slept in this morning. Unintentionally of course. Then again, maybe my body did it intentionally. I woke up as usual with my first alarm and turned it off, then my second went off and I was a bit more awake. Next thing I know, I wake up, look at my clock and it's already 10! My third alarm (the one I set and have trained by body to think "get up NOW" to) didn't go off. All it really meant was that I missed breakfast. It kind of threw me off the rest of the day having lunch be my first meal. I took my time getting ready since there wasn't much else I could do.
Lunch was quick and I visited Charlotte in the library for a while until I went up early to Club HAL. The late afternoon shift I think is the easiest. The schedule goes as follows: activity, sports deck activity, ice cream in the Lido, activity (if time permits). Usually we continue with whatever game they'd been playing when I arrived until it's time for outside stuff. We run around outside for thirty minutes, go back in and play a quick game to cool down a bit while I find the sign to put on the door saying we're at the Lido. Then we spend a long time in the Lido. Somehow we always end up arriving when there's a long line, so have to wait for it, then take a long time eating it. By the time we finish, there's only about 15 minutes left until I have to close.
I wandered around the ship and visited Charlotte again for a while, went through some pictures and finally it was dinnertime! Club HAL went quickly tonight, the theme was "un-birthday" so we decorated paper cupcakes, played their favorite games, and played "Scene It?"
I went down to the room, changed for formal night and went out with Jessie since it was my last formal night. Not many people were out strangely, probably because it was hour forward. We went by the photo gallery to see Erich, but they were already taking down the pictures, so we listened to the HAL Cats in the Queen's Lounge before going up to the Dessert Extravaganza. She was ready to get out of her formals as soon as we finished our food, so we changed and went to the OB just to hang out with people, enjoying having time with friends!
April 18, 2013
My last day on the Zuiderdam. Wow, it's gone so quickly and so slowly at the same time! Ship life does that to you. Time goes more slowly; one cruise is like a month, but we still refer to it as a week unless it's a VERY long cruise. It's also very confusing sometimes because we become so close to other people so quickly because we work, live, and go out together. Everything is intensified. Leaving becomes difficult, especially if you've been friends with someone from the start.
Anyway, I found out yesterday that this ship didn't have record of me doing the safety course (the one they told me I hadn't done on my last few days on the Maasdam), so I went to the Training Room to take that course AGAIN. It wouldn't let me take the assessment though, so I left. I ran into Kassie in the HR and she told me that the 'record' of it can just be our NEOP/new-crew card. Luckily, I'd brought mine with me (the one I completed on the Oosterdam) so I ran to grab that, and ended up finding the actual certificate for the course! YAY I don't have to do it again!
By the time all this happened, it was lunchtime, so I went up and had a leisurely lunch with Jessie. We went by the photo gallery to see Erich, but it was really really busy, so instead we went to her room to watch a movie until I had to work.
The afternoon went by extremely quickly. It was my last session with these kids so a bit sad as well. I don't think some of them realized that; they probably thought I'd come tonight as usual, but Christine is covering the night session so that Chrissy, Kassie and I can go to the Pinnacle Grill for dinner.
I went by the photo gallery again, but it was still really busy (everyone buying photos at the last minute and reserving DVDs) so I went to the room to rest for a bit. A few minutes after I made it to the room, Chrissy called so we could go over my Evaluation, so I had to go back upstairs. After our Evals, Chrissy Kassie and I went up to the Lido to get some tea and relax for a bit. Kassie went with me back to the photo gallery (Erich told me yesterday that I should come visit, that's why I kept going back). Finally it wasn't crowded, so we talked for a bit. Kassie left and I stayed to help put the DVDs into boxes and take them out to the desk. Soon it was dinnertime. I was kind of hungry, but wanted to have enough room for the good food at Pinnacle, so I went up and had some fruit and hung out with all my friends over one last meal. :)
I hung out in the room getting ready for dinner for a while, then went to Kassie's room while she got ready. Chrissy and her fiance Troy (who's an executive chef, he organized it for us to go to Pinnacle) met us upstairs and we had an awesome dinner. I had a spicy coconut soup as appetizer, then steak followed by Creme brulee. So much good food and conversation!! It was a lovely last night on the Zuiderdam!
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