I’ve been very busy since I last sat down with my computer to type a blog. We had one day in Barcelona, an embark day. I didn’t want to deal with getting off and back on during the whole embarkation process, so I stayed on the ship and helped Megan with Open House. Our numbers went up to 10, and we ended up meeting ALL of them during Open House, so much for watching Mulan in peace and quiet during that time. Right after that, I had to go to Sailaway party and “mingle.” Luckily Emily had to go as well, so we walked around together chatting and looking pleasant and ready to answer any and all questions put to us (no one noticed us) until our 15 required minutes were up. Then we hung out in the Lido for a few minutes until the full Entertainment Department meeting. Most of it did not apply to Club HAL, especially to me because I’m leaving before Coast Guard and USPH and all that when we get back to the states. Anyway, we went straight from the meeting to dinner, then to work. It was an interesting night at work, one of the kids showed up right at 7 and stayed for an hour, no one was there for the middle hour, and then two kids showed up for the last hour. We have an interesting group for this cruise, it’ll keep us busy at least, with overbearing and constantly worrying parents, kids that have been travelling for the last 10 months with just their family, and of course some of the crazy parents that never can be satisfied that we’re paying enough attention to their child, or upset because their child is the only one to show up. The teens are a bit odd as well, one came in while Megan and I were watching Doctor Who in the tween room (in the middle hour when no kids were there), and he kept asking random questions, saying random things, and wouldn’t take the hint that he really wasn’t supposed to be there because Ryan would open the Loft in less than an hour. The other teen came in at least closer to the time the Loft opened, and he’d brought his own xbox equipment with him, but none of the cords. It’s just going to be a very exhausting/strange two weeks.
I had port day in Cartegena. We didn’t arrive until 11, so I had to be in Club HAL and of course kids came, and stayed all day. So, I was stuck in Club HAL from 9 to 4 even though we can put up the sign and use the phone again on port days. I had an hour after port day, so Megan and I got off and wandered around the harbor area for a bit, just to get some fresh air and enjoy one of the last chances we have on land for a while, that’s kind of the theme for these few remaining port days.
We had a fire drill Malaga morning at 9:30 that I didn’t know about. Strange because the fire drills on this ship have all been at 10:30 until now. Anyway, they had to pause and restart the fire drill, so it didn’t get done with until 11:30. I had lunch with Megan and Emily, then we got off and went to the beach that was in sight of the ship. It was nice, we stayed there for a few hours before we sadly had to head back before all aboard. Despite spending the summer in the sun and heat of the Mediterranean and not needing to wear sunscreen, I have gotten surprisingly pale. It was nice to have a day in the water and on the sand hanging out with the girls.
Cadiz. I had drill this morning, so woke up, had breakfast and hung out for a bit until drill time. After drill, Ryan and I got off, had some lunch and wandered around Cadiz. I was here last year on the Maasdam, but I think I was hanging out with Kayley and some of the cast and they wanted to go shopping, so we didn’t really explore the city. I found out this time that Cadiz is an island. We walked all around it today, lots of exercise. It was a good day, relaxing; our second to last port of this contract, one more port after two sea days, and then starts the long 7 sea days back to the states. I can’t wait!
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