another rainy juneau

July 14, 2014: Juneau
I didn’t get off the ship in Vancouver, mainly because I’d been up somewhat late last night, but also I just wanted to sleep in and had Open House at 12. It would’ve been a great day to go out, but oh well. Instead, Christine and I worked Open House; we managed to watch the entire movie Planes before anyone showed up to look around and register. I’ve learned though, that the number of people that show up on the first day is absolutely no indication (at least here) of the typical numbers for the week. Only a few showed up for registration and first night activities, but a lot came the next morning for the sea day.

I’m on teens this week, there aren’t too many showing up but they’re all pretty willing willing to play whatever game I suggest; so we’ve been playing a lot of Skip-Bo, Phase 10, and MarioKart.

I worked port day today, had two kids for half an hour each, so most of the afternoon I had to myself. Since we’re writing letters to the kids, I figured I’d help out and decorate the names at the top for Jordan, since he has over 30 regulars. I put a lot more effort into that then I should probably, Christine only spends about 2 minutes per name, but I spend a minimum of 5, probably because I use a lot of colors, and write in bubble letters to fill in somehow. They look really nice though. :)

After port day, I met up with Jordan and Lindsey and the three of us got off the ship together, Jordan left us for a bit to meet up with a friend who’s on board for the week, while Lindsey and I ran some errands and hung out, which we haven’t had much of a chance to do lately and we’ve both missed it. We met up with Jordan at the Viking and pretty much hung out with crew for a while until it was time to make our way to the crepe place and back to the ship for work. I didn’t have much to do, so I hung out with the tweens and kids in the Screening Room and watched a bit of Mr. Peabody and Sherman before heading up to the Loft. My teens were rather happy it was movie night, they were all pretty tired from the day. They left not long after we finished the first movie, around 10:30. That seems to be typical of this group, which would be great if I didn’t have to stay in the Loft and close sometime after 11:30. Sitting there for an hour after everyone leaves gets a bit boring, and a bit creepy as well if we’re rocking a good amount, there’s creaks and the lights swing around. It is relaxing though, just hanging out there on my own, reading usually.