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4 cruises down! Hard to believe I’ve been here 4 weeks already- it’s gone so fast. Let’s hope the next 6 months do too. No, I really don’t mean that. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE being home. There is really no place in the world like it, but at […]

Well, I’ve made it safely back to the ship and I’m already one cruise into my contract. I spent all day on Friday, July 2nd traveling to get back to Newark, NJ so I could meet the ship on Saturday. I left my house at 7:45 AM and headed to […]

This may be my last post of the contract. As the weeks are flying by I may or may not have time to post again. I’m getting pretty excited for vacation. A few weeks…maybe even days…ago that was not the case. I’ve actually lived in one place (sort of) for […]

Wow! It’s been a long time since I’ve updated this. Cruises have been flying by- I only have 4 more cruises left after this. Hard to believe. Last cruise was my favorite of the contract and was the one I had been waiting for since I signed on, because my […]

I’m back in the US for the first time since February 5th. Technically I’ve been back since then, but I haven’t left the port. I am already finding it hard to go back and forth between ship and island life and the reality of the modern American life. It’s only […]

Greetings from the friendly island! I hope all of my northern friends are enjoying their snow storms. It seems that you are in the middle of the storm of the century every turnaround day and I sail through it. It’s time for that to stop. If it makes you feel […]

Greetings from San Juan…again. I like it here…which is good since I seem to always be here. After today I won’t be back for two solid weeks. I will miss you Puerto Rico. I know I just posted 3 days ago, but the last three days have felt like an […]

Hey all! I’m actually in my normal spot on turnaround day. Nice to be back to my old routine. This probably won’t last though- I’m expecting visitors for 3 out of the 4 next turnarounds. I’d rather have visitors than my bank and wifi. I’m not quite sure what to […]

Welcome back. After what seems like another extremely long hiatus, I am able to post again. Early in my contract I would typically post on turnaround days in New Jersey, but I was shopping during my last turnaround day- yet another shore leave in the states shortened, but that’s another […]

Welcome back friends, family, and strangers. It has been awhile since you’ve heard from me. I’m still around, but I’ve been a little busy. I’m back in San Juan today on my first cruise after dry dock. Dry dock was…crazy. In the weeks and months prior to dry dock everyone […]

I had trouble posting again…I’m in Sint Maarten today and all of the commands are in Dutch! I really need to memorize the order of these buttons… The Christmas cruise has been going well. I wasn’t too sad on Christmas day. As I mentioned before, I saw my family a […]

Christmas came early this year. Instead of the traditional December 25th, my Christmas was five days early on the 20th. That’s the day my family came to see me. Not everyone has a family that would drive 12 hours on icy roads for a 3 hour visit…but I do. A […]