Wow! Another cruise down?! This cruise seemed really long and yet my time here as already gone by very quickly. What has it been now? About 6 weeks, I think. I still feel like I just got back, but this cruise forced me to keep my “full speed” schedule instead […]

Not a whole lot to report this cruise, but it has only been 5 days after all. Lots of staffing changes have recently happened or are happening today. One of my team members was transferred and we have a new guy, the Cruise Director leaves today, and one of my […]

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 […]