As of yesterday I have been away from home for 1 month... I can't believe that a month as come and gone already. It's nuts.
In true Maddie style I am getting sick. Slight fever/sore throat/runny nose/sneezing today. I am hoping I can sleep it off tonight since tomorrow is a lighter day than today was.
The mail ended up being a sweet note from Harriet, a girl I studied with at Carnegie Mellon wishing me the best. Harriet: if you're reading this - thank you it was so nice of you to write me. It literally made my day :) Not a lot of people get mail here, so I felt very elite.
Tonight is Indian Independence Day so there is a huge curry party in the provisions area of deck 1.
I have not been off the ship for 8 days... I'm getting a bit stir-crazy. I just find it so difficult to get motivated to leave the ship at 9am when I work until 1 or 2 every morning. I have been trying to rest more, and especially now that I'm getting sick... *sigh*
It is very difficult to establish routine here since personnel is constantly changing over since people are usually on 6 (or fewer) month contracts and even when they come back they usually rotate throughout the fleet... so you really never get the same combination of people twice. The activity manager who I have become besties with is signing off on the 26th and my supervisor (the cruise director) is signing off on September 6th... So I feel like I have to start all over again with my working relationships. Whereas the AV manager I don't much care for is stuck here until mid-November. Oh well.
We also just got a new hotel director and associate hotel director (my boss's boss onboard the ship), so that is changing the dynamic around here as well.
There is a lot of butt covering going on.
I mostly just try to get my job done with the minimal amount of effort possible. :D
There are two kids onboard right now that remind me of... well... me. They are stage-managers-to-be, so they will be shadowing me running technical rehearsals tomorrow. I think it's really nice to be giving back to the technical theater community. Lots of good karma.
I miss you all.
So very sorry you are not feeling well! Try to rest when you can, but get off the ship for at least a little while each day that you can. Hot tea with lemon--that's my prescription. XXOO (and, of course hugs and kisses from mom).
ReplyDeleteSorry, Pumpkin. You mom's right: tea, rest and fresh air. Hit the Vitamin C, too.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked it!
ReplyDeleteI was listening to NPR and someone pointed out that the more mail you send the more you receive.
and I miss you. and I wish you were on a boat closer to Chicago (Do NOT point out it is not near an ocean)
if you and Brian ever want a weekend in the city let me know and I would LOVE to host you. for reals. you know. when you're not on a boat.