A long long day...

I allowed myself some drinks last night because the guest entertainer asked if we could hang out. It was nice - we had some wine and watched the theme night "Dancing with the Stripes" - our cheesy version of dancing with the stars involving our officers dancing with guests. It's always good for a laugh. I always feel a bit bad for the guest entertainers since they are onboard for about 10 days at a time... not really long enough to get to know anyone. And they are not allowed in crew areas, so it's not like I can invite them to come to the crew bar for a - much cheaper - drink.

I clearly had a few too many because when my alarm clock went off at 9:30am I was not feeling it. The crew talent show was at 10:30am, followed by the crew farewell, followed by Star Chefs - our cooking competition based on Iron Chefs. After that was a backstage tour. Then Israeli immigration. In 20 minutes I start technical rehearsals for tonight's variety show. It's just a long day no matter how you cut it.

Tomorrow, Mike, the AV Manager, is leaving. His replacement isn't coming for 7 days, so I have to do both of our jobs for the next week. I am NOT looking forward to it. That and I just don't know all of the aspects of his job, nor do I have enough technical knowledge to be able to do everything he does.

I got a comment today about looking skinnier!

*sigh*