McSmiggerton

After sitting in the terminal at Miami international for what seemed like a lifetime they called the flights boarding number to Toronto. I was so happy to be going home - exhausted but happy. The flight was ok, I was delusional, excited and overly tired. I had been up for almost 24 hours. I just wanted to sleep. But sleep wasn’t an option. There was a young girl, who was resting beside me for most of the flight home, and then she started to cry, her ears would not pop. There was a lot of turbulence on the flight and her ears kept on getting clogged. So I sat there watched movie with subtle sounds of her cries. We landed in Toronto, everyone was leaving the plane and the mother looked at me and said, ... read more

I often say, “ The Eagle has landed”, whenever I land from a flight - well now I mean it. That’s right poppets, Brooks went Sky Diving. I decided that I wanted to do something that was so extreme and so memorable that I couldn’t resist. And then the thought came to me. SKY DIVING. Why not!! I had been talking about wanting to go sky diving for some time with my friends on the ship but never actually thought I could get the nerve to go. When I was at Star Centre, Jeanette and Marlize went, and when I heard about it I knew I had to go. A lot of people were skeptical, scared and thought it was an over the top experience to have. And one would think with what I have ... read more

So this week, I am at the RTM Star Centre for Maritime Officers in Dania Beach, Florida. I am being sent here by Carnival to get my Simulation, Training, Assessor, and Research Certification. This program is all about Adult Education, Course Development/Design and some Maritime Legal proceedings. When I found out I would be coming to Star Centre I was very surprised and excited. I have heard about this place from everyone that works on the ships, and especially in my department. Not everyone is selected to go to this place so it holds a little prestige for me, which I like too. So I needed to get on a flight from Tampa, after the relocation and head back to Ft. Lauderdale. Which seemed odd because I came from Ft. Lauderdale in the first place. ... read more

After my entry on what it is like to live and work on the ship I hope you all read this without thinking that what I told you was a complete lie. HAHAHA So as I previously mentioned that this would be our last time to the St. Islands, I made to sure to try and make the most of what I could while I was there. I havent really taken a lot of time for me the past little while. And anyone who knows me knows that my me time when I am home is driving late at night and singing to really bad music at the top of my lungs. Well here on the ship there isnt really a place that I can do that, so I have had to be a little ... read more

Continuing from my last entry with "lasts”…. This voyage is our last time that we are going to be sailing to Panama, and Costa Rica. Next week will be the last time we sail to St. Maarten, St. Lucia and St. Kitts. We will be changing runs. This means that our home port will move to Tampa Florida, from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. We will sail to Grand Cayman, Belize, Costa Maya and Cozumel. I was lucky enough this week to have Panama port off. I really wanted to go and see the Panama Canal, and I tried very hard to get a crew pass for the tour - it was sold out though. Catherine was going to be filming the tour and she really wanted me to go on the tour with her, but I ... read more