April 11th, Labadee, 6:02am
I decided not to go to the party last night; I just had this feeling that I should call it a night and go to bed. I just figured with three days I should try and stay out of trouble and get some rest. The only problem is that I am now wide awake at 6:02am with nothing to do; well I guess I could finish packing.
The weather looks good for today in Labadee which is good because we have had two not so good weather weeks. We are down two guys today at the wave hut as Tim and Lubo went home last week so Ed and I will be busy little bees today.
7:46pm
Today was going to be a sad day as it would be my last Labadee, my last wave runner tour, my last hot dog on the beach, and my last beach volleyball game.
We were late as usual this morning, only by about 10 minutes but it is still annoying as it makes everybody start the day in a grumpy mood. We had a small group on tours this morning so dispatch was a breeze, except for the fact that Sorin wasn’t ready when I brought down the snorkelers and therefore they got all mixed in with the regular guests when they got on the tender!
I was on the beach by 9:25am and on the water by 9:55am with John, the broadcast manager, who still had to do two training runs to do. The first tour was a very good tour as everybody kept up and no one got lost or did anything stupid.
The second tour of the day was fouled up by someone from my favorite country in the world as apparently they can’t drive wave runners either! I had to double back three or four times to pick up stragglers who were going too slowly to keep up.
The lunch bell rang when I got back to the beach so I headed for hot dogs and cookies! I had lunch with Pedro and Annika and chatted about life on Labadee and what’s going on with the political situation. It is getting so bad that the divers all have to have a bag packed and ready to go in case the situation gets worse and they have to hop on the wave runners and make a run for the Dominican Republic.
The third tour of the day was ok; I had some crew on it which always makes for a challenge because you have to be strict with them without pissing them off because one of them was Max, Chief of security, so you don’t want him mad at you. Sorin also tagged along and I had to laugh when his ski broke down at paradise bay and he had to wait for the rescue boat. I thought it would be funny to drench him as I left paradise bay, he didn’t think that was so funny as I roared away laughing.
Carl took me on a little tour of the island when I got back because I had to pick up the sheets from all over so I could go back to the ship with Kameliya so we could start ringing in all the charges.
As I got on the tender it was hard to say goodbye to my little island paradise but the good thing is I know I will be back December 21st when the solstice rolls into Haiti and I run up and give Carl a big hug and kiss!
It took Kameliya and I about two and a half hours to get everything rung in and cleaned up for the next cruise.
I had to run down and see Jerry to get my final flight details and hotel confirmation for my trip home on Monday. Then I went home to pack and arrange as best I could my mountain of luggage! It is a good thing Ed has some space in his room for me to leave some stuff, otherwise I would be hooped!
We are going to play some cards tonight; it feels like a blackjack night tonight. It will be a small game as the cast is all going out for a bar hopping mission impossible night. I was invited but I declined as my suit is all packed and I really should try and get some sleep because I have a feeling that tomorrow night will be a late night.
11:24pm
Well that was a rather boring card game, only 5 showed up and it was over pretty quickly. I did get to say goodbye to some people though so the evening wasn’t a total waste.
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