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Our entire itinery has been completely ballsed up by hurricane earl. If we had stayed on our origional route then we would have sailed right through the center of the storm, so weve sailed straight to Boston to try and ride it out. By the time it hits us it will only be a force 2 hurricane but its still a hurricane. Theyre taking the gangway away and keeping all crew on the ship because weve got no-where else to go. But being on a ship is probably not the best idea when there are 30ft waves crashing into the side of us. I'm actually quite nervous, everyone keeps telling us there is nothing to worry about, but i know they just say that to keep us calm. I mean dont get me wrong i know that no-one is going to die or anything but theyve evacuated most of the east coast of the states just not as far up as new york or boston. Just stay in the cabin i suppose and hope that you dont get wet.

Been getting really homesick recently, loads of the people whom i had gotten close to on the ship have now left and i dont realy have a lot of friends left on board, i mean there are a few that i am close to but most people are just 'friendly' rather than friends. I dont expect they would do me any favours its more a civil 'hello' in the corridor and thats it. Apparantly its not like that on other ships, people i've spoken to who have just joined the ship say that theres a horrible awkwardness about the people on this ship. I didnt notice because i had nothing to compare it to but on other ships all the crew are supposed to be like a big family. Here its bitch central! Something happens one minute and within a few hours the bleedin captain knows about it and is joking with you about it! And seeing pictures on facebook of people at home having fun times, makes me sad..and jealous. I would have loved to have gone to manchester or brighton pride! I would have loved to have gone to bloodstock festival with lu and paul. I would have loved to have gone to dubai to see dad with my sister, but i have to stay on the ship from the land of rain and fog to serve old, fat, miserable people pictures that theyre only going to complain about. Do you think i'm bitter at all? haha.

Ok as much as i complain about stuff like that this is still an amazing job, and we are heading to the carribean in a month, so i shouldnt complain really.

Hoping to go out in Boston tonight because when am i going to get the chance to see boston again? I mean see it properly rather than stand in the cruise terminal taking picutures. But not a lot of people are going, all the people that i want to spend time with are either up early in the morning or have no money. This sucks!! This is the last time were going to be allowed off the ship at night for my whole contract! Just bad timing i suppose. grrrr..stupid hurricane screwing with my social life.

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