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Published: March 11th 2007
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It’s been awhile since I’ve posted but travel-wise the last while has not been overly exciting.
My friend Cat, whom we all refer to as the “pixie” got sick awhile back. Her illness then passed along to Brooks, Kevin, Me and is continuing to strike other friends. We call it “the pixie plague” and it’s awful! So last week’s port days were spent feeling pretty awful. I dragged myself off the ship in St. Maarten to go on a tour with Cat who had to film the tour (she works for the audio/visual department). It was a nice tour, though I spent most of it just lying on the top of the boat soaking up sunshine and fresh air hoping the two would heal me. We sailed along the southern shore of the island and right through the Heineken Regatta that was running that day. That was really exciting and cool to see. All of my Centauri friends out there - you know for sure that all I could think was “I LOVE Regatta Day!” We stopped at a beach in Maho Bay where the guests went snorkelling. I walked along the beach a bit, but then just returned to
lying on the boat. After the tour I napped on the beach in Philipsburg. Again, all I wanted was sunshine and fresh air. It was good though I felt awful.
In St. Lucia I just got off the ship for a little bit and wandered around the city of Castries, checking out the historical buildings, the craft market and just generally getting a feel for the city. No tour, no beach. I just had no energy to get something organized for the day. Spent most of that afternoon sleeping off the pixie plague. St. Kitts I didn’t even get off the ship.
I’m feeling better now, though my voice is still low and raspy. I’m all anxious to get back off the ship and start exploring again, but I’m on a duty called Port Manning this week. We have to have a certain number of crew members onboard in case of an emergency, so we have to take turns mandatorily staying on the ship. This is my week. I’m hoping I’ll be able to swap IDs with someone so I can get off at least once, but we’ll see.
In other upsetting news, my camera is broken.
Well, not entirely. It still works perfectly except for the flash. My warranty is almost up too so I had no choice but to mail it back home to Canada for repairs. But now I’m without a camera which I hate! You all know how photo-happy I am. I take my camera with me everywhere when I’m home, let alone travelling! I’m not sure what I’m going to do now without one.
Work is getting busier all the time. I had about 16 teens always in my club last cruise - though they weren’t overly interested in my program. They mostly just hung out in the club, which is fine, ultimately it’s their vacation to do as they’d like right? We started a new cruise yesterday and it’s spring break so the ship is hopping with young people now. I’ve got 60 teens onboard and nearly all of them are coming round the lounge. There’s a great energy to them. Lots of Canadian kids - in fact, I’d say the majority this cruise are Canadian. It’s nice to have teens around, but it’s tiring.
Cast change time has arrived. All of the new dancers, production singers and various
other entertainment staff signed onto the ship yesterday. In two cruises, our current cast, along with the
majority of the entertainment staff, are leaving. So socially things feel up in the air right now. I’d been finally feeling so settled and content and now it just seems like everyone is leaving and all of these new people are here and now I’ve got to fight my shyness and make friends all over again. Thankfully I’ll still have Brooks and Cat. There are lots of other people from our social group still staying too, but seriously about half of the people we’re always around are going soon.
So all of this is leaving me feeling a bit sad. I’m feeling homesick, just because when things are discomforting here, all you crave is comfort and home and friends and family from home would be comforting. It seems like everyone else on the ship has friends or family sailing. Cat’s Mom was here last month, Sam (social host)’s friends a few weeks ago, Brooks’ best friend last week, Kevin’s parents this week . . . Just keeps me missing all of you.
But of course I know this is a phase
Heaven
I saw this on a streetpost in Castries. I love it. and it will pass and ultimately things are not bad. Just a bit of a funk I guess.
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Sarah Willett
Glad my Regatta Day is still having such an impact on your life ;) Love the Heaven sign. Missing you.