Things going on on the ship

If you're wondering how I'm doing, I'm fine. The homesickness is starting to pass. I don't think that much about my subway, my 20 minute walk to Intersport HQ, my cat, my movies at cinema, my 2 big bags of chips every night, my weekly shopping marathon at the mall, my weekends 'cause yes,we don't have weekends here. But I do miss my friends A LOT.

Let me tell you about a few days ago It was really a hard day. I probably fell asleep at 3 in the morning, woke up at 10:30 for safety drill, went out a little bit in Civitavecchia, came back in the cabin for a nap, went to embarkation deck for gangway duty, did some training and started working at 20:30. Awful. Sometimes I feel like a zombie.

My hands starting to hurt from all the dealing and cutting chips. Anyway...

The other days we saved 42 refugees who were wondering the seas for 13 days. They didn't have water or food. We called the Coast Guard to pick them up because the captain didn't want to take them aboard , what if they were pirates?

I'm starting to get used living on ship. And I never believed that I would say this … like.... never, but I feel like I've changed. And all these things that are happening daily...

Oh well, they say you get used to it. I don't really know what to say about this... Am I going to get used to it? I make jokes about how this is my first and last contract because of how awful I am but the supervisors that are watching me say that they see improvements. How on mother Earth when I am the worst.. no, THE WORST … :)

I'm smiling even now, ha ha.

So we'll be having a lot of sea days in the next week. Like 8 of them. This means we'll be working every single day until midnight or even after midnight. And then Ta daaaaa.. welcome to U.S. You don't even imagine how scary this is for me. Scary as hell.

Please keep your fingers crossed for me (not just the fingers, and the toes), I'll need this a lot. I'll keep you posted of whatever happens when I get there.

Thinking about you always,

C.