So here we go...

... I am actually going to try to keep this up now.

Right now I'm just on an extended break from ships. I did the Maasdam replacement and then a replacement on the Prinsendam. I needed a break, physically and mentally, so I've been home for a little over 5 weeks, and I have another 5 to go.

I'm excited to get back out, I'll be going on the Zaandam with some people that I've worked with before, and some that I've known of but haven't ever met until now, and some new people that I'm looking forward to meeting. It'll be a relatively easy contract with shows that I know and itineraries that I've done.

This next year is going to be a big transition for me. I feel (and a lot of you people who know me are going to laugh...) that I need to make a change. I feel like that this contract is going to be my last... after what is going to be almost 7 yrs and 13 contracts, I think it is going to be time for me to move on and see what I can do.

Where do I want to go? I don't know. What do I want to do? I don't know. But I know change is coming, and I'm looking forward to it.