So soon!!

I have, what is now, 5 days until I get back to working friends! Aren't you excited? haha...

So to give an update:

My cruise on Princess was amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there... being in a new situation with new surroundings. My wonderful friend, Kat Kramer, signed me on as a passenger. So I got a wonderfully large room, with a large window, and large bed, all to my little ol' self.. haha The ship itself was around 2700 passengers with 1100 crew members... so it was a large ship, it had 16 decks, and was just big.

I know a lot of ppl go on cruise ships to feel like they are cruising... I love that feeling, but ironically, I don't want that all the time. This ship provided that... when I was in one of the dining rooms, I felt like I was actually in a restaurant.. when I was in a bar, I felt like I was in a bar.

The entertainment was good, they had older shows. But it was just a joy, if nothing else, to watch my friend perform after all these yrs. Soo, all in all, I would cruise again on Princess in a heart beat. :)

Now... I have loved my time being home... but I'm ready to get back to work. Back to sailing, back to my lovely lifestyle.. haha :) Our lovely singers have already been in LA for a little over two days and have started singing through all the songs... and then us dancers arrive on Mon and start working Tues...

I just have a wonderful feeling about this contract. :) So I've got a few days left at home which are left pretty much to me just lazing about waiting for Monday to come... with the occasional outing with the family, bitching and moaning about packing, and general internet usage that will be sorely missed in about a wk...

Will update a bit more in the coming days... :)

New experiences...

...is the way I'd describe this past wk. haha

I had the opportunity to sail with my family on the Rotterdam as a PAX. I've never been a PAX before on a ship, I've only worked for HAL as a cast member... so to be on the other side was rather interesting.

It was a novelty to be able to wear whatever I wanted, to go wherever I wanted, to sit at a bar stool... random things like that. So that was nice, and it was nice not to have to think about work.

But at the same time, I've only just been an employee, it almost felt wrong to be there as a PAX. lol.. As odd as it sounds. I found myself wanting to go down to crew areas and drink with ppl I'd gotten to know... I felt like I had to dress up and do the 'employee' things...

So on top of other random things, format changes, new bars.. it was all kind of a bittersweet experience. Will I ever sail with HAL again as a PAX? Probably not. But I did have fun and am looking forward to getting back on the ship as a crew member. :)



On that random note, I am getting ready to go on the Sapphire Princess as a PAX... Soo, I am hoping that this experience is different in the fact that I've never been on a princess ship and the experience itself will be new. So we shall see. :)