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Photo-a-Day: February 13
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Saturday, January 1, 2011
Photo-a-Day: January 1
So...I've wanted to start a "Photo-a-Day" thing for a while...but I always thought I needed some significant beginning. Then I'd forget about it until afterwards. Well, I thought of it again on JANUARY 1!! First day of the year=significant. Hopefully I'll remember to do it more than just one day...
Helping work at the new house.Thursday, March 25, 2010
Baby Watch 2010: 12:00 pm
We got to the hospital a little after 9:30. Jim was unhappy that we were running slightly late, but it really was no big deal. Wendy Shaw was waiting when we got here to check in. We had to go over all my registration because it was super messed up...lots of people were trying to check in at the wrong place, so that was entertaining. They moved us into Labor & Delivery Room #4, had me put on a gown, and started with some more questions. The IV and drugs were all hooked up at 10:40! Now it's just a waiting game...
Friday, June 27, 2008
Day 26: A Prize-Winning Day!
Today we had boat drill. I’m sure you’re all shocked! Boat Drill? Again?!? Never you fear. The crew of the Norwegian Dawn know the procedures in case of an emergency. Nor I have heard many of the crew state that they will jump into the boats and leave the passengers behind, but we all know the procedures. It was actually fairly short today because we had a Captain’s meeting. Awesome!
Funny thing about the meeting, the Captain wasn’t there. He was apparently sick and they (don’t know who “they” are) decided he should rest rather than be at the meeting. We started off the meeting with someone (I think it was the Staff Captain) giving us sort of a pep talk…sort of. He started off by just talking to us about very general things, but ended the chat warning us of the perils of drug trafficking. Yeah, drug trafficking. Apparently there have been crew members who bring drugs from New York to Bermuda. They are in jail now. Nice way to end the meeting before all the celebrationy stuff, eh?
The S.T.Y.L.E. awards were right after the meeting. In case I didn’t mention, my supervisor was nominated for Manager of the Month, the YCs were nominated for team of the month, and I was nominated for Rookie of the Month. Well, Sunshine didn’t win and our team didn’t win, but I DID!! Yeah, me! It was super exciting and it felt good to be recognized. Also, apparently it is extremely uncommon for YCs to win…ever! I got a goody bag of NCL/S.T.Y.L.E. stuff and an internet card, so that was cool. Everyone was extremely proud and took lots of pictures.
We weren’t going to have a ton of beach time after the meeting, so we decided to go to Snorkel Park. I had bought a snorkel set for cheap in the gift shop and decided that today was the first day to try it out. I was wrong. Now, it was fun, but the sand was so stirred up that there wasn’t much I would be able to see. Oh well. We got enough of a show with all the foreign men and their skimpy suits. We even had one who, while covering himself, changed out of his suit and into some shorts. We didn’t need a snorkel for that.
While we were waiting for our crew Catamaran tour, Pops and I went shopping at the mall. My sunglasses broke, so I found a pair there. When we finished and headed back to the ship, we had just enough time for me to run in, drop off my towel, and change out of my wet swimsuit. Glenn, the Crew Welfare guy, had told us that it was just a sight-seeing tour. I got back to the meeting place in record time. When the Catamaran pulled up, there were lounging rafts across the front of the boat. I told Popsicle that I would probably regret changing out of my swimsuit since we could tan. One of the crew on the Catamaran, Sidley, started telling us the important information; where the bathrooms were, where the life jackets are, and where the bar is once we dropped anchor for our swimming. Yes, our swimming. That’s right. This Catamaran trip involved and hour and a half of swimming. I was so pissed. We went down to the bar to get a drink and one of the guys asked why I took my suit off. I told him that I thought it was a sight-seeing tour and Sidley overheard me. She said that there may be an extra suit on board that I could borrow. Turns out there was, but it was Smitty’s (the captain of the catamaran). Well, as she said, I would at least keep my shorts dry. When it was time to go swimming, I was trying to decide what to do to hopefully keep my tank top dry. I finally just gave up. Good thing my bra sort of looked like a swimsuit top! It was well worth it. We had an absolute BLAST swimming around (once we moved away from the beach with the tingly water. It was weird) and got to use their snorkel gear to explore the reefs. That was so much fun that we did it twice; we swam from the beach to the boat and then decided to swim back to the beach. What an awesome time!
That night one of our activities was to go see the Second City in their mainstage show. I, again, hadn’t seen it before and I was SUPER excited to go. It was a lot of fun. They did some rehearsed sketches but also did some improv. It was actually pretty funny and I was glad to have had the chance to see one of their full length shows. Only one of the kids showed up, so it was me, Pops, and Shane.
Right after the show we were scheduled to go to the Chocoholic Buffet. Shane and I got in line right away while Pops went to see if there was anyone else meeting in the disco to join us. He came down with a HUGE group of kids who tried to get in line with us, but there were too many so I sent them to the back. Most of them ended up leaving because they didn’t want to wait in line at all. Oh well, the chocolate wasn’t that good anyway!
As soon as I was finished with my chocolate it became my night off. I went over to the T-Rex Center because I needed some help from Rainbow Fish. That night was the night of the Art Party. Basically, the art auction that had been on board the previous week went really, really well. As a celebration of all the money they made, we got to have a party at the Bimini. There was a contest to dress up as a work of art. The prizes rocked again! 1st was a digital camera, 2nd a PSP, and 3rd an iPod. I had Rainbow Fish paint me. I didn’t have much of an idea, so I just let her go and ended up with an awesome moon/star thing going on. I did not win any prizes, but we had a great time hanging out and having fun.
Funny thing about the meeting, the Captain wasn’t there. He was apparently sick and they (don’t know who “they” are) decided he should rest rather than be at the meeting. We started off the meeting with someone (I think it was the Staff Captain) giving us sort of a pep talk…sort of. He started off by just talking to us about very general things, but ended the chat warning us of the perils of drug trafficking. Yeah, drug trafficking. Apparently there have been crew members who bring drugs from New York to Bermuda. They are in jail now. Nice way to end the meeting before all the celebrationy stuff, eh?
The S.T.Y.L.E. awards were right after the meeting. In case I didn’t mention, my supervisor was nominated for Manager of the Month, the YCs were nominated for team of the month, and I was nominated for Rookie of the Month. Well, Sunshine didn’t win and our team didn’t win, but I DID!! Yeah, me! It was super exciting and it felt good to be recognized. Also, apparently it is extremely uncommon for YCs to win…ever! I got a goody bag of NCL/S.T.Y.L.E. stuff and an internet card, so that was cool. Everyone was extremely proud and took lots of pictures.
We weren’t going to have a ton of beach time after the meeting, so we decided to go to Snorkel Park. I had bought a snorkel set for cheap in the gift shop and decided that today was the first day to try it out. I was wrong. Now, it was fun, but the sand was so stirred up that there wasn’t much I would be able to see. Oh well. We got enough of a show with all the foreign men and their skimpy suits. We even had one who, while covering himself, changed out of his suit and into some shorts. We didn’t need a snorkel for that.
While we were waiting for our crew Catamaran tour, Pops and I went shopping at the mall. My sunglasses broke, so I found a pair there. When we finished and headed back to the ship, we had just enough time for me to run in, drop off my towel, and change out of my wet swimsuit. Glenn, the Crew Welfare guy, had told us that it was just a sight-seeing tour. I got back to the meeting place in record time. When the Catamaran pulled up, there were lounging rafts across the front of the boat. I told Popsicle that I would probably regret changing out of my swimsuit since we could tan. One of the crew on the Catamaran, Sidley, started telling us the important information; where the bathrooms were, where the life jackets are, and where the bar is once we dropped anchor for our swimming. Yes, our swimming. That’s right. This Catamaran trip involved and hour and a half of swimming. I was so pissed. We went down to the bar to get a drink and one of the guys asked why I took my suit off. I told him that I thought it was a sight-seeing tour and Sidley overheard me. She said that there may be an extra suit on board that I could borrow. Turns out there was, but it was Smitty’s (the captain of the catamaran). Well, as she said, I would at least keep my shorts dry. When it was time to go swimming, I was trying to decide what to do to hopefully keep my tank top dry. I finally just gave up. Good thing my bra sort of looked like a swimsuit top! It was well worth it. We had an absolute BLAST swimming around (once we moved away from the beach with the tingly water. It was weird) and got to use their snorkel gear to explore the reefs. That was so much fun that we did it twice; we swam from the beach to the boat and then decided to swim back to the beach. What an awesome time!
That night one of our activities was to go see the Second City in their mainstage show. I, again, hadn’t seen it before and I was SUPER excited to go. It was a lot of fun. They did some rehearsed sketches but also did some improv. It was actually pretty funny and I was glad to have had the chance to see one of their full length shows. Only one of the kids showed up, so it was me, Pops, and Shane.
Right after the show we were scheduled to go to the Chocoholic Buffet. Shane and I got in line right away while Pops went to see if there was anyone else meeting in the disco to join us. He came down with a HUGE group of kids who tried to get in line with us, but there were too many so I sent them to the back. Most of them ended up leaving because they didn’t want to wait in line at all. Oh well, the chocolate wasn’t that good anyway!
As soon as I was finished with my chocolate it became my night off. I went over to the T-Rex Center because I needed some help from Rainbow Fish. That night was the night of the Art Party. Basically, the art auction that had been on board the previous week went really, really well. As a celebration of all the money they made, we got to have a party at the Bimini. There was a contest to dress up as a work of art. The prizes rocked again! 1st was a digital camera, 2nd a PSP, and 3rd an iPod. I had Rainbow Fish paint me. I didn’t have much of an idea, so I just let her go and ended up with an awesome moon/star thing going on. I did not win any prizes, but we had a great time hanging out and having fun.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Day Twenty-Five: Blah with a Splash of Excitement
Today sort of sucked as a port day. I knew I was going to have to be back on ship early because of port play, so I didn’t make any major plans. Lego wanted to do something with me, so we decided to meet for breakfast. After that, she and I went shopping. We went to this jewelry store that has these really pretty stones called “Ocean Mist.” Supposedly they are made to mimic the color of the ocean in Bermuda. Well, needless to say, they are pretty. And they were having a sale. So after some texting discussion with Jim, we decided that I should get them for our anniversary. After all, I was in Bermuda for our 4th anniversary.
Lego had to wonder back to the ship long before I did because she was going to the beach with everyone else who didn’t have to work. Since I was all alone with not much to do, I decided to go on a hunt. A hunt for the supposed free wireless internet along the streets near our ship. I walked around a little bit with my laptop out and open. I found a couple signals, but they were very weak. I tried to think about what one of the girls told me about a street and alcoves. I ended up finding a street that sort of fit the profile, but the connection was still weak. I decided to give it a shot and it worked great! I took a seat and spent about an hour or so surfing for free. It was nice.
I had to be at port play by 2:00. It wouldn’t have been that big of a deal, but with the teen schedule I didn’t have to work until 9:15. I tried to get Croc to switch with me, but he didn’t want to have to deal with it on Thursday either. Oh well, I guess it really isn’t that big of a deal. There were a total of three kids throughout the whole thing, but each got added in at spread out intervals. I played a lot of guitar hero and they really enjoyed the jungle gym. It was fun. While I was there, I realized that I missed a training the day before. Crap. Hopefully it won’t be that big of a deal or come with any sort of consequence. I left my supervisor a note letting her know. We’ll see.
I randomly gave Jim a call because I had some time and a phone card. I don’t know what made me decide to do it, but it was an awesome decision. He told me that our friend, Gabe, just got cast in the Broadway cast of “Spring Awakening!” Not only have we always thought that Gabe was an amazing talent, but it’s so thrilling to have someone you know succeeding in what they truly love to do. It definitely made my day.
That night I got to see another of the Jean Ann Ryan Co. shows, “South Beach Rave.” It was decent. It wasn’t the best thing in the world, but it was definitely entertaining. Besides, they had some good music and some fun dancing. Apparently it is the least favorite show of the performers. I do think that the others were better and wonder which came first, the dislike or the bad show?
After the show we were scheduled to dance with the teens on the pool deck. None of them were there. Pops and I danced around deck for about 10 minutes and decided no one was coming. We took a very short break and then went up to the disco for our dance party. Pops and I each got one of the late nights off this week and he chose Wednesday so that he could hopefully to the club in Hamilton. I did my share of dancing and playing music before they all checked out.
Lego had to wonder back to the ship long before I did because she was going to the beach with everyone else who didn’t have to work. Since I was all alone with not much to do, I decided to go on a hunt. A hunt for the supposed free wireless internet along the streets near our ship. I walked around a little bit with my laptop out and open. I found a couple signals, but they were very weak. I tried to think about what one of the girls told me about a street and alcoves. I ended up finding a street that sort of fit the profile, but the connection was still weak. I decided to give it a shot and it worked great! I took a seat and spent about an hour or so surfing for free. It was nice.
I had to be at port play by 2:00. It wouldn’t have been that big of a deal, but with the teen schedule I didn’t have to work until 9:15. I tried to get Croc to switch with me, but he didn’t want to have to deal with it on Thursday either. Oh well, I guess it really isn’t that big of a deal. There were a total of three kids throughout the whole thing, but each got added in at spread out intervals. I played a lot of guitar hero and they really enjoyed the jungle gym. It was fun. While I was there, I realized that I missed a training the day before. Crap. Hopefully it won’t be that big of a deal or come with any sort of consequence. I left my supervisor a note letting her know. We’ll see.
I randomly gave Jim a call because I had some time and a phone card. I don’t know what made me decide to do it, but it was an awesome decision. He told me that our friend, Gabe, just got cast in the Broadway cast of “Spring Awakening!” Not only have we always thought that Gabe was an amazing talent, but it’s so thrilling to have someone you know succeeding in what they truly love to do. It definitely made my day.
That night I got to see another of the Jean Ann Ryan Co. shows, “South Beach Rave.” It was decent. It wasn’t the best thing in the world, but it was definitely entertaining. Besides, they had some good music and some fun dancing. Apparently it is the least favorite show of the performers. I do think that the others were better and wonder which came first, the dislike or the bad show?
After the show we were scheduled to dance with the teens on the pool deck. None of them were there. Pops and I danced around deck for about 10 minutes and decided no one was coming. We took a very short break and then went up to the disco for our dance party. Pops and I each got one of the late nights off this week and he chose Wednesday so that he could hopefully to the club in Hamilton. I did my share of dancing and playing music before they all checked out.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Day Twenty-Four: Dancing the Nights Away
Today was pretty easy. We started off with board games and a little scavenger activity. After lunch we went to a memory seminar put on by the magician on board. It was fairly interesting…but I could not stay awake. In fact, there were quite a few people who were sleeping during the seminar. Oh well. Right after the seminar I went to get ready for our first teen dinner.
We were supposed to go to dinner at one of the formal restaurants, but we could not get a reservation. We ended up going to Blue Lagoon again (that’s the restaurant that we can’t go to.) After dinner we played poker with the teens on the pool deck and that was a HUGE hit. We also got to go see the show of the evening which was cool since it’s the only way I’m going to see those shows. There is a main stage show every evening, but with the younger groups we only see the Monday and Friday shows.
We found out tonight that we are going to have a dance party every night this week. Apparently there are some teens that are complaining about not having any place to go at night. That’s funny, because only a few of them showed up to our movie night the night before. And, when we did have a dance on the first night very few people danced and then they all left early! Whatever. We’ll dance. It went fine tonight; a couple people danced here and there, but they were all out of there by about 12:15 or so. We’ll see how tomorrow goes!
We were supposed to go to dinner at one of the formal restaurants, but we could not get a reservation. We ended up going to Blue Lagoon again (that’s the restaurant that we can’t go to.) After dinner we played poker with the teens on the pool deck and that was a HUGE hit. We also got to go see the show of the evening which was cool since it’s the only way I’m going to see those shows. There is a main stage show every evening, but with the younger groups we only see the Monday and Friday shows.
We found out tonight that we are going to have a dance party every night this week. Apparently there are some teens that are complaining about not having any place to go at night. That’s funny, because only a few of them showed up to our movie night the night before. And, when we did have a dance on the first night very few people danced and then they all left early! Whatever. We’ll dance. It went fine tonight; a couple people danced here and there, but they were all out of there by about 12:15 or so. We’ll see how tomorrow goes!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Day Twenty-Three: Strange Schedule
Well, today was the first day that we were with the teens all day long. It really wasn’t that bad, but our breaks are weird. We have little short breaks, but not really enough to get anything accomplished. Then we had a longer break before the evening program, but we end up scheduled until 1:30 am or so. It made it really hard to do laundry. I try to do it late at night because I use the passenger laundry and I want to stay out of their way, but it was impossible to do this week/today. Oh well.
We ate lunch with our teens today as part of program. It was fun because we went to a restaurant that we are not normally allowed to eat at. I’m really excited about that aspect of this whole week. Because our schedule is different, we will be able to do all sorts of things that I don’t normally get to. I’ll fill you in on more of that later!
We ate lunch with our teens today as part of program. It was fun because we went to a restaurant that we are not normally allowed to eat at. I’m really excited about that aspect of this whole week. Because our schedule is different, we will be able to do all sorts of things that I don’t normally get to. I’ll fill you in on more of that later!
Monday, June 23, 2008
Day Twenty-Two: First Day of Teens
I started this morning with breakfast with Lego, Croc, and Croc’s family. It was nice to spend a little more time with someone’s family, even if it wasn’t mine. They said a tearful goodbye and we all went to get ready to go to New York City. There were a bunch of us (Me, Lego, Crocodile, Lollipop, Strawberry, Felix, and Alex) and we were initially met by Jerry just outside the pier! I think I have gotten to see him more this year than I have ever before. They may all be short visits, but at least they are visits! He took us all on a “tour” of Times Square. Felix, one of the hosts who is a wedding photographer back home, was our own personal photographer. In fact, someone asked if he had been hired to photograph us! We even ran into the Naked Cowboy and got our picture taken with him!!
Our main stop was Conway, and everyone fell as much in love with it as Lego and I did the first time. I ended up finding a pretty cool suitcase for only $16.99! And yes, I did have to buy a suitcase to hold all of my junk coming home. Leah met up with us there. She hadn’t been able to get to the package my parents sent, so it looks like I’ll be in glasses for another week. Did I mention that I ripped the only pair of contacts I have last Wednesday? I think the kicker of the whole thing is that she called the UPS store and told them she was on her way AND asked her roommate, who was right around the corner, to get them. Roomie’s response? “I don’t really want to get up or go anywhere.” Grr. I still appreciate her making the effort and trying for me.
Jerry left after we had been at Conway a bit and most of the group who came with us headed back to the ship. Lego stuck around so that she could go to lunch with us. We went by Ann Taylor to return a pair of pants that I had bought from there. After that, we headed to Chipotle to meet Gabe and his roommate/friend, Rainey. It was super fun. Lego commented on the fact that she enjoyed hanging out with my friends since hers are so far away.
We rushed back to the ship to make it in time and I showered before I had to go work registration. We had a ton of people registering and I didn’t even finish all of the bracelets before I had to go. It was my first night with the teens and I had to where my official Business Casual outfit. We did registration and a little scavenger hunt, but that was not very well received. After a few other games, we had our first dance/pizza party. They only danced a little bit, but they really seemed to enjoy it. They were all out of there by 12:15, so Popsicle and I got to leave at 12:30. Overall it was a good night. There are a couple of kids who can act like punks, but there are also a few who seem great. We’ll see!
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