July 11, 2010
To start things today I’d like to mention that I haven’t planned on writing every month but it seems that the timeline of my post is about that long. It’s funny how things turn out that way.
So things have been going well on the ship. I’ve gotten into a groove here and it is almost automatic. There are things I’d like to improve in, mainly the amount of exercise I do. I was doing well keeping up with my running twice or sometimes three times a week but I have been bad about it lately. My eating habits were up and down for a while and even now they aren’t always great but I am making more of an effort to do better. I can see that I feel much better on the night I sleep more.
This may seem like something weird when I mention getting enough sleep. It is difficult to explain how easy it is to stay up late on the ship but it happens. I’ll admit that half of the time it is my own fault for going to the crew areas after work to catch up with friends from other departments. Other times it can just be from my work schedule. Many nights we finish our work around eleven at night and get something to eat. Then we have the option to go to the crew bar to mingle afterwards or even just hang out in our corridor talk to our neighbors.
The crew area is set up a lot like dorms with just a bit less space for the rooms. The hallways are thin enough for just two people to cross if go at an angle. There is no real hang out area in the living areas but there is a crew bar that has a smoking section and a large seating area with a dance floor for discos. Yes, I said discos. That’s what they call it when they have a particular night for using the lighting and DJ booth to play a theme for the night. Other nights they mix it up by having a Wii hooked up to a projector or even a karaoke machine for singing. Those nights are usually quieter.
The only other event that rivals disco night is live music night. That’s when the performers take the time to play and sing current and classic live music that the passengers would shit their pants if they heard. A lot of rock and pop depending on who performs.
