Hugging toilets and massage school

Hi all. Without a computer, it’s a little difficult get blogs off everyday. But, now that I’m settled (or as settled as I can be on our ship-turned-construction-site) I’ll try to be a little better about it. The journey from Thailand to San Francisco was long, but uneventful. I didn’t sleep much, so I arrived at the ship very sleepy and very glad when they told me I didn’t have to start work until the next day. We’re (the ship and crew) are docked in Alameda, right outside San Francisco, for about a month to do ship repair and maintance. The Sea Bird is here too, so we have two rotations constantly moving from one ship to the other. So far I’ve ripped out insulation, deep-cleaned the crew lounge, made a giant calendar, inventoried our entire library, stripped the nasty moldy caulk from the bathrooms and applied fresh caulk (which envolved hugging the toilet), and lots more that I can’t remember right now. There are so many projects, I’m just glad I didn’t have to go down and scrape the bilges. 

Good news though! I got accepted into massage school! It’s the Vancouver School for Bodywork and Massage and I’ll be starting in February.  I’m so excited! I sent in my letter of resignation today, but I’m hoping to come back when I’m finished and work as the Wellness Coordinator (aka Masseuse). Finge