It is midnight on Sunday and I’m not yet in bed; I’m not sailing this week which is a weird feeling. Instead, I’m headed out to Montreal on Tuesday for Granny’s internment service. Tomorrow morning I’m still going down to the shipyard for morning devos and to orient the substitute-cook to “my” galley and then it is up to the doctors to get things all organised for Offshore.
It is amazing how much one can pack into a weekend. I think I managed to spend my entire fortnight’s paycheque in two days: foulies (serious jacket and pants for out on deck), a fancy-smancy new iPod (80GB… that should do me for Offshore), shoes, various items of clothing like board shorts for Offshore, books… Its quite amazing really. Everything I do seems to be somehow related to Offshore.
It is going to be good to get to see the whole family again this week, despite the circumstances. It’s a bit of a bonus visit since I didn’t think I’d see any of them until I get back from sailing. Yay for having 4 cousins under 1 roof again and oh the chaos that will ensue…! We might have John Mayer tickets for Wednesday night which would probably make my month… John Mayer on top of the 2 concerts I’ll be going to here in Victoria in May (I spoilt myself with tickets to see Feist and Loreena McKennitt when they are here)… wow!
I’ve decided I work with a great bunch of people (although I knew that would be the case before I started working with them, I just underestimated how fantastic they were/are). It is not that many co-workers that, after living with each other during the week, elect to spend their weekends off with each other too. Somehow, I have managed to spend time with at least one crew member every day of the weekend – tonight it was dinner with four of them.
And now, 7am draws even closer as I have taken half an hour to write this (interspersed with random other things on the computer).