A few days late, as per usual. But, alas, here it goes. What’s happening? Well, Stuart is off of the ship! Life in June of 2021 in some ways is totally different than June 2020. Last year we were playing the waiting game as to when Stuart would get off the ship and the date…
Throughout this year I have been a little bit all over the place with my career aspirations. In typical 2020 fashion they have been crushed, filled with uncertainty, and through a fair bit of mental anguish are evolving. Let’s just say they’ve had to, “pivot”. (I’ve also re-watched the entirety of Friends, so there’s that)….
I am currently wrapping up another travel related quarantine and today has had the most dismal (and oh so stereotypically Scottish) weather. I have been doing all the things they say to do. I have been exercising, eating pretty well, and limiting my alcohol intake. I am journaling and starting my days off writing down…
Let me put this out there: I appreciate that my need to travel during a pandemic is part of why airline/airport/car rental/TSA/customs and border/etc employees still have to go to work during this time. I value their health and safety and realize the risk they are undertaking by continuing to go to work, especially when…
Somehow we’ve ended up at the end of July and more than half the summer’s gone by. In Vermont I’ve spent my days, doing lots of things in lots of ways. After so long all on the ship, being home in one place feels like quite the trip. I hope I can see my husband soon, otherwise we’ll…
In years past we’ve gone a month, or maybe two months apart, and this year we had decided that we weren’t going to do that. To make that happen I would be spending a lot of time sailing as Wife-On-Board, and we would make his leave time from the ship work so that, aside from…
June was an interesting month. I started the month onboard the ship with no even indication that would change. I started shadowing and working with the Environmental Officer onboard to learn about his job and see if I wanted to apply for it (fun fact, I would actually use my degree for that job!). I…
I recently finished two books. “The Art of Thinking Clearly” by Rolf Dobelli, translated by Nicky Griffin, and “The Four Hour Work Week” by Timothy Ferriss. This is not only indicative of how much time I have on my hands with all of these sea days, but is also great as I’ve met one of…
I am a 31 year-old, largely unemployed weird version of a stay at home wife. I am currently sailing with him on the cruise ship he is working on. There are no guests on board and we are re-positioning between Australia and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. At present we are about five days away from South…
