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CCL LIberty Week 19 10th to 16

September 10th to 16th

Can you believe I've been onboard for 19 weeks already?

10th Galveston - I got a new room mate this morning which was a bit of a surprise for both of us. My old roommate requested a cabin change, I didn't realize she didn't like sharing a cabin with me, but oh well. So now I have my third room mate for this contract. No loading today, we were supposed to have but it was cancelled but the warehouse.

I went out and picked up a package, new shirts for work and came back to the ship to sleep. See what an exciting life at sea I live?

11th Sea day. I finally managed to get myself to the MSA (Staff admin office) to pick up a new cabin key. Today was the highlight of my week, not. I'm not going into details here but a colleague accused me of doing some not very nice things to get to where I am. I was so mad I was shaking, I wanted to punch him. Not that it would have done any good, he's bigger than I am and it would have felt like a fly on his shoulder, but it would have made me feel better.

12th Cozumel - we docked with Carnival Magic today. Shetron and I walked over to to visit Sachin and Richard. We had lunch on lido there and then a drink or two in their cabin. I've worked with Shetron on Freedom and this Liberty, with Sachin on Freedom, and Rochard and I worked together on my first contract on Liberty and then on Freedom. A much welcomed day with friends.

 

 

After work there was a food party in the crew and staff messes. Someone had made pavlova. With berries and fruit on top. I ate more than my fair share.

14th Progreso - we had a boat drill before work and a crew sale after work. Not a very exciting day.

15th Sea day - I had to write a statement about the conversation my colleague and I had earlier this cruise. Just writing out the conversation made me mad all over again.

16th Galveston - boat drill in the morning. Normally we don't do a boat drill on Galveston day, just the guest safety briefing. But today was our annual US Coast Guard inspection. That was fun. After boat drill finished I ran out to the crew centre to pick up two packages, then back on board for a quick nap before the guest safety briefing.

 

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CCL LIberty Week 18

3rd to 9th September

I'm writing this on the 15th of September , for some reason I did not keep track of this week.

3rd Cozumel - I just have got off the ship, I always get off in Cozumel unless I'm port manning, and I wasn't port manning. But I don't remember what I did!

4th Sea day

5th Galveston - I had plan to post some mail but it was the labour day holiday in the US and the post office was closed. I went to Walmart instead. Stocked up on enough to toiletries to last to the end of my contract, and the last 3 weeks of People Magazine.

6th Sea Day

7th Cozumel - this Cozumel I remember. I took a taxi downtown, went to a mega to pick up some stuff for my boss and had lunch at Thirsty Cougar.

 

 

I almost bought a useless piece of artwork for my non existent house. Trudy, do you remember I looked at these back when we were on Freedom? I've been strong, I haven't indulged. Doesn't mean I won't before the beginning of November. But isn't she an adorable mermaid?

 

After work pretty much our whole team went to the crew party - the the was glamour and glitz. It was a fun night of people watching.

8th Progreso- boat drill, and then some training in office. Oh and I lost my cabin key! Well I didn't really lose it. I know exactly where I left it. In the pocket of my jacket, which I out in the washing machine and then the dryer. So my key card is in the crew laundry somewhere.

9th Sea day

 

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CCL Liberty Week 17

27th August to 2nd Sept

27th Galveston - I'm port manning but Melinda gave me her ID so I could go out in Galveston. Angelique and I wanted to go to the cafe called EAT, but it was too early. So we had coffee and Internet at MOD. Once we had wasted an hour until opening time we headed to EAT. I had a pear and cheese salad, that I ate there, then I ordered a sandwich to go. When you find good food you take advantage of it!

 

28th Sea day.

29th Cozumel

30th Progreso

31st Sea Day - finished port manning

1st Galveston. - I did liquor pick up then went out to get our stores. I used to get the stores on Sensation and Splendor but it's a new task for me on this ship. I had to verify the seal on the delivery truck, verify the number of pallets matched the paperwork, watch the drug dog sniff all the pallets, then watch the pallets be moved from the warehouse to the dock and from the dock to the ship. Just as I though I was done, they yelled at me from the warehouse that another shipmeant had arrived. The first shipme to was from our company distribution centre,the second was a shipment direct from the vendor.

Once I was finished with the pallets then I had to go to the safety office to change my emergency card. I was a stairway guide with three of my colleagues and then I was assigned to a crew life raft. Now I'm stationed in a guest muster station and I get to be a in a life boat with 150 other people.

I then escaped the ship and headed to Mods coffee house. I didn't really need to do anything or go anywhere I just wanted off the ship.

2nd Sea Day

 

It was my grandmother's 98th birthday this week. Happy Birthday Nan. I wasn't home so My friend and my family took her out for lunch.

 

 

Books read this week:

 

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