Aruba

I'm getting used to the ship. I got really seasick yesterday, our first full day at sea. Luckily we weren't working much yesterday so I had time to just lay down in my room and try to forget about the rocking of the ship. By the end of the day, I felt much better.

In my job, it's only a two man crew basically. Me, the Broadcast Operator, and Johnny, the Broadcast Manager/my supervisor. He's very nice and I think I lucked out in getting such a good guy. He's from Texas and has been kind of looking after me since day one. I'm very grateful for the advice and any help he gives. He's been helping me meet people when we're off of work, too. We'll go to one of the bars on the ship and sit down with a few staff members and strike up a conversation.

Unfortunately, I haven't been talking much though. My voice left me when my sore throat really hit. I started out with a rather "sexy" raspy voice, but suddenly one morning, my voice was practically gone. So even though I've met people, I haven't really had a chance to actually talk to them. I made sure they knew I had no voice so they knew that was the reason for my silence. My voice is slowly coming back, so I'll be able to be more lively in conversations soon.

Today we docked at Aruba at 7AM. I went to a training class at 11, ate lunch a little after noon, and then a new friend, Katrina from Australia (saxaphone player for the orchestra), her roommate, and I walked around the shopping areas in Aruba. I'm not very impressed by what I've seen so far. I think it's too americanized for tourists. I can't wait to see Europe. I have a feeling you can even almost just feel the history while walking those streets and seeing all the ancient architecture.

We have dry dock in a month or so in the Bahamas, fully paid. I have a feeling I'll be hitting the beach all those days or taking advantage of the time to sleep a bit more.

We are getting a new Avid soon (the one right now is broken, we've been using Video Store to edit the videos in to the Broadcast system) and Johnny says I'll be able to use the camera any time for anything and practice editing any time I'm not working. I can't wait.

I took picture stoday, but unfortunately haven't been able to get an adapter yet to charge my computer in order to get wireless and post pictures up. But I will be doing that some time this week, I'm sure.