News!

Hello faithful readers!!! Its the unfaithful author here... :-)

I have been waiting for news on my next contract, and it finally came last week. I was asked where I wanted to go, and there was really only one RCCL ship that really interested me. If I couldn't have it I wasn't going to sign up to return to RCCL, I was going to stay at home and pursue other options, and maybe other cruise lines. I figured I would ask for it, not really expecting to get it. I was told it was nearly impossible because that itinerary is the talk of the crew, and there is quite a waiting list to get the ship, but I requested it anyway, figuring it couldn't hurt. And, unbelievably, I got the ship!!! It happened to open up right after my brother Tyler's wedding, giving me a solid two and a half months at home and fitting perfectly with my schedule. The odds of that happening are pretty astronomical - I can't believe it worked out.

The ship? RCCL's Rhapsody of the Seas. The itinerary? Alaska out of Seattle, a trans-Pacific crossing, Hawaii, Fiji, the South Pacific, Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. Um, wow!!!!! I am so excited!! I was also so happy to learn that one of my two favorite people from this contract, my friend Daniel, will be on the same ship for the first 4 months of my contract. Hooray! And while I do feel the weight of having committed to "ships" for basically another year of my life, I honestly can't think of anyplace I'd rather be. (besides home with you, Mom, of course) :-)

In other news, 4 more weeks to go!! I'll be home soon!! I only have to survive the next month of crazy Texan spring-breakers I know are coming our way starting Sunday. Yikes.