Small World!

I’m at a restaurant in St. Croix called Polly’s which reportedly had delicious smoothies, wraps, and internet.  As I was waiting for my smoothie I asked the owner where he was from, and he said Iowa! After more talking I found out that not only was he a fellow Iowan, but he went to UNI…

Barbados/St. Lucia

Yesterday was the first time I got to go to the beach since I came aboard! That’s my big exciting news for the week so far.  We’ll be alternating cruises every week, and the schedule for this week is as follows: Sunday (May 22): San Juan!! We’ll be in San Juan every Sunday, and I…

First Week Finished!

I made it through!! It was rough and I still have a lot of practicing to do, but it’ll be ok.  I can now find my way to the mess hall, the room where they give training sessions, the theatre we play most often, a smaller dinner theatre, the main central atrium, the crew gym,…

Adjusting

Well, it’s Day 5 of my ship life.  My week has been jam packed with training, rehearsals, practicing, getting lost, and playing shows.  On Sunday, after a morning of training, we had two welcome shows to play that night.  I have an extremely sweet roommate who works in the entertainment division as well, and everything…

Pincushion Peters

This post has to be quick, but I want to have some record that I am officially getting on the boat in three days!  I still feel like there is a ton to do, but each day things come together a bit more. I thought of the title on Monday when I went to the…