I AM SO TIRED!!!
It’s ok you don’t have to feel sorry for me……I don’t feel sorry for me. It’s been a good week all in all as far as first weeks go. I am sitting here in a mud mask with Chris’ old Care Bear Bunny. (see pic) There are a few things that are funny about this besides the obvious….one is that of all the Care Bears in the world, when he was a kid, the one he had was the bunny. And he had to go and find the one girl who has an abnormal obsession for that certain animal. Needless to say, I stole it and he is with me on the ship for something to cuddle at night. Now the other thing that is kind of funny is the fact that all you get as far as a picture for my first week here is another dumb cropped eyes only photo done with photo booth. It’s not that I am not taking pictures, it’s because I am pretty sure I have the wrong cable to this camera Chris gave me and I have no idea how to get the pictures off the camera. So you do not get to see pictures of my room, any of the people here or any of the snaps I took while in Ocho Rios Jamaica today. Nope. Just mud mask and bunny eyes. Who cares about Jamaica right???
I had random Jamaica thoughts yesterday actually. I was on a ship that went to Montego Bay all the time years ago so I can’t say I was actually “excited” to be in Jamaica again even though it was Ocho Rios instead. So yesterday I was playing a set in the dining room at the back of the ship and I took a break….yes I took a break from playing the piano. Go stare at a page full of tiny black dots for an hour and slap your hands on a table repeatedly and see if you don’t want one too!!!! Anyways, I sat by a window for a few minutes and just stared at the ocean and the horizon. This is a good way to let your mind wander by the way….and I almost wandered off into whiny territory, the I really miss Chris and want to be on the same ship with him now and I don’t feel like playing piano today because these passengers are not into listening to me and boy I wish tomorrow was Cozumel and not Jamaica or even better why can’t it be next Sunday so it’s payday and holy crap would I kill for a chocolate donut right now sort of thoughts. Eesh. Stop on Jamaica day. Why would anyone in their right mind think, I don’t feel like going to Jamaica??? Ok, it’s one of those “it’s my job” moments. We all have them no matter what our profession and at that moment, the fact that I almost felt irritation over going to Jamaica struck me as very funny. I have SO many actually fun, funny, and happy memories of the place! And this was the other side of the island and apparently a better side so it had to be something to look forward to. In my efforts this week to keep positive while being alone again, I have been very aware of feelings of gratitude for almost every situation I come across. So with all that in mind, I got off the boat today and was VERY happy to see a more civilized area of the island with an actually decent pier that walked you straight into a livable area. Ok, fair enough, I still got harassed to buy this and that every 5 seconds but when I actually stopped to really look at where I was and really appreciate it, really, it’s a beautiful place. And even better, I found a QUIET (in a touristy area like that, quiet is a novelty) café with internet access and sat for a couple hours and talked on Skype with the best looking man in the entire world and soaked up some sunshine before going back to the ship and playing piano for a few hours. That was my work day kids. So don’t feel sorry for me because I am tired. I can deal with staring at lots of little black dots on paper and flailing my hands across the keys for people who don’t really seem to be paying much attention (ok there were a few….I got some sincerely nice compliments tonight). Do feel bad though that I couldn’t put up a picture of the ship sitting in beautiful blue ocean (the ocean is perfect in Jamaica…bluest anywhere I am certain) or a picture of the island from the pier or the Rastafarians selling touristy souvenirs in little stands. Blame Chris for not giving me the GOOD camera while I am away….I will try and take care of this problem. Until then, enjoy the Care Bear Bunny, and my mud masked face which by the way, now has squeaky clean pores. Off to bed to cuddle the bunny and I will sadly say that I will not be getting off the ship in Grand Cayman tomorrow. I can’t take pictures anyway so I’ll sleep in and fix that “tired problem” I was complaining about!
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