Southampton

April 11th
Southampton

Turn around day today, which only means one thing to me…internet! I had a late breakfast on the ship, got off around noon, and made my way into the city to a café, ordered my cappuccino, and sat down till it was time to catch the last shuttle to the ship at 3:00. Yet as I sit here writing this blog the evening of the 11th, I’m realizing that I neither posted any of my past blogs today nor checked half the things I meant to check online. It’s amazing how you forget about everything you’ve planned to do after you’ve sifted through 10 days worth of garbage emails that serve no purpose.
Interestingly enough, two things happened today that don’t usually happen. First, one of the singers had a death in the family (a grandfather), and even though the ship wouldn’t let him off to go to the funeral, he decided to just jump ship anyway with the intention of rejoining in Cobh Ireland, 3 days later. And on top of that, another singer just happened to miss the ship entirely. Apparently she was on the pier just as the ship started moving away and the captain didn’t want to extend the gangways for her. I have no idea when she gets back on, though there are roomers that she was taken out to the ship in a pilot boat this evening, though I have no idea if that’s true or not. But what this means is that our cast, who have to constantly reschedule shows when someone’s throat hurts, is now missing 2 of the 5 singers that lead the shows, something I’ve never seen happen. And probably what will be the most interesting thing is what the punishment will be. Had this been me, I would probably be fired and sent home as soon as I was able to rejoin the ship, but since these are singers who have been taught the shows by the company and are mini-stars on the ship, they’ll probably both get away with it. Anyway, it’ll be something interesting to watch for in the next couple days.
I’m now one week from home, setting off on my last cruise on this ship, and excited to be nearing the end of the contract! Thanks for reading!