Hello readers if there are any of you left. I mean I’ve been gone a VERY long time and been neglecting my blog, so I will be surprised if any one is left reading. Honestly Bueler, Bueler….?
So I have lots of things I’ve been meaning to post about. And I started feeling so behind and that I could never catch up and so I just kind of gave up. Also I allways felt I should give you pictures, and that’s not possible on slow ship internet. But I am back and going to be much better about blogging coming up. I plan to get one up at least one time a week. Now they may not all have pictures, they may not all be long, and they will probably be random! But I will endeavor to do better to keep you updated on my life, my travels, and my knitting!
1 post I have been planning to up, but feel I do need pictures for are the wonderful Meta Mittens by my friend Beth designed and I did as a knit along with my group back in IL. Look forward to a post with pictures coming soon!!
I will also be doing a post with pictures about all the wonderful jewlery my mom is know making and selling in her Etsy store. She is talented and I love it, so look forward to that coming as well!
In the meantime here is what I have been up to for the last several months. I am still working on my cruise ships, and still loving the job most of the time. I just finished up 9 months with a 2 week break in the middle, which left me very tired. My ship was broken when I got there, and my department is less than great shape. But I got it all working again, which was happy! It also warranted a change in my job title, and a nice raise with the new year!
So why do I do all this? So I can travel of course! I spent a month in Europe at the beginning of my last contract, and saw Greece, Turkey, Spain, Tunisia, Italy, Croatia, all over the med. And then in the winter when there are blizzards hitting Chicago I get to lie on the beach in the sun in the Caribbean drinking fruity umbrella drinks! So yes I work hard, but the perks are soo worth it! And also I get a nice cabin, with porthole, overlooking the ocean that I can make home. Which is why I am going back to the same ship. I have made it homey, and I love the people I work with. I know the beast I am getting into bed with so to speak, and I know how to make things happen. So it is worth it.
However sometimes in all this traveling I forget about the beauty that is right here in my own country! I went to Yosemite for the first time and was AMAZED by the beauty that surrounded me! It was a little cold, but the 4 of us hiked back to the lower falls and around the park just amazed at the beauty around us. Then at the end of the day we went back to the cabin we stayed in where there was no phone or internet or TV and sat by the wood stove drinking wine, knitted (well just me) and eating. It was wonderful!
In a few days I will go back to IL to pick up my cats, spend a few more days with mom and then head back out to the ship. By then I will be ready for 6 months more of work, split between the Caribbean and Europe.
I will leave with some pictures, because I feel this post needs one (and I have some!)
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