Week One: Hell Week

The first week on the ship is always the hardest. You board the ship bright and early Saturday morning, San Diego for us (which was brilliant because this allowed us to pack as much as we wanted cause we bussed it from LA). You go to all kinds of meetings (safety, orientation, etc.), have a random coast guard drill (lucky cast), have costume fittings, boat drill, staging rehearsal, tech rehearsal, dress rehearsal, dinner, performance, costume fitting for the next show, and some more staging, then you can sleep. Whew! The rest of the week doesn’t get much better. Our hours in the theatre are quite odd, because there are still activities and other shows being held in the theatre (sadly all does not stop for us). All in all we had a pretty easy hell week. I was able to get settled in my room pretty quickly. My roommate is Mary and since her fiancée has a room and bed that is twice the size of ours, I won’t see her until Rini leaves the ship. I gave the room a thorough cleaning (a whole tube of Clorox wipes) and a good straightening. The ladies before us left plenty of hangers and some plastic shelves, but sadly no fridge. But have no fear…one of the best things about my itineraries is that there is a Target and Walmart always close by.
Crazy week done…now vacation…