Week One - well halfway

I am now halfway through my first week onboard and I am slowly settling in.  We have moved from the South Coast to Scotland and surprisingly, and rather disappointingly there is no snow here.  Anyway I am slowly getting my feet under the table and, as always there is a lot of information to digest.  I am certainly going to have my work cut out over the next few weeks trying to digest all the info and getting things how I like them.  At least being FOST tanker once we get into the routines time should pass quickly and more importantly we will be at sea rather than alongside.. 

 

Well I am another year older today, although I don’t feel it.  I am currently sitting here munching my way through a lovely box of Thornton’s that Debbie got me.  I had intended to make them last but they may not even see next week at this rate.  In fact if I hide them in the fridge I might be able to stop munching on them.

 

At least I managed to get to see Debbie and the little ones today on Skype.  The phone signal is pretty crummy up here but it still worked and I got a big smile off Beth.  I do miss the three of them and I don’t envy Debbie having to try and cope with them as William seems to want feeding every hour so she is getting no sleep.  It does worry me as sleep deprivation is horrible and when there is no respite for Debbie, it can’t be easy.  I will just have to make sure she gets a good rest in May when I get home.  Mind you the Doctor said that boys start to settle sooner so hopefully in a few more weeks he will start to go through the night better.

 

It will be my first planning meeting onboard tomorrow.  I had a fright yesterday when I thought I had deleted the shortcast, but thankfully we managed to retrieve it.  We have got an awful lot crammed in next week so hopefully the planning meeting will go nice a smoothly as everyone should be to stunned to say anything.  Mind you no doubt it will change before I get to print it.  At least doing the meeting will help me get more of a grip of things, and it can only get easier.

 

I am looking forward to the summer as we have a holiday booked.  We didn’t get away last year so it will make a nice change.  I know it is only going to be in the UK but trying to go abroad with the little ones so small would be difficult.

 

Anyway enough of my ramblings for one day, I will have to sit down and write something less rambly in the next day or so.