Home At Last

I have now been home a week and am slowly settling back into the new routines, it is very hard to find time as the little ones keep us very busy but it is good to be back. I really don't know how Debbie coped for the last six months by herself, if it had been me at home I think I would have ended up in a straight jacket.

Well Now I am back and have good Internet I thought I would upload a few piccys from my trip, I took all bar the pics of the three ship RAS but at least it shows a few things that we did.

It was quite a varied trip with lots of sea time which made a nice change and during the six months I was there we replenished ship's from 10 different nations.

I saw some great sunsets, but then again there is no better place to see sunset as when you are out at sea there is nothing to distract away from the majesty of the sky.

It was great to see the Wildlife although all to often I was shut away in my dungeon beavering away at the computer, trying to get through all the work. It is so very easy to ignore the beauty around you and I think it is important to try and look around with fresh eyes regularly.

After so long away though it is good to get home and hopefully I should catch the last of the summer. Since I have been back in Devon things have been quiet hectic but I have been down the beach twice with the little ones which has been great, even if William insists on running into the rock pools fully clothed.

I am slowly ticking off my wish list of things to do this leave and I am determined to be more pro-active so that we can all stay as active as possible. Time is such a precious resource and yet it is so easily squandered.

Five Days To Go

This will be my final blog entry from the ship this trip I think as the days are slipping by, I really can’t believe it is Friday again tomorrow, where has the week gone.  It is good to be almost halfway through my final week and after six months onboard things have finally quietened down.  During the last week or so I have just been tying up all the loose ends ready for the handover and all that is left now is one more planning meeting and then it will be time to pack my bags.

 

Looking back over the last six months every day has been busy but I can’t exactly say that we have achieved anything so in some ways it has been a frustrating trip but it has been really good to get so much time at sea rather than being stuck alongside in Scotland.  

 

It will be nice to get home to Debbie and the little ones, they will have changed so much by the time I get home but at least I have been able to skype and see everyone at home.  I think it will be a bit of a shock to the system being home and we will all have to get used to each others routines again.

 

I am really hoping that I have managed to loose weight this trip, on joining I had a set of scales in my cabin so I have been weighing myself however depending on how the ship is rolling dictates how I feel about myself on any particular morning as the scales aren’t accurate and tend to move quite a bit.  I think I have managed to keep my fitness up though by sitting on the exercise bike for an hour at a time while reading my book. I will only know when I try and cycle up the hill at home, I really hate cycling up hills but at least I know I can cycle up them.

 

Debbie ordered a tent last weekend so we will be able to take the little ones camping, I really hope that they enjoy it and aren’t to stressful.

 

I have certainly had good value from my kindle having read 42 books/short stories over the last six months. It really is quiet amazing what you can find for free or for pennies on the Amazon site. I must admit there have been some really crappy books but there have been some really good reads as well. I know my reading will slow down when I get home but that won’t be a bad thing as it will give my eyes a rest I seem to spend all my time in front of screens.

 

Anyway the next time I write here will be when I am surrounded by the green hills of North Devon, it will be really good to get home.