Usually at this stage of the trip I am heavily into my joining blues. However this trip my sixteen hour days have put pay to my joining blues. I do miss Debbie and the little ones and I wish I was home but have had little time to reflect.
I joined two weeks ago and went straight into watches whilst trying to handover and prepare for the forth coming deployment. Hence I have little time to think. This trip however is a step back in time as it is six or severn years and my captain is my old cadet training officer from my first couple of trips in 1991 & 1992. I do miss home but in some ways I am enjoying the trip as I have a comfy cabin, a good programme, good crowd and as Nav Ops I get to do the bits I enjoy which is control the programme and drive the ship in and out of port. I even programmed in a slot of DP trails the other day so I could play with the ship and press all the flashy buttons and drive the ship around in circles.
I must admit though I don't enjoy the hours at the moment. When we are at sea I am basically doing 0745 - 2359 and in port I am going through until 2045. Things should get better next weekend when we get our replacement deck officer. It will have been a hard three weeks though.
As much as I moan I am looking forward to the next few months as it will be interesting but I do miss my little ones and Debbie.
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