Hello everyone,
I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving and that everyone is getting ready for the holiday season.
Not too much happened on the last cruise that I was on. I was in rehearsal almost everyday of the cruise…so I didn't get to go off the ship and do anything (except go get a nice meal). Here are the highlights of the cruise…
FIRST…on November 31st during our spirito show (the deck show) at the beginning of the show…this old man came up on the dance floor, stood next to me and started dancing with me and his plate of food. Talk about being on your toes as a performer….I was just shocked. So I danced with him a little bit hoping that my boss would come over and be like, "this way sir". Finally someone did and I laughed it off on stage and the audience just loved it. It was a great great time.
Grand Turk on Wednesday was an awesome lunch break that we had. We had morning rehearsals and then our stager, Leslie, let us get off to go eat some good food for lunch. We went to Margaritaville and had an awesome lunch. I have been to Grand Turk before, so it was nice to see places that I have been to before. We go to Grand Turk tomorrow for the current cruise that I am on…and I can't wait. After we had a great lunch, we stopped in the duty free shop to get some candies and other stuff that we needed for the ship and then headed back on board for another LONG day of rehearsal.
Thanksgiving Day….wow, was that a hard hard day. I knew that it would be rough because thats a holiday that is a big "family" day and also, the food…haha. I tried not to think about it all day and I was doing fine until about dinner time when my meal was pathetic…not even mashed potatoes. That depressed me a tiny bit because I knew that I would have had a GREAT thanksgiving lunch at my Aunt Julie and Uncle Jeff's house (Hi guys!!!) and then drove over to my Aunt Kyle and Uncle Jim's house for thanksgiving dinner (miss you guys!!!). It was a rough day but at least one of the three big "family" days (at least in my family) is past me. I did appreciate all the love and support from those people that I love and care about. This time on the ship has made me appreciate those people in my life A LOT more. I know thats a horrible statement but I hope that you understand what I'm saying. In NO WAY did I NOT appreciate them before but its moments like this (that I'm going through) that make you understand and take a step back and see how lucky you are and appreciate them. So sending love to my family and close friends that have been here for me during this adventure…you mean the WORLD to me.
Fort Lauderdale (on December 2nd) was a great day. For some odd reason, my body decided that it couldn't stay asleep any longer after 7am…so I was up. I talked to a few people that morning and that was SO nice to be able to do that. After decorating a tree for christmas (see mom, I got to decorate a tree this year too) Lesley and I headed off the ship to where…..TACO BELL!!!!!!! I was SO happy to get there and have my mexican kick….it was GREAT!!! Afterwards we walked down a BUSY avenue to the Publix and had a great time in the process. She is a great girl…one of those friendships for life sort of things….ANYWAY….we went to the store and bought some food…the essentials. Afterwards, I felt like my Mom and the other mothers from the Sound of Music walking down the busy street with a shopping cart full of food. Now to explain the sound of music story….When I was 12, I was on the Sound of Music national tour and our first city that we played was Fort Myers, Florida. My mom went with me on the tour and this was the time that you could have a hot plate in your luggage (gosh, I feel like an old person…"in my day, you could travel on an airplane…WITH A HOTPLATE in your luggage"…haha, essh). Well, the sound of music mom's all went to the store that was across from our hotel. Afterwards, they had to get all the food back to the hotel but of course they had no cars….so what happened? One by one the mothers crossed the busy 6 lane avenue (can we say Frogger anyone?) with the shopping carts to finally make it to the hotel. Sorry, I had to explain the story so that you understood how it was funny to me yesterday…haha.
This is quite the short blog for me but nothing has really happened in the past cruise because I really didn't do anything else but rehearse ALL DAY LONG. This coming cruise (the one I started yesterday) is as follows: At Sea on Friday (today) / Grand Turk on Saturday / San Juan, Puerto Rico on Sunday / Road Town, Tortola BVI on Monday / Gustavia, St. Barts on Tuesday / Basseterre, St. Kitts on Wednesday / St. John's, Antigua on Thursday / Roseau, Dominica on Friday and ending our cruise in Bridgetown, Barbados on Saturday. I can not believe that I have been in the Caribbean for a month already and in another month…I'll start the journey down to South America for a day then to the Panama Canal over to the coast of Mexico and ending our cruise in Los Angeles to get ready for the WORLD CRUISE!!! I can't believe that its about to start…wow!!!
Until Next Time,
Jason
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