Sunday, November 20, 2005

aloha kakahaika...

that's hawaiian for good morning! and it is. i'm looking out the window right now at the huge island with trees and mountains and palms and birds... only the clattering of dishes in the mess hall next door interrupt what must be heaven.

just a brief update here... i am going to eat then i have safety class at eight. oh, yeah. keep in mind that i am five hours behind eastern standard time, especially if you call. my cabin is on deck one, all the way forward so after i go to sleep, i have no reception. from the second deck and up, i normally have great service.

roommates. i hate 'em. gotta switch. i turned into martha last night and spent two hours cleaning our room. keep in mind that it's smaller than even my bedroom in atlanta! i was like cinderella on my hands and knees scrubbing the bathroom floor and shower stall.

empty bottles were all around. i ended up with three bags of trash!

i even vaccummed. dusted. made my bed. hid their mess among theirs. and left them a note...

it didn't work, though. i asked them to be neat and to not smoke.

i woke up at three to slamming doors and cigarette smoke only to go back to sleep and be awakened to the same thing around four-thirty, only from the other roommate. obviously, he works in the galley and is pissed at his manager about something. he ranted about that until five and left.

that's when i was able to try to sleep again. the cigarette smoke from both their nasty cigarettes had filled my area, though, so it was tough.

then, at six, the guy on top's alarm went off for twenty minutes... i tried to knock a damn hole in the bed but he still wouldn't wake up. he finally did at 6:45.

i gave up. i took a shower, brushed my teeth, am here updatin' and will go eat in just a minute.

then, i'm going to h.r. i can't stay there.

aloha

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