i love when it's saturday!

that's the mail call here, which means gifts, cards and letters... so, to thank (informally), those of you who thought of me, thanks jennifer, amy and tom.

the card was sweet jenn. it is different out here and you would love my job!

amy... thanks for all the magnets. although i moved rooms, the smoking magnet will come in handy. cute. the others were, too, and the strip is awesome. i've already hung it and put pictures on it.

and, a very clever gift from tom, which will constantly remind me of home: a calendar with pics of my friends. joshua is mr. january, which is fitting. it'll be this month the he hits the three month mark of something no less than spectacular!

wendell, jamie, yonnathan, kelley, tim, christine, richard and even mary edith pitts grace the other months. certainly something i'll enjoy!

speaking of friends, whatever happened to that person james who i called a friend? is he still alive?

on to other things... i'm beginning my fifth cruise today! hard to believe. only fifteen to go. this past cruise was especially fun because i made 'friends' with many of the passengers. there was one extraordinarily friendly group of passengers... beth, treva, dancer, prancer and vibrator. ha. ask me about them... to give you a hint, 'dancer' was pole dancing at the pool the first night last week! and anyone who asks you to call them vibrator, well... yeah. she called me t-one.

i'm having a blast. moving inside to hollywood theatre for the next two weeks. i've also been selected to do beverage service in the liberty restaurant, one of two of the main dining rooms. basically, i'll be servicing the tables with alcohol as they dine as to relieve the over-worked and under-staffed servers. should be interesting.

the best thing, i'm assuming, is that i'll be able to watch all the on-board entertainment. should be fun.

also... it means i should be able to call you guys more because i'll be working at night when you're in the bed and be 0ff -- and laying in the sun or surfing -- while you're at work. sucks for you!

anyway, point is, i'll call more often.