Endless Summer Tiny World

Well there was a tsunami warning but luckily no actual huge tsunami!! They saw some waves and Hilo bay got flooded but that was about all! We were not allowed to pull into port at 7 am like usual this morning and instead we spent the morning and early afternoon out at sea a ways from Honolulu. We finally were allowed to head into port at 3 pm, but believe it or not there actually were quite a few guests who were mad about being forced to spend extra time on the ship today! Now we have a huge job of getting all the old passengers off, the new ones on, and all the provisions for this week on by midnight! It’s gonna be a long night but oh well you just gotta go with the flow! So thank you to everyone for all your concerns but things were not as bad as they could have been and I am definitely safe! Off to work and to try to make people happy after going through all the issues on the island!

I did it! I’ve been talking about doing the ironman swim for an entire contract and now I have officially finished the whole thing my first try! The only problem was the flippers I had were too big, made my back hurt and cut into the back of my heel but I still did it! I think next time I’ll do it without the flippers, but this will definitely take place every week! Don’t worry I didn’t do it by myself, it was fish, Jamie, Lange, Val, and Graham and we all take breaks along the way too!! I was told the water was murky today but you could still see coral and fish along the way as well! A lot of time i would get distracted by the fish and forget to swim!! Other than that the day is filled with laying on the beach with friends and working! Yesterday Val and Chelsy and I decided to try out the mehana brewery in Hilo… It was fun but not too much to see! We got to try 6 beers though and the girls bought some tshirts! Fun day but not too much going on! Tomorrow will be a day at the beach again! Gotta get my tan back after losing it during the Minnesota winter!

Just found out that my sister is engaged!! It's super exciting and I'm so happy for both Ken and September! I just wish I could be there right now to plan the engagement party and the other fun stuff but ... [Continue reading this entry]

I got back yesterday and after getting through all the lines to sign on and am finally a little situated. I am in a room with an older phillipino lady, Edna, who seems very nice and leaves in 3 weeks ... [Continue reading this entry]

So tomorrow is the trip back to the ship.... it is always good and bad. ... [Continue reading this entry]

So I am hoping this will work well to keep everyone updated on my life. I didn't send out too many ... [Continue reading this entry]