Wow! Time sure does fly by! Not like I haven't been trying to update! I really have!! Well, a ton has happened since I've been here! I don't even know where to start! I really need to start keeping a journal or updating more often! I promise to do better! Part of it isn't my fault though! I have had this video done for a week now, but haven't been able to upload it to the blog! So, I decided to try a new way of posting! I think this might be easier because it will always be on here and if you miss one video, you can always go back and watch it!
Anyway, now that I've rambled on, let me tell you what has been going on! Life is incredibly crazy! We work soooo much! I LOVE it!! Some days I'm ready for a break, but for the most part I love the long days! The ships are here every day now! It's so fun! We have about 9 different companies that come here to Juneau! We see just about every single one of them! Each ship has kind-of their own little thing about them too!
Disney: High maintenance, lots of kids (love it!), special tours, and fun! (Don't tip that well though!)
Norwegian: Fun, middle class, ages from young to old, always excited about everything! (Good tippers and some of my favorites!)
Princess: Fun, middle class, all ages (mostly 30-60), energetic! (Good Tippers!)
Holland America: Not as many young kids, love facts, not big into adventuristic things. (Okay tippers)
Crystal Cruises: 1st Class tours! Amazing people! My favorite ship! (Best tippers ever!)
Silver Seas: Luxury cruises, don't get to work with them much. (Have friends that work on the ship!)
Celebrity: Don't know much about because we don't do their tours.
Royal Caribbean: Don't know much about because we don't do their tours.
There are a couple other ships that come in, but we don't see them as often as we do the others. It's so fun though! Each group is so unique! The nice thing about this job is that if you have a bad tour, their gone in a couple hours and you get a new one! We have sooo many different tours here too! It's hard to keep them all straight some times! But, our Shore Ex's do a great job helping us know what we are doing! Some days I think they are the only ones who keep our heads on and straight! Lol!
Well, other than work I've tried to go explore! I spend a lot of time down town trying to soak in as much information as I can! It's fun talking to all the locals and getting the weird facts and stories!! I do go out with friends often as well! We do things with the ward, go to the beach, the glacier, the pier, eating!! Oh do we eat!! We have a small kitchen with hardly and supplies in it to be used by about 20 of us. So... I eat out a lot! It's nice that the hotel has a resturant here! We get discounts at it too! But, I'm starting to get sick of eating out and trying to find "easy" things to cook!
I'm sorry if this sounds random! My head is spinning just trying to think of everything that I want to update you on! If you have questions, please ask!! I forget a lot of the time! :) Oh! I did learn a lot about the Medical expenses up here recently! I caught a really bad virus this last weekend! My throat starting hurting on Thursday and swelling on Friday. Saturday was a really rough day and I decided to go to the Insta-Care once I was off. Well, it ended up being a long day, so I got off after the Insta-Care was closed. That night I woke up in tears! I thought my glands were going to burst! By the time I got to the doctor Sunday morning, you couldn't tell I had a chin! My tonsils were so swollen too that they were touching! I sat in the doc's office and thought that the doctor was crazy! She just seemed kinda "out there!" But, then she pulled through! She determined I just had a virus and no antibiotic would help. Then she decided to give me pain killers to help me get through the next couple of days. She wanted to give me Prednisone first, but I'm allergic to that. Then she wanted to give me Percacept, which I'm allergic to as well. I'm thinking to myself, "Geez lady! Don't you read my chart!?" The whole time thinking that all she's going to give me is Lortab! Boy was I wrong!! She then asks how I do with Vicodine. Sure! I've never had it! So I get that with a Lidocaine mouth wash to numb my throat. So, I'm thinking she'll give me just a few Vicodine pills... Nope! She gives me a full bottle! Wow! Alaska's great! Lol! So, for the last couple days I have been doped up on drugs and sleep! I finally feel better! It's great! Today was my first day back and I think I did ok! I do feel tons better!
So, that's all for the updates that I can think of! I promise to be better! I'm going to make a section on my blog for funny things that tourists say or do! So, keep your eyes open for that! All I can say is that you MUST leave your brain at home when you go on vacation! Lol! I hope all is well with everyone!! Keep in touch! Email me, send packages, call!! Whatever you would like!! I miss you all!! Love you tons!!!
