Proper Fun

Life is amazing! It could not be better right now. I’ve met so many great people on the ship and have made a lot of friends. I’ve keep traveling to new places I’ve never been. And I get to play music everyday. It doesn’t even feel like a job, I’m just having fun and enjoying life!

Last night we played with Journey South. I’d never heard of them before, but they were on the show X Factor in the UK, and then recorded some albums with Simon Cowell. We played songs by Michael Buble, Van Morrison, Billy Joel, and Beatles stuff. It was the best show I’ve played yet. Most of the guest entertainer shows are mostly swing and latin tunes and can drag on for a while, but this one was a fun rock concert! I really did feel like a rockstar playing this show. And the two brothers of Journey South were really cool, they came out to the bar with us after the show to hang out and party with us.

I’ve also gone to the gym more lately. It’s a really nice gym and while I’m running on the treadmill I look out onto the ocean. Plus, everyone’s good friends with the guys who work at the gym, so if they’re not working with a guest they can give us a session. I haven’t done this, but some of the cast has and they say they’ve gotten some really good workouts! It’s also the only gym in the entire world that’s empty from 5-6:30. Who goes on a cruise vacation to spend time in the gym??

I’ve become friends with lots of English people. At first, I could not understand them for the life of me! I’ve slowly gotten comfortable with understanding them, but their lingo throws me off sometimes. They say “proper” a lot. It would be the equivalent of “legit.” Or when we say “that was sooo funny” they would say “that was PROPER funny.”

I still can’t get over how lucky I am to be here. I smile all the time when the thought comes in my head that I’m getting paid to travel. Like I said, playing is fun and I don’t feel like I’m working at all. I’m finally starting to get into a routine and calling this my home. The ship’s my home. The Mediterranean sea is my home. And each port is like my living room. Some of the ports I’m starting to go to again. So I feel comfortable with it. Just walkin around in Croatia feels like my backyard. It’s awesome.

If anybody has specific questions for me, please comment on my postings and I’d be happy to respond to them or even write a blog post about it. Or if you just want to comment to say something, I’d love to hear from you! It’s been nice to read all the comments so far. And my next blog post will be about more specifically what I do on the ship when I’m not working, thanks to the question from Sam Holman. Miss ya