Apparently I should delete this thing since I don't know how to work it...

So obviously that last post was written (and I thought published) about three weeks ago. Maybe I've been hitting 'save' instead of 'publish'? IDK.

Anyhow, I'm already in Miami!!! I get to sign on to the ship tomorrow morning!!! And I couldn't be more excited!!! The last few weeks at home have drained me in every way that I can think of - in good and bad ways.

I love so many of you back home, but I was climbing the walls! As much as the people at 'Home' mean to me, I'm not at home there anymore. The reason I'm so excited to get back to the Majesty is because I'm happy there! That ship and the life I live while I'm on it suits me better than anything else I've found, and I feel so blessed to get to make this return instead of a new adventure on another ship. (Not that I'm against moving ships: in fact I definitely want to do that. However, getting to take a breather from my ambition and just enjoy my job... That right there is a dream!!!!)

I am half a day away from leaving the hotel to go... well home. Or at least returning to where my heart feels at home. Ship, Sweet Ship! In the past fews months there has been moments I will love and cherish, and others that I'm much less ecstatic about. But what all those moments have in common is that they have been leading up to this. When I learned that I would be returning to the Majesty, I started a countdown - not to my sign off day, but instead to the day that I would sign back on. Many people would claim I'm insane, that nobody should be as excited as I am... But, for possibly the first time ever, I've found a life and lifestyle that I couldn't be happier with. So of course I'm going to be downright giddy!

And who knows, maybe going to a different ship won't change my love of my job... but maybe it will. As always, it depends on the people you get to work with - and returning to these people puts my mind at ease. I know what to expect. I know how far I can push without putting my foot in my mouth... It's relaxing despite the fact that it is work.

With that, I'm going to go keep up with that journal, and make sure my luggage has bee properly rearranged now that I don't have to worry about flight restrictions... lol. And to make sure that this actually posts!!! lol

Maybe I can keep up with it this contract,
Yeah right - LMAO.
All My Best
~Elle~

(Oh, and for the record, I did gain back about half the weight I lost. But I made a hell of a turkey for Thanksgiving! :-P)