decompression~day one & two

hi fellow friends & family~

day one and i did not realize how much i needed these 2 days between my life in Santa Barbara and my life starting tomorrow on the ship for the next 4 months!  day one was transition day with an early 0415 alarm and ride to the airport at 0445 (thx to dru, my cabby at that hour!),  4 airports, 2 taxis we got to our destination-nassau, bahamas…i was uncomfortable all day long, tired, short of breath, a bit dizzy and ready to be on land…we arrived at the hotel  at 2200 and were in bed within 20 minutes! It took me awhile to fall asleep, but then as i settled into decompression day one, i became one with the wonderful sheets and down pillow and I was out like a light…

day two, i woke up with a refreshed sense of myself, ready to make decisions like what beach chair to choose, which way to face the chair, beautiful beach or the gorgeous pool beautiful beach or the gorgeous pool  and what fru~fru drink would i like for an afternoon snack? the day was filled with magazine reading, ocean dips, walks on the beach and fruit snacks…mom and i had dinner at the black angus restaurant in the hotel. mom decided to drop a few dollars at the casino and I looked around to see if I could meet any of the students, faculty & staff that had begun arriving to meeting the ship tomorrow.

i knew what the new day would bring so i found myself attempting to decompress & put aside my life as I once knew it to a new world i also knew yet 11 years later, it would of course be a whole new adventure. fortunately for me, I knew some of the players I would be able to play with once again, in some cases for the third time! lucky, lucky me to be sailing again with Dan & Barb at the helm & Marti as the asst. exec dean. I will finally get to meet her wife & child, which will be exciting! having heard about her partners over the years, it always is beautiful to see people who have found a life partner whom they can feel 100% with...although I have yet to find the one, I am great-filled for the life I have created in the meantime~actually I love my life just the way it is and perhaps a life partner in the traditional sense was never suppose to be part of my story...

and so I look forward to adding this chapter into the story of my extraordinary life~4 times around the world~who gets to do that? well, I say it might as well be me! bring it on life & here we go!

until tomorrow then,
worldlyheart ro

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"Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it -- but sail we must and not drift, nor lie at anchor." - Oliver Wendell Holmes