Black Friday…Black Friday…
Every year, I have always went shopping on Black Friday. It has always been an exciting day-searching to get the best prices, looking through all the newspapers on Thanksgiving with my family trying to figure out what we want. It was one thing as a family we all agreed on-my mom and I would adventure out at 3, 4, or 5 am and try to find everything we want at the best prices. Yes, I was one of those. But this year…I'm actually going to be WORKING a Black Friday sale…on a ship! Our ship is holding a big Black Friday deal in the photo gallery, and from what I hear, it's going to be NUTS. The bad thing…no shopping for me. The good thing? I guess I'll be saving myself some money, right? lol
Thanksgiving is also going to be really weird. It's strange to be in such a warm place for the second time in a year celebrating Thanksgiving away from my family. Holidays have always been a bit of an issue for me because my family is…special. I'll just leave it at that. I know that the people reading this are my friends (because you had to get the special invite from me) but I still don't want to blab about my family issues on here. You can ask me personally if you want to know about that. It's a long story anyway. Still, despite holidays not really being my favorite thing, it's kind of strange to celebrate them on a ship with a lot of people who don't believe the same things that I do. Christmas is very special to me…there is a lot of meaning behind it. There is no one else on the ship like me-or in the world for that matter-but there are many people with completely different values and morals than me. I have had some great talks with people about life, heaven, etc. and for that, I am very thankful. However, I haven't had the same talk with someone like I could have back home, and I desperately miss it. I miss having Bible study, I miss going to church…there is nothing on the ship except one group who gets together when I'm working! I did find two guys who wanted to do a Bible study with me maybe, but we have such different schedules, it hasn't really worked out. And with all the bad stuff happening back home right now, I really just need a group of people who think like me…
The cruise this week is full of families, and they have all spent a lot of money to get here. So they are very crazy about their money, and a little snippy. They are always ready to complain if something isn't the way they want, and one lady tried to kill people yesterday! Let me tell you what happened…
When we set up for a photo shoot, there is a green screen, and then two light stands on each side with a stand, light and umbrella. We nicely ask each person to walk around the lights so they don't hurt anyone. This lady came up and tried to skip the line. I said to her, "Miss, you are able to skip the line, but I just need you to wait until your turn and then you can just go on right through." The lady looked at me, saw me setting up the next family on the green screen, and decided to plow right through, cutting across the light stand. The light stand tipped over, and almost hit a lady in a wheelchair. I caught the light stand in my hand and said, "MISS! MISS! You can't do that!" The lady turned around, glared at me and snapped, "YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER" and then kept going! As though it was my fault she skipped the line! That's just an example of some of the crazy things people say.
I have to go and pay some bills now, and I'm running out of time. I only have a two hour break all day today, and I spent some of it eating, and I'll have to walk back soon to the ship (we go across the street to Whole Foods to get Internet) where I have to send all my stuff through a x-ray machine and wait in a super long line (there are about 2,400 guests this week or something like that, so the lines are nuts).
Every year, I have always went shopping on Black Friday. It has always been an exciting day-searching to get the best prices, looking through all the newspapers on Thanksgiving with my family trying to figure out what we want. It was one thing as a family we all agreed on-my mom and I would adventure out at 3, 4, or 5 am and try to find everything we want at the best prices. Yes, I was one of those. But this year…I'm actually going to be WORKING a Black Friday sale…on a ship! Our ship is holding a big Black Friday deal in the photo gallery, and from what I hear, it's going to be NUTS. The bad thing…no shopping for me. The good thing? I guess I'll be saving myself some money, right? lol
Thanksgiving is also going to be really weird. It's strange to be in such a warm place for the second time in a year celebrating Thanksgiving away from my family. Holidays have always been a bit of an issue for me because my family is…special. I'll just leave it at that. I know that the people reading this are my friends (because you had to get the special invite from me) but I still don't want to blab about my family issues on here. You can ask me personally if you want to know about that. It's a long story anyway. Still, despite holidays not really being my favorite thing, it's kind of strange to celebrate them on a ship with a lot of people who don't believe the same things that I do. Christmas is very special to me…there is a lot of meaning behind it. There is no one else on the ship like me-or in the world for that matter-but there are many people with completely different values and morals than me. I have had some great talks with people about life, heaven, etc. and for that, I am very thankful. However, I haven't had the same talk with someone like I could have back home, and I desperately miss it. I miss having Bible study, I miss going to church…there is nothing on the ship except one group who gets together when I'm working! I did find two guys who wanted to do a Bible study with me maybe, but we have such different schedules, it hasn't really worked out. And with all the bad stuff happening back home right now, I really just need a group of people who think like me…
The cruise this week is full of families, and they have all spent a lot of money to get here. So they are very crazy about their money, and a little snippy. They are always ready to complain if something isn't the way they want, and one lady tried to kill people yesterday! Let me tell you what happened…
When we set up for a photo shoot, there is a green screen, and then two light stands on each side with a stand, light and umbrella. We nicely ask each person to walk around the lights so they don't hurt anyone. This lady came up and tried to skip the line. I said to her, "Miss, you are able to skip the line, but I just need you to wait until your turn and then you can just go on right through." The lady looked at me, saw me setting up the next family on the green screen, and decided to plow right through, cutting across the light stand. The light stand tipped over, and almost hit a lady in a wheelchair. I caught the light stand in my hand and said, "MISS! MISS! You can't do that!" The lady turned around, glared at me and snapped, "YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER" and then kept going! As though it was my fault she skipped the line! That's just an example of some of the crazy things people say.
I have to go and pay some bills now, and I'm running out of time. I only have a two hour break all day today, and I spent some of it eating, and I'll have to walk back soon to the ship (we go across the street to Whole Foods to get Internet) where I have to send all my stuff through a x-ray machine and wait in a super long line (there are about 2,400 guests this week or something like that, so the lines are nuts).
man, and I bet you thought some of the instructors on campus were bad ... they make these crazy people look like saints!
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