Leaving on a Jet-Lag

I left my ship on Saturday and I’m still a bit jet-lagged.  I’ve been spending time with L. and her folks, and tomorrow we leave to visit my family in Chicagoland.

I’m grateful to be off the ship.  I miss the convenience of the buffet, I’m a little bummed that I have to pay for things like food and gas now, but overall I’m not feeling too nostalgic about the gig or about Hawaii.  We were doing the same 7-day cruise over and over, and that got a little boring (even in paradise).

I didn’t practice much on this gig, and I also didn’t perform much.  When I was a showband musician I came off the contract with razor sharp chops from playing non-stop, but the opposite seems to have happened this time.  I’m going to need some quality practice time in the next few months.

I’m stoked to find high-speed internet on land – something that’s near impossible to come by when working on a ship.  I’m catching up on podcasts and sprucing things up around this site.