Day 14: Halifax!

Oct 24, 2011 22:40

Well, that's the last of Halifax I'll be seeing for 5 months and what a
great last day it was. Going into today I was desperately hoping we'd have
nice weather because if not I'd have to hear from all the guests how crappy
my home town was. Not to mention that I'd have to hear it from my
co-workers for the next 5 months. Thankfully it turned out to be a
beautiful fall day in Halifax.

My boss was kind enough to schedule me today so that I was able to be off
the ship for 6 hours. The most I've had so far was 4 hours in Boston so
having 6 is huge. For what I had to get done this was plenty so I wasn't
going to have to rush around and was going to be a little more leisurely as
I spent the day with Dad for the last time for a few months. That is until
I went to Chester's only to find out that my American passport expired
October 1st of this year… Shit.

Thank goodness papa bear still has some connections from his consulate days
we were able to get in and get the ball rolling on a new passport. Should
have it in a week or two, phew! Needless to say that added a bit of stress
and urgency to the day. That being said, I wouldn't of had today any other
way. A little bit of stress keeps things interesting.

After a nice lunch we headed over to the Super Store (Dolan if you're
reading this there's your shout out) to pick up a few things I needed
onboard. While we where there I skirted a crazy lady I had dealt with on the
ship that morning. She was wearing the tops in fashion, a black sweater
decorated with leaves in fall colours; I know you're all jealous, if you'd
like I can ask where she got it so you can all get one of your own.

As we came around a corner in the pharmacy we bummed into my co-worker from
the desk, Victoria. I introduced her to dad and mentioned she was from
Ukraine. He proceeded to say some random phrase he knew which we later
found out to mean "small cats". Home run pops, lol.

The "it's a small world" moment of the day definitely came as I was about to
pass security to head back onto the ship. As I'm walking up to the line I
look behind me and see my friend from SMU Danielle Hiscock walking towards
me. After we exchanged some "is that really you" looks and a big hug we
found out that her cousin from England works on the ship as a dancer…
What're the friggin odds.

When I got back to work I had the best surprise yet. Today we got a new
employee on a desk. A girl from Vancouver!! I have another Canadian to work
with!! That and I now have another first language English speaking friend!!
Yahoo!

As far as TV goes on board we don't get much in the way of American
networks. I'm thankful that we have ESPN and I get to watch any football at
all. Apparently that's not enough for a REAL football fan. I had a grown
man so upset at the desk tonight when he found out he wouldn't be able to
watch his precious Patriots (barf) for two weeks while he was on board. I
mean this guy was heated. Probably didn't help that I told him early on in
our convo that they were over rated, oops! Luckily he was so pissed about
not being able to watch the games that we glazed over it pretty easily. Mind
you he did stay and tell me the same thing over and over again for a few
minutes before he finally stopped his whining and went back to his
business.

I've got an idea bud, just enjoy the cruise.

Georges Island

This is when I took a picture of dad taking a picture of me. He's in it to win it.

Peace out Hali

My whip.

Looks like my old hotel is finally getting a new driveway.

We've been following this ship around. It's always parked right in front of us.