The Time is Near....

The Time is Near....
Man oh man... I've had a crazy few days. You know when you are bored as all get out but don't have anyone or anything to blame but yourself. That's me at the moment. I have one weekend left. ONLY ONE. It seems like the last 8 weeks have gone by so fast but at the same time I know it's gone by at a snail's pace.  I debarked the Wonder 8 weeks ago as a worker, got right back on - cruised for 7 days as a guest and then went on my own for the remaining 6 weeks.
 Vacation wise... i was addicted to facebook which is never good and i hung out at the house...laying on the couch, cleaning my spaces, working out and trying to enjoy the family as much as possible.
Since starting as Youth Activities Manager at Disney Cruise Lines a year ago this week ... I have lost 20 pounds. I know it's kind of crazy since I haven't really been working out. I work a lot and then my eating habits are less crazy.  Can you imagine what I can do if I actually work out on the ship? I am really, really going to try to make time to workout. I do love it and it does make me feel really really good. Even if I only walk deck 4 everyday...maybe a mile or 2 that is going to be great. My health is important to me so I am gong to pay even more attention to it while i'm on contract #3. Can you believe it contract #3...who would have thought I would be here...it's almost a year ago to the day exactly that I started working and I love it now more than ever.
Why do I love it you ask?

1)Travel - how can you not love waking up in a new place everyday?
2)People - I have met some of the most amazing people and they are from all corners of the world. Again, what's not to love?
3)Kids - working with kids has always been a passion of mine
4) DISNEY - it's Disney... I have always loved Disney...enough said!


UPDATE:
There will be some serious droughts in this blog again... my  hard drive is broken on my laptop. I will be borrowing my roommates and friends until the Disney Magic returns to her home port of Port Canaveral. There will be some changes as well. I am going to utilize my flip camera more if possible and will also NOT be talking about Mr. Disney at all...that ship has sailed and by sailed I don't mean gone away...it's on a private tour so to speak. All I will say is that you will hear about my ship life and my experiences up high and some down low...not all of my experiences need to be shared here.

I am super excited to return to the ship. The Med awaits in all it's glory. It's been the kind of vacation where I need to get my  brain back active and get my body back in the swing of things. I will be losing 7 hours when I fly to Barcelona on Monday. I leave Dallas 4:30pm on Monday ...arrive in Frankfurt at 9:30am and then fly to Barcelona at 1:30pm.  Then... from what I understand I have to get up at the crack of dawn on Wednesday to be on my way to the ship at 5:30am or something like that. CRAZY TIME! INSANE! Anyway, to those of you that I have missed while I was at home...I'm sorry. I'll catch you in October! There might be tons of changes for me at this point but I'm going to continue to be ALONG FORTHE RIDE, trying to live my life with NEW ADVENTURES: NO REGRETS.

I'll see ya around on the water!
Just keep swimming, just keep swimming!

- Ashley