light at the end of the tunnel

So, i have a new job on the ship this year. I still have to do my old job, but along side it i have a new one. Which at the moment is completely taking up about 99% of my working time!

So i still have to make sure all the salads and stuff are going well but not end up pealing many carrots right now.

So i have been put in charge of the stores on the ship. My official title for this is food services storeman.

So the stores were a complete mess when i took over and if this wasn't enough we had about 5 containers worth of stuff come in the last week we were in Tenerife. Then of course we had rough sailing and thing moved everywhere, milk was the main mover, and what a mess that made!

So since we docked in Togo, i have been trying to get things in order and this week has been the first time ive seen some progress, the phrase "sometimes things have to get worse to get better" comes to mind! So little by little ive be able to get little areas nice and clean, stuff out of the way of fire escape routes, clean up mess from the sail and start to work out where on earth the new stuff that we are due any day now is going to go.

So there is light at the end of the tunnel for sure, and i can start to see it, but there is lots of hard work to do before everything is sorted and with the prospect of there being containers in this week it might take a little longer than i would like, but as long as i get there in the end it will be ok :)

Today

Today Togo ... Tomorrow well ... still Togo actually!

Yes its true, in under an hour we should be docked in Togo!

Which of course is very exciting because it means land, and i might be able to get off the ship soon! im sure that we wont get clear through immigration in a hurry so not getting my hopes up just yet, but still am excited about the new adventure ahead and really want to hit the ground running and make this an even better year than the last :)