Before I went on my first cruise last year, the only experience I had with water and ocean liners was watching corny reruns of the 'Love Boat'. But now, I know better. Cruising is like being in a luxurious resort hotel. You get waited on hand and foot, amenities are accessible 24/7, and everyone is just deliriously happy to please you.
Of course there's a flip side to everything- It's great if you're a passenger but I'm sure it's alot of work for the employees. Yes, they get to travel, see the sights and have their own 'down time' when they're not working but the work just seems so endless...
Even with that thought, I'm going to suggest (to my unhappy yet EMPLOYED friend) that he should get a job on a cruise ship. He works in the service industry anyway so he knows about all of this stuff- it's not new to him. Plus, when you're single and unattached, the world is your oyster- you can move when you want, live where you want, and you answer to no one (well, not exactly but for the most part....) The hemming and hawing of what he plans to do with his life is driving me up the wall so I have no choice but to put him on a boat and send him away :) Hopefully, someone is hiring.
Anyway, if I didn't have such a responsible nature about me, I'd probably go where the wind takes me (you know like bake brownies in a coffee shop in the south of France or sell leg warmers in a tiny boutique in Greece). Oh wait, I went to college and I have a real career now so I guess the option of living the vagabond life should be crossed off my list. But if that's what one wants to do with one's life, then one should do what one ought to do....
**My last day in Key West Jan. 2008**
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