DAY 40
I have finally committed myself to write in this thing. Here we go. Today marks my six week anniversary on the ship and it has been amazing. I must say the first few weeks were really hard and I was skeptical. I was extremely homesick. But I’ve snapped out of it and now I feel great. My itinerary has been beyond anything I could have asked for. So far I have been around the north and south islands of New Zealand, going to Auckland, Tauranga, Napier, Dunedin, Akoroa, and Wellington to name a few. We are going back to the South Pacific again next week and will be visiting Suva and Denauru, Fiji, Isle of the Pines and Noumea, New Caledonia, and Vila, Vanuatu. The tropical weather has been such a blessing. It really just makes you a happier person. Soon I’ll be exploring all around Australia and still cruising through New Zealand and South Pacific until May when we begin our cruise around the world. It’s nuts living on a ship. There is really no way to explain it, you have to experience it for yourself. Sometimes you go a little crazy, other times it’s awesome. I don’t get seasick. I actually love it when the ship rocks. It rocks me to sleep. The food is frightening. Getting skinny. I’ve been treating a lot of patients with acupuncture and have been learning a lot from everyone I meet and seeing a lot of different conditions. It’s been great. I work with people from all around the world. I am one of 5 americans on the ship out of 850 employees. I have become family with mostly everyone on the ship but like family, sometimes you want to kill each other. I am very lucky to have my own room. I’ve fallen in love with an island off the coast of Auckland in New Zealand called Waiheke Island. I could really see myself living there. It’s incredibly beautiful, peaceful and serene. It’s a very artsy little beach town and I could see myself opening my own acupuncture practice there… but we’ll see… So, things are good. I realized yesterday that I felt truly happy. It’s a good feeling. Missing my friends and family, wishing you were all here with me. I hope one day we can all mass exodus to Waiheke Island. LOVE.
