waiting for fajitas

Hmm yes so it’s been another of those weeks when, apart from the excitement of last Sunday, not a lot happened. TO make up for the power black out, last week’s guests were given $300 on board credit. We worked our butts off to ensure they had a good cruise – but we’ll see how well we did when the comment forms come back in. Fingers crossed they had a good enough time on the following 6 days of their vacation that they’ll be mostly positive.

At the moment I’m sitting in my cabin, waiting for 6:30 to tick around so I can go down to the officer’s mess for dinner. Monday night is EVERYONE’S FAVOURITE night in the officer’s mess.. because it’s skirt steak fajitas night!

In the officer’s mess, we order off the passenger menu and the food comes down to us. Fajitas are the single best food of the week! I’ve been skipping the bread for the past few weeks.. but the quacamole, beef fajita and salsa are to die for.

The waiters (well assistant buffet stewards – they’re in training) who work in the mess know exactly what we like to eat. I always order the shrimp cocktail with American sauce for starter, then always the “sweet and nutritious fruits” for dessert. If there is nothing nice on the menu (which happens some nights) I order the salad with low fat balsamic vinaigrette and the grilled chicken.

Some of my favourite meals are – fajitas (Monday), Flambe scampi things (Thursday night) and southern style chilli (Sunday night).

Often, although there is a full menu, it feels like there is nothing to eat. The food on the ship is very.. Rich I guess. I miss modern Australian cuisine! I never realised how excellent our own style of food is until I went away. Also, americans do not “get” bread- it doesn’t toast properly and is full of modified corn syrup stuff so it’s sweet. Yuk.

In other news, I am becoming more tidy in my daily life- it’s becoming more habit than something I do by force. I find myself automatically hanging up clothes when I take them off rather than throwing them on the floor. Big deal, you say, but for me this is revolutionary. Just ask my mum. Hope I can keep up the habit when i get home - automatic cleanliness certainly makes life soooo much easier!

I’m still not “neat”, I don’t think I ever will be- but I am certainly becoming tidy.