ups and downs

This week has been a week of crazy ups and downs.

FIrstly, from the moment I saw two men dressed as Santa come up the gangway last week, I knew it would be a crazy time! The Santas and Mrs Claus' were absolutely wonderful - A lot of people thought they were crazy- and they are but they are only crazy because they have dedicated their lifes to bringing joy to children.

THey all wear christmassy clothes all the time, except the "cool Santa" couple - who maintain they still own non-red clothes!

On the last night I danced with the santa puppets whilst hosting rock'n'roakie when a lady was singing "on top of the world" by the carpenters- which I think you'll agree is the greatest song to hug a puppet to!

On the last night, one of the Santas gave me his hat from his head and told me that I have a good heart and would make a great mrs claus one day.

SO fun in the piazza party to see 2 crazy puppets dancing above the crowd! THe santas are sending me the pictures- so stay tuned for a photo of me and 8 santas!

I also saw a lady at island night who was wearing a CASIO bum bag... so 80's! I complimented her on her crazy "fanny pack" and she said she worked for CASIO and is gonna send me one!

I really stepped it up a notch this week... I had a great week with the passengers - you can tell when this has happened because work makes you really happy those week. I am now the only "crazy one" on the team though...

Princess Popstars was just... the worst. It is teh best I've ever hosted it. I was the host and boogie was in the green room doing the video cross and the crowd and singers were great - they were happy and cheering! ONe of the singers in the final (Valerie), however was a friend of the dancers (but still a passenger). THe dancers made a big show of somehow getting voting slips and parading down to vote at the end (when it's supposed to be one vote per person). I took all their votes out and then some off Valerie and she still won by a landslide.

I then had a couple come up to me and scream in my face that Valerie worked on the ship and that we had all cheated. THey said I was disgusting.. that they've never been so disgusted in their life. that i'd tarnished the name of Princess... I tried to explain but they wouldn't listen. It was horrible. NO ONE has ever spoken to me like that in my entire life. When they walked away I couldn't help it, I sat down on the ground behind the booth and started bawling...

how embarassing. DJ DAve (my hero) ran after them and stopped them to say "once you're ready to behave like human beings, come and talk to me. My Name is Dave". A lot of passengers came up and gave me a hug as well, which was really nice.

There was a fun karaoke party in the electrician's workshop this week... Gary (2nd ETO) is leaving (well.. has left now I guess) so it was a fun celebration. They had party lights rigged up in there and everything!!

Not only were we short staffed, but hersh got signed off (through illness) twice during the week... SO we were running with a team of four people.. I have been IPM all week- I have worked 10-12 hours every single day... So no wonder I broke down after popstars. Too tired!

DJ dave leaves today. DJ Dave is DA BOMB. I will miss him and his crazy non-stop partying!

This week is our last 7 day run!! coming soon - all new ports!