The Adventures of Janie: Catching Up!!

So, I realize it's been months since I've written last. I apologize for that and will try to do better. These past couple of months have been a time for changing for me. I'm not on Cracker Bay anymore. I left the beginning of October. The month of October Hannah and I went travelling. We went to Mississippi, Louisiana, Costa Rica, and back to Chicago. We had a blast!! The beginning of November I travelled back to Ft. Lauderdale to try to find another job on a boat. After being there for a month, I was pretty fed up with the Lauderdale scene and decided to come back home. My plan was to find an apartment and get a job in New Orleans.....well I had no luck getting a job in New Orleans, but I did find an apartment!

I spent most of December going back and forth from Natchez to New Orleans for job interviews, but nothing came ot of it. One job was selling uverse for at&t door to door - no thanks! Towards the middle of December I got a call about a temp job on a boat for the holidays. The job was a two week temp job on a boat Missy B II. I decided to go ahead and do it, I needed the money so why not? I flew back to Ft. Lauderdale and joined the boat for two weeks. It was a good trip. The first week was a charter trip with a Spanish family and the second week the owners were on the boat with some of their family members. We went down to the keys and spent Christmas and New Year's Eve in Key West. We were able to go out a couple of nights in Key West which was a first for me!! The crew went out with guests for New Years Eve, which was interesting! It was a good trip minus a few hiccups that I won't include on the blog.

When we got back to Ft. Lauderdale, I dayworked on the boat for a few more days, then flew back to New Orleans. I spent a week or so in Natchez not doing much - then the weekend of Jan. 22 Haley had her bach party in New Orleans. There were some photos from that weekend which I'll put up tomorrow. Then I went home and the following weekend was the callout ball in Natchez. On Monday after the call out ball, I went to Houston to start packing my things to be ready for the movers the next day who were in charge of getting my belongings to my new apartment in New Orleans!!! On Wednesday I moved in to my apt and started unpacking my things and on Thursday afternoon I flew back to Ft. Lauderdale.

I've got more work going on in Ft. Lauderdale. I've been offered a sole stew position on a really small boat that is going up the New England coast, into the great lakes, and down the Mississippi. Starting this week I'll also help on Missy B for two weeks prepping and during the Miami boat show. So, it appears I'm not getting out of yachting any time soon..... :)

I've included some pictures below of the last few months! Enjoy!