Imbarcation

Day One,
I set to the Sea or adventure for the first time today. It as of yet has had very little fanfaire. My postion is Cook. MY quarters are small, and my time is precious. It seems I am always to be someplace at a specific time which becomes difficult with the lack of a proper time piece. With the day passing by hour by hour I realize that spirits can be broken aboard this vessel quite quickly those who posess a spunkey attitude are in for somethning very special. Most likely a hard culture shock to this new world they are living in. As for me I will attempt to keep my wits about me for the next months of my endenture. My goal is to be a sponge and absord as much information as I possibly can. I need to break away from the Clique and set off in the direction of becoming the best I can be. I can understand how one can find themselves in the trappings of alcohol along with a vast array of misleading devices. For me I must maintain my FOCUS I must become someone that I have never been. A man with direction and amind set for perfection. But remember this is day one and my spirits have yet to be shattered by the coming storm I am sure to ensue. The activities as of yet have not been the most interesting. We took photos for our new ID and we signed a stack of papers and learned the same information over and over again. It is interesting to see the amount of dolts I am currently training with. They posess no common sence and open their mouths at in opportune moments. Its becoming something of a comedy of errors. But I am not with out fault. I was to be at the capiains lounge at 2200 in proper uniform and to my horror I had forgotten this particular meeting. With my supervisor giving me a glare from across the gally I knew something was wrong. We spoke, and I ran to my cabin rapidly switched to my whites and returned to the porper location in my required dress. It was a moment that really let me down I was quite appologetic yet it seemed to be too little too late. With this travesity I soon found out that all of my other new recruits had apparently forgotten as well and we were the first class ever to do such a thing. I feel it is a bad first impression and a bad mark on my record. I need to focus and really get to the point I am here to work not play. Playing is for kiddies and those above deck I am now a man and below the deck. So with the team of new recruits assembled it was time to tour the dining facilities. We saw each dining room and its proper hot side and cold side area. It was exciting to see what kind of conditions I will be working in for the next length of time. It was tight quarters and stations looked to be impossible but with the right people training me I am sure I will fit in and take control once someone sees I am able to. This is a restaurant the only difference is we don’t have fire we had 2000 covers 3 times a day and we have less space and time to do it..Ohh did I mention we are moving the whole time.. I suppose that is the major difference. Well I am about to set off on to Maui it will be my only day off for quite some time So I am going to enjoy it by getting off the boat and playing around on the Island.