I hate Injections :(

LOOK my huge war wounds!! hahaha Above Hep A & Below Tetnis (hence the pathetic frown)

I was up very bright and early this morning so that I could go and get a further 2 injections...Hep A & Tetnis. Lovely. Im a bit of a wuss when It comes to injections, the nurse would never know I act all calm and collected on the surface but in my head I always manage to work myself up just a little and secretly I would like a little hug afterwards haha.

In the grand scale of things they really wernt that bad, but they did hurt more than the Yellow Fever which I found to be completely pain free!! If I were to put them in order of pain then I would say The Tetnis was the most painful (bearing in mind this is my pain threshold which is puny) then Hep A & finally Yellow Fever. The nurse also advised me I may need a Malaria Jab so I need to double check about that.

The nurse had a student in the room with her so thank god I didnt have to have the tetnis in my backside like I feared haha..no one wants to see that before 9am!! Im now sporting 2 'severe' injuries in each arm and the Tetnis Jab has left me with a bit of a dead arm but im a trooper and the day must go on pah haha...next stop, the gym. My day get increasingly more fun.....NAAART.

I just have this horrible image of all these slim girls on my ship hitting the beach and then me..a rather pale distant relative of the hippopotumus trumpeting along. The Christmas Diet was far to good to me and Santa left me with a lovely Christmas Gift...a brand spanking new tyre for my stomach ha so Im trying my hardest to go the gym 5 times a week and hitting the treadmill. I used to run alot and even took part in a 13 mile half marathon for Charity, I need to get back into my running and I find the weight just drops off when your running a few times a week. Im not into diets at all, in fact eating food is one of my most favourite hobbies so I prefer to enjoy myself eat what I like and just exercise to shed any excess pounds. Im not a fan of girls who slim down to the point of looking like little girls...why anybody would want to look like that I dont understand?? Surely thats not attractive to men??

Iv started off at the gym doing 5 miles on the bike and then 3 miles on the treadmill...my running is poor right now so need to build it up!! The bike is a bit of a waste of time for me because I get lazy on it and dont like to turn up the resistance so im probably not burning any calories, im a little cheat. ha. I much prefer classes to the gym itself they are lots of fun and the instructers really push you which I like, it makes me go that little bit harder and that little bit longer. I have a bit of a gammy knee which sometimes goes funny when Iv been running alot..so far so good and its not showed yet so hopefully it will be ok...

Love Laura xXx

Starting to prepare...

So I guess with this being my first ever blog It probably wont be very good to start off with haha plus you guys wont have a clue what Im on about just yet..dont worry though you'll catch up with me im sure :).

After being successfull in my interview and attending 2 traning courses...one in Bristol and a rather entertaining Personal Survival course in Southampton consisting of me and about 10 others trying our hardest to swim in full clothes and a very large lifejacket to get into a life raft while theyve got a wave machine going full pelt..not an easy task!! haha Clearly I need some more muscles if im to survive any kind of abandon ship emergency!!

I am now only waiting on one document to come through so that I am 100% ready to set sail and start living the life....my Seamans Log. It has been something of a nightmare making sure I have everything, who knew there was so much to do before you could go work on a dingy boat ha! Medical certs, injections, visas, training certs, uniforms, ahhhhhhh shoot me now! It better be worth all this hassle!!

On an up note I was given my ship, I'll be joining the huuuuuge P&O Ventura on the 25th February. Starting in Barbados I'll be sailing around a total of 10 destinations in the Gorgeous Carribbean before heading back across to the med to sail all around there!! WAHHHOOOOOOO!! I'll give you a full Itinery soon for my amazing destinations.

Iv never been on a cruise before, in fact I dont think I've even seen one in real life haha so I have no idea what on earth to expect! Spoke to a few guys that were on my training who are already on board their vessels and they all had the same things to say....HARD HARD WORK!! ohh maaan. Seems I'll be working very hard therefore I'll have to make sure I play very hard too :) Best thing about being a shoppee as apposed to any other member of staff is that the shops all close when the ship docks so that means we can always get off the boat and see all these beautiful countries!! I feel so very lucky!!

Anyway still a while to go yet before my adventure really begins but thought id start the updates now on my stresses and mental break downs in the run up to my leaving...

Love Laura xXx