From aboard Carnival Glory, John Heald fills you in on his Bloggers Cruise 4 meetup with his friends from Big Ed’s Evil Crew.
P.S. For more on the Evil Crew, visit ekonefe-at-uh-word-uh-dot-nevermind… or click this link. :-)
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John,
You are the sort of person that I know can probably help me out in some way.
I need a little advice.
I am not asking this for myself but on behalf of my wife and myself for our son.
You see he is 24 years old and has been having a lot of problems getting a job that stimulates him. As a result he has let’s say fallen out with most of his family members including my wife and myself.
It is not that we don’t love him it is that his behaviour is not what it should be towards his family.
He falls into the trap of drifting back to some old school friends that to be honest are not the best influence on him.
He has tried to spread his wings on a couple of occasions but the pressure of having to pay for an apartment, utilities and food get the better of him and he drifts back to those friends I mentioned and usually ends up getting kicked out of the apartment and ends up back home with us.
We tried to get him to join the military but he is more of a pacifist.
He really really needs to have some kind of a transition between being looked after by his family and being out on his own.
He went to college and is a qualified massage therapist, he was a star football (the American kind) player and was the leading rusher in Arizona for High School.
Academically he is quite bright.
So since we cruise a lot (coming up for our 20th cruise) and our son has been on about a dozen and really loves the ships and to travel, the idea crossed my mind about him becoming a massage therapist on a cruise ship. Also he has done physical therapy training too so that could be another angle.
So I went out looking around and found a site called cruiseshipjobs.com.
This is where your advice/guidance comes in……
Do you think this is the best way to go? or is there some other approach he should take? I had heard that some of these so called Cruise Job Shops just try to get money out of people and do not actually have a job at the end of it.
He knows that the crew quarters on the ships are not as spacious as the ones that he stays in as a guest. He also knows that he will have to meld with the rest of the team and be a team player and that the hours are long. But at the end of the day it will give him that independence that he needs and getting away from his friends and family (except when we are on a cruise
).
What do you think? we as a family very much value you opinion.
BTW: Thanks very much for forwarding our request to the steakhouse on the dream to arrange the chef’s table on the Magic.
Since you are on the Magic as CD when we will be on there on May 22nd perhaps we could get together and we can tell you a little more about our son.
Thanks in anticipation
Steve
Keep up the good work. Next year we will try to be on the bloggers cruise. It sounds like fun.
a great time on the Carnival Glory
John:
Love the Barney shirt. Dolly is quite the gal too.
Have fun with your bloggers. Hopefully one day I will be able to join you.
Marie
We met yesterday March 3 at the evil crew meetup. I am the father of Nanette. I want to thank you again for your invitation. My wife and I had a lot of FUN.
David Hurst
Sorry we are not there ….. for BC4 – but will be there on BC5…..
Love the viedos of the BC4 Cruise – as truly appreciate all that you give us of yourself, and CCL.
Hi John, doi you remember me. Carnival triumpth 2001. I am the black womon that was mary and we did a skit on stage. I was also the one that humped you on stage. Remember the chinese guy yelling shit shit in stead of shoot shoot. ANd the tall black guy that was on his honeymoon. hi how are you. i am taking a cruise. i was so hoping that you would be on the Carnival Dream. I will have to take another cruse and come and see you on the Carnival Glory. No longe married to the short guy. now married to a tall guy. How is the girlfriend. did you two ever get married. take care john. i have never fogotten you. i still have the tape. Love ya take care Janice, from milwuaukee. AKA Mary