I got a job!

This week started off with Brian and I being horribly hungover. Well, him not so much, he knows how to handle his alcohol. The night before we decided to head to the pub to watch the footy as we don't get cable in our hotel room. Alot of the boys he works with were out that night so they met up with us and had a few drinks. Cause for the hangover? Happy hour! As great as $4 spirits are, it's not so great when everyone wants to buy you one and expects you to drink it! Therefore Sunday was a nice lazy day and we decided to have a bbq down by the beach which was nice.

Monday was my first day at work. Yes I got the job with Quicksilver, yay! I am now part of the cabin crew for all 3 boats and my job consists of pretty much being an air hostee... but on water. The pros? I get to go out to the reef every work day and sunbake or snorkel in my lunch break. Cons? Sea sickness! Now I have never been sea sick before and I've been on the quickii boats before plus stayed on a house boat AND taken a week cruise, but nothing could prepare me for this! Monday was a cloudy, cold and choppy day with the wind blowing at 30 knotts (which means it's pretty rough). Stupid me thinking "nah I don't get sea sick", didn't take any medication and was throwing up out back within the first hour of the trip out. Not so great trying to vomit into a bag while the wind is blowing it back in your face. I think the crew must have placed bets to see when the 'new girl first hurls' as when I walked inside pretty much everyone asked "so, how you feeling?"

Yesterday wasn't AS bad. It was a 25 knott day so a bit calmer than the day before but still cloudy and choppy. I didn't vomit this time but I did need to go outside to get air on the trip there and back. Alot of the girls assured me that they all vomited their first day too and it takes about a week to get used to it. I've been advised to keep taking the travelcalm medication until I eventually ween myself off it.

Today was a great day though! The sun was out and the wind was at about 15 knotts so it was ALOT calmer than the first 2 days. I didn't feel sick at all! In my lunch break I went on one of the subs, which basically is a boat with a glass bottom, which allows you to see the reef. All the crew are really nice and lots of fun so one of the guys came on board with me and spotted out all the fish and cool things that the narrator doesn't always include. There also talking about taking me on the helicopter so I can see what the reef looks like from above. That will be heaps of fun so fingers crossed that ends up happening!

Brian's at work at the moment and probably won't get home till about 10pm. He starts night work soon too so we probably won't get much of a chance to see eachother except for on the weekend. With my job I get 2 days off but they can't gaurantee it will be weekends for me. Brian so far has had weekends off too but that's not guaranteed for him either. We've both got this weekend off though so we might drive up to the Daintree on Saturday.

He'll probably get to sleep-in tomorrow morning so hopefully he'll get a chance to write about what he's been up to on the set which i'm sure is far more interesting to read about than my sea sickness! :P

Well I'm gonna go cook my dinner in front of the window now so I don't set off the fire alarms. It's a pain not having a kitchen but we're getting very creative with meals we can cook in the wok. Oh, I'll also take my camera with me tomorrow (if it's a nice day) so you can all see what I do at work hehehe.

Take care

Jess