He’s going Home

October 13, 2021

Today is Thursday. The second week of October is almost done just like that. Pretty fast right? The month of December is just around the corner and it only means one thing, new year is about to come. Are you excited about that? One thing I am most excited right now, my husband Anthony is going home soon and that only means one thing we’re gonna celebrate our holidays together again. He was supposed to finished his contract next year but because of sudden changes they will go home early and was provided a return contract hopefully in the first quarter of 2022.

So today joined me as we travelled back to when my husband was away from us. He always keep us updated from the time he leaves our house up until he started his first duty. Oh before anything else let's give some love to these beautiful souls.

Leaving the Country

On June 22 this year, my husband was scheduled for a hotel quarantine before he could finally took his flight. We took him to the hotel and bid our goodbye for a while, since we were going to see each other again after two days. He was scheduled for two days hotel quarantine and then in the next morning he was scheduled for swab test as it was a requirement before you can leave the country. Glad he got a negative results, which means he can now proceed on his flight. We fetched him again on the hotel and had our last dinner out with the family. It was literally dinner out as we ate our take out dinner in the parking lot near Mall of Asia. It was the nearest mall where the hotel, he stay on for quarantine located and at the same time, we were going to fetched his friend who were also quarantine in the hotel around the vicinity of Mall of Asia. They both have the same flight so they agreed to come at the airport together. Moreover, the airport was just a few minutes ride from Mall of Asia. When we arrived at the airport, we finally bid our goodbye, hugged for the last time and said some words of encouragement as my husband Anthony was going to be far away from us again.

The good thing about our technology was that it can finally keep us updated with our loved ones, no matter how miles away they were from us. He updated me from the time they arrived at their first stop. They stopped in Incheon Airport at Korea where they waited for about six hours before they were called for their next flight. He took some pictures and sent in to me from time to time. After a couple of hours, they finally arrived at LA airport, stayed their for a while before they took their last flight going to Seattle. Fun fact here, you can easily tell if the traveller was from the Philippines because he/she was wearing a faceshield aside from face mask 😁 Well safety first is the motto for most of us.

Arriving at Work

After sometime, they finally arrived at the Seattle and was sent to hotel to stay for a while. They needed to stay there for a few days more because they have to wait for their assigned ship. So while he was there, they were not allowed to go outside the hotel room, so Anthony spent the rest of his days talking to us and watching movies. One thing that amazed me while he was at Seattle was that daytime stays longer than nighttime. The sunsets at around 8 to 9 pm there. It was just so cool because back in our country by 6 pm, it was already dark outside. He stayed for a few more days at the Westin Hotel in Seattle before he was taken to the port along with the other crew when their ship finally arrived.

But of course, before they checked out, they had a series of swab test to make sure no one has contacted covid while they were at the hotel. And lastly Anthony and the rest of the crew were vaccinated before they can finally get on board. After some more minutes of waiting, he was finally given a room inside the ship where they would have to spend 14 more days of quarantine before they officially starts their first duty. It was actually nice as the room given to them were the guest rooms. It was far from their crew cabin. While you were on quarantine, you were like having a cruise, it just that you weren’t allowed to go outside. Some room service crew, brought them food everyday. Everyday there was a temperature check, and every week, they need to be swab test. It was on repeat up until the quarantine period is done and then after Anthony got to finally report on his first duty.

Going Back

After just almost four months, Anthony is going home. Their ship was about to go down in Australia, unfortunately though Australian government doesn’t approved any cruise line within their water, the ship have to make some crucial decisions which is to sent home the rest of the crew. They have to cancel the rest of the cruises for the following months. It was sad news, because my husband Anthony is the breadwinner of our family. But we cannot do something about it. I just hope that great things will come along the way after this. What I am excited about is that he can be with us during the holidays. Right now, they were on their last cruise and he is going home after that. And I can’t wait to see and hug him in the next couple of days.

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