29/09/2021
Dear Friends, March 16th 2020, exactly 560 days ago, (1 year 6 months and 11 days), I found myself unemployed. The world shut down and like many others I found myself sitting on an empty road…….While this madness was unfolding the following months have also been full of challenges: from self taught mason, electrician and house painter, to a part time night security job. As it was not enough to test my patience and resilience a Van crashed my car in October and in December, to complete the end of a “great” 2020 a river embankment collapsed causing a flood and millions of euro damage in three villages including mine………
2021 was suppose to get better, however after founding myself unemployed again, a serious eye surgery to my sister and a tooth removal to myself completed the carousel with hope for normality getting slimmer and slimmer. August 2021 however was bearer of good news and a contract for September 27 reached my mail box.
Today September 28th I am writing this post from my new home “Enchanted Princess”. A week of quarantine still separates myself to meet my colleagues and start together this new journey which will definitely be as challenging as ever and with an heavy hurt to think about all the other colleagues back home still unemployed.
To all seafarer out there, no matter from which company, my greatest sympathy, be strong……...WE WILL ALL BE BACK……Cheers Robby ....
