Okay y'all I know I'm behind, so we're going to do a big catch up today. I counted and today is officially day 19 so I'm going to get back on track with my counting. When I started this blog I thought it would be a bad idea to list the day number in the title because I thought I would lose track. And that's exactly what happened, I know myself. But that means this post will be a bit of a brain dump just to get you caught up, so strap in. First we discovered that we had a stow

I just wanted sour candy but everything is weird here and I ended up with this guy Also SHARK!! It’s a white tip shark, and you can see a humpback farther in the background. Ignore all the commentary, we don’t have the official video yet.

Every time I think I'm done crashing out, I'm compelled to crash out again. ^^^That was going to be my entire post, but after reading everyone's very kind comments last post, I decided to be more thorough. Y'all are very sweet, and I miss my land people. It's a weird social thing out here. You are almost always with people; there's 56 people on board and it can be hard to find somewhere to get away. But it is also lonely, because all these people aren't my people. And since w

Alright y'all I'm ready to go home. I know it seems too early for the sparkle of exploration to wear off, but you all wanted an honest look into life at sea so I'll tell the truth. Everyone is cranky, nothing works, and a handful of people have absolutely no chill. I shouldn't be this cranky until day 17, but I didn't go outside a single time today and I don't remember the last time I pooped. And I'm breaking out. And we had abandon ship drills yesterday and I had to put on t

Today's the day, the tank is clean, and WE ARE GETTING OUT OF HERE. We (I say we, but I mean the deck hands) pulled up the gangway and today we hit the high seas. Well, we hit the high seas as long as we stay within 25 nautical miles of land because we have a broken gyrocompass. It's used for navigation, and not having one is technically a no sail item, but we make it work as we always do. Again I say we, but I really mean that the electronics technician has used the gyrocomp

It's almost time y'all, we leave bright and early tomorrow morning! We expect the seas to be really rough, so keep me in your hearts and know that I'm having a bad time. Here's a final glamor shot before we leave port: Science things are starting to happen. NOAA officers dove under the ship to fix the sound velocity probe, and I set up a microscope. One of us is more badass than the other, but I don't want the divers to feel bad, their work is important too. I've also been ru