Heavy Weather

I had the ride of my life last night on this ship. So, we hit bad weather. The ship is currently on lock down, you can't go outside unless you are accompanied by someone and are wearing slickers and flotation. I wish I could put a movie on here of what it looks like outside, the ocean is certainly angry. I can't tell if this is worse than the typhoon we hit last year, but I think this ship handles the waves much worse. I don't think I got more than an hour of sleep last night because I was being thrown around in my bed. The sounds of water crashing and spraying outside my room didn't help either. I've heard gail force winds, and numbers over 40-50 knots. Pretty crazy.

Absolutely everything in my room was thrown from where it sat. My chair toppled over at my desk, along with the phone (that was fun hearing it smash and ring against the ground). I had to get up several times to run and secure some things, like my nalgene bottle and a can of air freshener that had gotten loose and was annoying clacking around in the bathroom. The rest I left where it lay, I'll deal with the broken phone and things that were on my desk that became dislodged later. I figure why put them back if they're just going to go flying again!

I am just very thankful I don't get sea sick. People are dropping like flies, but I think the verdict from McCall is to take medicine and it helps tremendously. Luckily I have a stomach of steel (knock on wood). Also, the internet satellite was down for a little while, but thank god it is back up or this shift would have been very very long. I will hopefully get some sleep after this, as it seems that the sea has calmed down a little bit.

That's the big news around here! Otherwise, the Salty Stitchers lost another game of extreme Quoits. It was pretty crazy in this weather. The staging bay where we play opens up to the outside so I could see the waves toppling and the ship pitching up and down in the background as I was trying to throw some ringers! But we had the best lunch to accompany this weather, grilled cheese and tomato soup! Mmm! I had to go back for seconds on that one. And for dinner, scallops and short ribs. McCall, Don, and I all gave into the carrot cake last night. It was worth it.

The video debut of "I'm on a Boat" occurred last night. We gathered in the nice lounge area with the big flat screen and laughed our heads off! They did such a good job with it! I also wish I had good enough internet to post it, because it is hysterical. I guess you'll have to wait until I get back! There is a great gangster shot of Don though, he has this hood tough look on his face that I never hope to witness!

Well, keep your fingers crossed that we've seen the worst of it! It is so much less fun being out here when the weather is THAT bad. Earlier in the day it was still fun, but last night, that just sucks. Not being able to sleep because you can lay still is quite a bummer. Hope you all out there are having better weather than we are!