Tonight was the Quoits championship of the KM1021 cruise (the 21st cruise of 2010 on the Kilo Moana). The staging bay was packed with spectators and they broke out the big speakers to blare some music. It was the battle from the Galley- the Sesame Street Gangsters (the head chef Shawn and the second kitchen assistant Carston) vs. the Pinoy Posse (the first kitchen assistant Donny and the science lab tech Kuhio). I guess there was a lot of tension in the kitchen today! At dinner, a special cake inscribed in blue frosting read "Congratulations 2010 Quoits Champs, Shawn and Carston" complete with sprinkles (this was two hours before the match began). There was also a picture of Shawn and Carston with the cake holding up some #1 hand gestures posted in the mess. By the end of dinner, the cake had been defaced to read "Chumps." But, the cake was correct, the Sesame Street Gangsters came out on top. Pretty fun to watch.
Today, I didn't do much other than be a fatty. I had a great blueberry pancake for breakfast, grilled cheese and tomato soup for lunch, and some fettucini for dinner. And I haven't even made it to the cake yet.
Really, otherwise I sat outside watching the water and knitted for about four hours. I was joined by Ernie, one of the OBS techs, for a couple of those hours and enjoyed some conversation.
Tomorrow is our last full day on the ship! Watch ends at 8 pm tomorrow night (just in time for this to be my last 8 pm to midnight shift!), and we are celebrating by having a BBQ on the upper deck of the ship (yes, they have a gas grill on board). As disappointing as this recovery has been, I will miss being out here. Going back to real life is going to be tough. Especially going back to northeast winter life. So I will try to enjoy my last day on the ocean tomorrow and prepare myself for two days of beer and beach time in Guam before returning to the frozen waste land that is the northeast.
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