Steel Beach Sunday
1615 – I feel like I got some really good sleep today but of course the true test will be at 0300 while sitting in my chair being rocked to sleep by the ocean. So I went out to the steel beach picnic this afternoon and it was ok. None of the people I knew were really out there so that kind of sucked as I just stood around and people watched. The food was pretty good though, we had pasta salad, baked beans, corn on the cob and ribs and BBQ chicken. I had the ribs which were good but supposedly the chicken was amazing. I hope there is some left over for midrats tonight. They did do something that I missed out on cause I was sleeping and that was Swim Call which is where they stop the ship and basically let you jump off the flight deck into the ocean, swim around the side and climb back on board. I was surprised they did it today cause the swells were pretty big but I guess a bunch of people did it. I think I will next time.
0045 – We had chili and ravioli for midrats tonight. I tried both and the chili was the more edible of the two. It was pretty good actually. All was fine until I went to use the head and discovered there was no toilet paper to be found anywhere. I guess they couldn’t spare a square for us.
0502 – I’ve been trying to do laundry all night, 3 washers for 300 people makes it pretty difficult though. If I can’t get a washer at 0300, 0400 or 0500 then I have no hope of ever getting it done. I managed to stay pretty well alert tonight, so I guess my sleep was alright. The real reason is because I actually had a few things to get done tonight which kept me busy plus unlike most of last week this has been a 12 hour watch and not 13 because of time shifting.
