South Carolina

February 16, 2004, 13:05

I am now in South Carolina. It has been a long trip aboard ship so far. I can't wait to get back to B-bay. The thing I don't like about this port is that it is so close to home yet so far away. I wish I could be in North Carolina right now. I miss my dogs, my friends, my room, my family, and whatever else you can think of I miss. If y'all read this, I would really like to hear for you. I am feeling very lonely right now dispite living with over 400 males...lol... not that they matter.

If I sit back and reflect on my journey so far, I would first like to make note to the sea. It is soooo blue!!! I learned in MSEP class that it is soo blue because there are no plants in such deep water so there is no photosyntisnopsdnp going on... hehehe I could never spell. I did my bowline, beckt and square knots in 19 seconds and I can even do then behind my back.

Shannon...you would have been having so much fun with me. The waves would get so high that when you were walking around on ship you would almost float at some points, then you would get sucked to the floor. You would be walking and going...I'm light as a feather light as a feather...now I'm stuck to the floor...hehe...Lets see.......OH!

The second day in aruba, Second division had to work on the ship. They dicided that they were going to check how the life boats were working. So, they made all 70 of us get our life jackets and go to the life boats. We pilled in like sardines in a can (there really is no leg room in those things) and strapped ourselves in. It was soo hot in those lifeboats and lets just say that I was not feeling good that morning from the previous evenings festivities...lol..Those life boats feel like the drop zone when they are lowered.....no...no...I didn't throw up...but I felt like it. Then I had to climb out of the life boat and up the side of the shp on a rope ladder. When we did this drill again in another life boat...the people who took the gripes off accidently tided them to the rail, so when we were released from the lifeboat...wham...we were hanging in the air crooked...then because of our angle when they finally did realse us we slamed into the ship 3 times before we hit the water.....wow...

Well..I am ready to go now, but I thought that I should share some of the things that are going on with me. I hope y'all are taking care and I can' wait to see you again!