Barbeque at Sea

-32° 19.923' W by 38° 23.375' N. Course: 87° Speed: 16.6 knots

We are now a day from raising the Azores and once again we must roll our
clocks ahead by one hour. This is the equivalent of jet lag mixed with a
healthy dose of Chinese water torture. The librarian replacing me in
Dublin has it made since he will mostly have to set his clocks back for
additional sleep – I also know he’s been following this blog so :P to
Richard. ;) To make matters worse, we believe that all of the ship’s
emails are going out and being received, but we haven’t received a packet
all day.

Anyway, today was our first Sunday at Sea which means we had a barbeque
for lunch and dinner. Probably four pigs and two cows died for me so I
can gut load myself on their genetically twisted flesh… It was delicious.

So the students have off for Sunday at Sea which means there is much
leisure activity aboard the good ship “Empire State VI.” This includes
people sunning themselves on the deck, and playing games such as dominos
and football (on their PS3’s). The students are definitely getting
antsy to hit the first port and many of my visitors (which is well over
100 per day now by my latest count) want port information and things to
do.

As for me – I am working, though I could really do with a day off. I
can’t wait to get to shore. I believe the librarian last year had said at
some point, the ocean is really beautiful to look at, but when you look at
it day after day after day it gets dull. It is also a bit like a
“Groundhog’s Day” phenomenon since there seems to be no division of time
or space for that matter. It is just an endless ocean that goes on and
on. The only reason why I know I am writing this on Sunday is because my
calendar says it is Sunday, nothing in my schedule would tell me it is
Sunday otherwise.

That's all for tonight!

Fair Winds and Following Seas,
Joe