Back from Walmart with groceries for meals until next Friday, except for all the ingredients to the lasagne that I forgot to put on the list. The lasagne isn’t until Tuesday, so I’m sure we’ll be shopping again by then ...
Cold and sunny. Pets are happy with sunbeams.
Trying to decide what to do with the rest of the day now that I’ve accomplished pretty much everything around the house I’d set out to do today. Have a trip out to the bookstore yet, though... I think they open in a half-hour.
I just got back from Walmart and the post orifice.
I got a freebie from Netflix...heh-heh-heh. Can’t use it, though, as it’s for first-timers.
Today it’s sunny, so I’ve ventured out of the rec deck to..do battle with evil forces, or something similar. Also, because the JOOD today threatened to toss me overboard if I didn’t shut up and go away. I think he may have a hangover.
Next week we are going underway for a few days, to see if the ship will blow up or crack in half as soon as we get out to sea. There will definitely be fire drills, and most likely an actual fire. I hope the weather holds up. Standing on the flybridge at two in the morning on lookout is more fun when it isn’t pouring rain. The Admiral’s..thing..went over well, I suppose. If it hadn’t we probably wouldn’t have gotten liberty this weekend, so..
In other news, I talked to another seaman today about standing my billets when I take leave. Turns out she’s going on leave earlier in March, so I’m going to stand her duty days and then when she comes back she’ll stand mine. This works out very nicely. Currently planning to spend a good bit of the day lounging around drinking coffee, and then I’ll go buy a calender and (if I find a good one that’s fairly cheap) a map of the world. My berthing doesn’t have one, and we need it to track our route(s) to parts unknown. After which, depending on time and weather, I’ll go get babaganoush at the takeout Iranian restaraunt on 1st and head back to the ship.
Today, being a pleasant day, requires music of the drinking and nautical variety:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtoTxzxK230&feature=related