Happy Tuesday! So, we are just shy of 72 hours from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, home for me and closer to home for most of the science team onboard. Transit has been slower than expected thanks to the North-Atlantic never needing a rest. There are so many small details, that add up to the whole about life at sea, that are not easily translated. What is impossible to convey is the feeling off being tossed around by the waves. You can't imagine how mighty they are, how small you are, until you feel the push and pull below your feet. You are as light as air one second and heavy as a rock the next. Seeing the waves rise far above the ship, as if they will swallow us up, eating while cups full of liquid fall on your lap, losing power in the shower, racing to get one leg in your pants before the next tilt of the ship sends you flying to the floor, sitting at your desk and ending up on your back across the room. Without a doubt, these are days on the ship that are the most frustrating, enjoyable, frightening and just indescribable; these are the days that lead to some of the funniest stories...when it is over!
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7/31/2018 10:25:13 am
It may be one of the most horrible and unexpected trip you have, but what matters the most is the impact it created for you. Of course, we all want thing to happen according to our favor. But there are just unwanted situations wherein we don't have a control over things and we tend to react violently. But do you know the right thing to do with this kind of situation, understand. Understand that things will never be perfect and there are just things that will happen no matter how much we try to avoid it.
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9/5/2018 01:01:56 am
There are certainly a lot of details like that to take into consideration. That is a great point to bring up. I offer the thoughts above as general inspiration but clearly there are questions like the one you bring up where the most important thing will be working in honest good faith. I don?t know if best practices have emerged around things like that, but I am sure that your job is clearly identified as a fair game. Both boys and girls feel the impact of just a moment?s pleasure, for the rest of their lives.
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