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Jennifer Hickey-Chief Mate (crew)

4/5/2018

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50 Things I Worry About
If we are defined as humans in part by the things we choose to worry over, let the following list be a window into the psyche of a Mate on a research vessel, and a portrait of a modern sailor in the style of Picasso.
  1. 200 pounds of the Chinese space lab landing “safely out to sea.”
  2. Hitting a whale, or a container full of rubber duckies bound for Walmart that’s fallen off a cargo ship and is floating a foot underwater.
  3. Rust in dark places
  4. Bedbugs, lice, dental problems and the flu
  5. Fishing gear in the thrusters
  6. Watching expensive science gear disappear under the bow
  7. Running out of floss
  8. Running out of bleach
  9. Running out of hand lotion
  10. Having enough good coffee, and the means to brew it
  11. Becoming a hoarder (see #6 through #9)
  12. How often will laundry need to be secured to keep science happy or make it through an in-port
  13. UFO’s
  14. Whether the Captain & Chief Scientist are getting enough sleep
  15. Whether doing this job means I’m not normal
  16. Whether I’ll be normal when I get home in 3 or 4 or 6 months
  17. Whether my cat will remember me
  18. Extra-Tropical storms that have no names and don’t make the CNN news feed
  19. Covert stashes of fireworks
  20. Ice that’s not in a glass or a cooler
  21. Whether my podcasts were saved after downloading
  22. Running backwards off the treadmill when the ship takes a roll
  23. Wire angle and the inevitable wind shift
  24. Stowaways
  25. Unreported harassment
  26. The Alien-esque eruption of my inner bitch
  27. The last time that yoga mat was washed
  28. Becoming complacent
  29. Losing socks
  30. Explaining binge-drinking and cigar-smoking to my physician
  31. Using the right words when speaking on the radio
  32. Blood on the gangway
  33. Under-keel clearance
  34. GPS spoofing
  35. Safe working load
  36. Clean pillows
  37. Staying fit enough to be useful
  38. Remembering how to do my job after giving it over to someone else for several months
  39. People who shun science
  40. Being shunned as an American in a foreign port
  41. The combination of a drunken sailor, a small boat and the pilot ladder
  42. Whether it’s possible to develop an allergy to blanket fuzz
  43. Unexplained itchiness
  44. Sudden, unexpected silence
  45. Sudden, unexpected noise
  46. Being late to watch
  47. Barnacles on the draft marks
  48. Balancing necessary ship’s maintenance with science activities
  49. Losing the plant in a heavy following sea
  50. How many Sharpies I can steal from the science party without notice

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