one more week until Norfolk!!!!


the seas are still rough as hell....12-18 degree rolls...thats alot for a flat bottomed ship to experience...today we were also pitching back and forth a few degrees....felt like being on a rollercoaster....side to side, back and forth......

BUT i still havent gotton sea sick! and thats what counts.

UPDATE!

so now we dont know how long it will be until we get the part. and it looks like we will be stuck in Rota for a few more days longer than expected.

which in turn might mean we wont be home like it was planned back in June.


but leave shouldnt be affected, so thats okay.


more details to emerge im sure....

okay. so the deal is this:

we need a certain part for some engineering thing. and we cant get underway without it.
yet, we dont actually have it.

so we have to wait until it arrives, then the engineers can install it, test it, and then and only then can we get underway and beat the storm.

but no one knows how long it will take for the part to get here, or how long it will take to install and test.

so its "standby" until then.

meanwhile the this storm is comin' in, and it looks real mean. its already drizzling outside...


but either way its about TWO weeks till Norfolk!!

interesting news.

the captain got word today a big storm is brewing up north from us. and in a day or so its suppossed to hit Rota. and its going to be BIG.

so the skipper wants us to get underway tomarrow morning instead of wednesday. now everyone is running around trying to get ready and tying stuff off so nothing goes flying around into people.

he says he expects us to hit 25-30 foot swells!! thats almost hurricane size!

this sounds like fun....

well. stuck in Rota!

why? the weather is too rough to set sail.

so we were forced to cancel our next port, and are now staying in Rota for a few more days.

sucks in a way, but at least after this we will be on our voyage home!!


i dont know.....it seems pretty nice outside today....

ahhh Rota, Spain.

the second-to-last of two ports left before Norfolk, then Home.


finally able to accomplish some online stuff i couldt do while on the ship. nice to get that out of the way.

weather here is nice, for it being the winter months. thats a first. better than the scorching heat of Iraq.

less than 22 days to go. Operation:Go-Time will be in full effect.

sweet.

finally made it through the Suez Canal.

just a couple more days until Rota, Spain...



and relaxation for a few days...

exciting news lately.

first off, the verdict is in: Suddam Hussein has been convicted of war crimes against humanity. hes sentenced to death by hanging. him and two other people; one of them is his half brother.
bout time.

more news: various politicians are coming out of the closet. and so close to the mid term elections. better now than never i guess...

also, ONE MONTH IN CRUISE '06!!!!!!!

very exciting news indeed.