Day Ten

Today was a bumpy ride! 

So bumpy, in fact, that we rode on past 3 stations today because it was to rough for us to be on deck, or to deploy our CTD.  Therefore, I managed to finish a book that I started yesterday! 

The slow day was probably good considering that it was very difficult to sleep with the ship bouncing around so much last night.  Those of you who know me know I can sleep through just about anything, but yesterday was definitely an exception!  I woke up at about 6am and had to wedge myself between the wall and my sheets to keep from rolling around.

I woke up and had lunch (which is the meal that happens to be available before my shift starts), and just *had* to have those mozzarella sticks they put out.  But soon after, I wasn't feeling so hot and experienced a bit of sea sickness (no, I didn't throw up- just nauseous).  So I went and laid down for about 45 minutes and that seemed to fix things.  I was fine the rest of the day, I'm happy to say!

I was luckier than some though - two of our crew were very seasick all day, and we had one scientist (the gal I am helping with net tows) fall out of her upper bunk, hit her head on the in-room sink, and hurt her arm.  I feel so bad for her, and I hope she is okay- we didn't see her all day. 

My roommate, Anna, got her hand stuck in a door and her fingers looked very swollen.  Luckily, she didn't break them.  Needless to say, we got a talk from the captain about safety first and to report any injuries.  They even told us to stuff clothes or anything under the outer edge of our mattresses to keep from falling.  Eeks!  I'm very happy to be on a bottom bunk.

I ran surface flow-throughs, as per yesterday, with intermittent interruptions to re-right chairs, equipment, and everything that wasn't secured when we hit big waves.  Our tech had to bolt the drawer shut by me because it kept slamming open.  I even had to bungee my chair to our lab desk to keep from sliding around! After all the chaos though, I joined some of our group watching old TV shows later in the evening. So I guess it wasn't all bad!

We reached Station #46 just as I was finishing my shift, but Yvan took over since it usually takes about an hour to deploy the CTD and bring it back up for folks to sample.

Hope that wasn't too boring for you!  I bet I will have more exciting things to write about (and take pictures of) once the weather calms down a bit! 

Fingers crossed for calmer seas!
Shea