Sunset

The Final Stretch

I am waving good-by to Panama for the last time. We are on our final stretch of deployment with just two weeks left until we get home. Everyone is starting to get antsy, and my biggest challenge now is keeping everyone’s attention to getting the ship home safely, not home & family. Which is hard since that’s all I want to think about too.

Packages!

Thanks for the packages!

Everyone is already enjoying the magazines (thanks Rob, Jason & Presston!) and we’ve already started using the coffee.

Thanks Ma!

20 Days!

20 days until I’m home!

Bad Internet Connection Just Got Worse

So our extremely slow internet connection has now been cut in half. We went from 128 mbs (for the whole ship), to 64 mbs. No one knows why they did it, but that’s what we have for the foreseeable future.

In connection with this issue, please don’t send my any more pictures or attachments. They will only clog up what little connection we have. That also means that I won’t be able to post any more pictures to my blog or Facebook.

So Long Costa Rica

My last trip to Costa Rica is over, we are back underway continuing our last month of deployment.

Costa Rica is HOT!

I’m currently sitting in an outdoor bar in Costa Rica. My shirt is soaked and I can’t stop sweating. It is SOOOOOO HOT! Just a simple breeze right now would be such a huge relief! All we can do is drink beer to cool us off

One Month Left!

We’re down to the last month! Only 30 days left! Woooo Hooooo!

Facebook Connections

Again, Facebook amazes me. One of my best friends from high school (Squid, for those playing along at home) found me on Facebook. Using his list of friends I’ve been able to find a bunch of other people that I knew in high school. It’s just amazing being able to talk to people I haven’t seen in 18 or more years. Especially considering I’m in the middle of the ocean!

I GOT MY ORDERS!

I know have my orders in hand!

I still don’t leave until September, but at least now I can start all the paperwork.

This is starting out to be a very good day.