Monday, May 14, 2012

Rolling Along


Friday, May 11, 2012


Today, drowsiness continues when I’m not in the library as a side effect of the anti-seasickness medication I am taking as a precaution. I see cadets having classes outside on the deck, standing watch, and doing their homework. The routine is becoming like clockwork.

Cadets also have the tendency to line up not just during the daily formation, but also queue for the meals, to the sick bay, to the barber, to do extra duty… all is very orderly.

The workout videos are proving to be a phenomenon. Every day, several cadets bring their laptop down here at different times, and groups of cadets – both male and female - dance and exercise to the energetic video personalities and rhythmic music.

The waves have picked up and the ship has been rolling quite a bit (yet the line out the sick bay is steadily decreasing, which is good news). Tomorrow we expect to hit a storm. We are all patiently waiting for the report from our NOAA weatherman, Tim.

As we steam along to the Azores, please note that mail can be forwarded to the following address and will be picked up once we reach port:

[Name], c/o T/S Empire State
 c/o Martin Lezaola
 C.M.J. Rieff & Sons, Ltd.
 Av. Infante D. Henrique 6-1
 9500-762 Ponta Delgada
 Sao Miguel, Azores
 Portugal


Your ship’s librarian,
Kimmy

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