Well today was a long work day! After getting 13 hours of sleep myself and one other senior tackled a huge painting job in what is known as the horseshoe. The rooms in the aft of the ship near the steering gear have a green deck leading to them, we had to chip, sand, scrub, and paint two coats on the decks all in one day. It was a long day but it felt good to actually get to work hard the whole day rather than standing around. I start watch rotation tonight, currently it is 2310 and I start watch at 2400. For the next five days I will stand the 1200-1600 and 2400-0400; it should be a fun new experience and I won't be getting a ton of sleep but that's okay. We had some sun breaks today which was nice and the seas have been super calm. We are chasing a low pressure system so in the next day or two the seas are suppose to get worse, up to 15 feet. Being up at this latitude sucks cause it is always cloudy or raining (kinda like home) I can't wait to be in Guam and the tropical weather. Well I am off to watch wish me luck.
Love,
V/R,
CDT Jonathan Anderson
Squad Leader, Division 6 MT
Corps of Cadets
California Maritime Academy
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