A Quiet Sunday Afternoon

I have had my first quiet afternoon since joining and it has been quiet pleasant. Although I have plenty of work to be getting on with I thought that for once I would stay shut away in my sound proofed box all day. I must say I am feeling quite mellow now which is nice.

 

Well being Sunday we held our weekly church service and our numbers doubled today as four attended.  It is nice just to have that one quiet time each week to reflect on the world around us.  I do feel more at peace now than I have done for a long time and I think that is because I force myself to ensure I have at least 10 minutes of reflection every day.  I still find it hard as there are always so many distractions but I do notice now that if I don’t have my ten minutes I end the day far more stressed.

 

I spent a few hours reorganising the photos of the little ones on my computer so that when I get home I can make up a couple of albums. It is amazing how much they have changed over the last couple of years and I still can’t believe how small they were.  I just can’t wait to get into port in the middle of the month so that I can go on skype.

 

Well as always the news is depressing, it just seems constant violence everywhere and I often wonder if there is any hope for humanity or are we destined to wipe ourselves out, either by war or ecological abuse.  It is a shame that we are so violent as the world we live on is such a magical place and it doesn’t take much to remind us of this. Today I went up to the focsle to watch the flying fish again. They were amazing as they left criss-cross patterns ahead of us. The sea was as smooth as silk and so they managed to fly some phenomenal distances, I watched one and it must have gone at least 500m.

 

Whilst on the focsle I also saw something that I have never seen before, loads of crabs swimming on the surface. I was quite surreal for as we passed them they would wave their claws and it looked as if they were waving at us.  No doubt they were actually trying to swim for their lives away from this great big ship steaming towards them, but it did look like they were waving at us, it was quite funny really.

 

Well we are now starting our seventh week at see and it is going to be another busy week which is good.  It is far better for a ship to be at sea working I think as everyone seems happier onboard. Also I think by being at see the trip goes a lot quicker. Well I will write again later in the week and hopefully when we get into port I will be able to put some photos in my blog if I can get WiFi access.