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Down The Stairs

I found a new place to hang out tonight. Well, let me back up a bit. I'm sharing a stateroom with three people from Project Hope. So today when we had a fire and lifeboat drill, I decided to join them for the fire drill part. That meant going down to the Ward 4 area when the fire alarm was given. We then put on life jackets and waited for the lifeboat drill. At that point we went up on the flight deck and lined up in lifeboat assignments.

So tonight I'm back down here again checking some e-mail and trying to add some photos to the gallery. There are three computer workstations here, so having a second place to do some e-mail has been good. To this point I've been checking e-mail at the Information Technology Technicians office down in Hospital Admin.

I feel like I've been doing nothing but walking up and down stairwells the past two days--welcome to ship life. Today has been a very slow day, as we slowly steam towards Manta, Ecuador. Most of the day we cruised along at roughly 20 MPH, but this evening we slowed down to 12-13 MPH. My day has consisted of sorting digital photographs, reading, napping, standing at the railing and gazing at grey seas and cloudy skies, and eating three square meals.

Wednesday we'll be pier-side in Manta, and I hope that by late morning I can set up the GATR antenna on the pier and get on the network. Tomorrow is a preparation and set-up day for everyone, and then they start to see patients on Thursday.

Posted by David at August 14, 2007 07:35 PM