Sunday, May 19, 2013

Overboard

Getting used to the routine and waking up early now - rolling out of bed as soon as the alarm goes off, brushing and washing, pulling on the outfit, walking out to the garage, packing stuff, walking down to the harbor, pulling myself the stern of the boat instead of using the rocking ladder, cleaning and prepping the boat, the whole shebang
Pride in always being the first boat out of the harbor; probably one of the smaller vessels in the harbor, but no doubt one of the best
Breakfast - weet bix, bran flakes, peanut butter, milk; tea
Ally giving me a noogie; calling me his "little mate"
Two trips:
Two guys from Animal Planet
Doing data up top, talking to Gerald
Phone fell in
19 sharks! - very active day; lots of big ones, deformed ones, thrashers, jumpers, swam right into the cage, rammed nose in; all because my phone fell in, obviously
Second trip
Only volunteer on boat
Chumming with Jan
Ally hanging me off side of the boat
Coming back, eating lunch; Ally sees me eating an apple, which is actually his; apparently, I've been stealing his fruit ever since I've been here, and now he's got no fruit ("I thought it was disappearing quicker than I've been eating it")
Shark behavior lecture - learning about things such as 

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