Day Seventy-Six

29 October 2006
Today has been a nice duty Sunday. Church was good. Brunch was good. I relaxed all afternoon so that I can stay up late tonight. I ran on the flight deck for the first time since the weather had turned hot many weeks ago and watched a beautiful sunset while I ran (and walked for most of it—those darn side-aches!). I then ate dried fruit and nuts and a Tai rice noodle bowl (which I bought from Trader Joe’s before I left home) while I watched Cars on TV. Funny movie! I am now watching football (Atlanta and Cincinnati) waiting for the Broncos to come on. I think it will now be about midnight since daylight savings was this weekend in the states. That is why I am staying up late tonight. It will be fun to watch—worth tomorrow’s sleepiness!

This week, we ended up leaving our prior tasking at night to head to another area of the gulf due to terrorist threats on other oilrigs (the whole story was apparently in the press this past Friday). Val and I were watching some Scrubs episodes when our captain came over the 1MC that night to tell us the new plan. We were both very surprised and praised God that we were a pilot and a doctor so that we could continue our Scrub’s watching and not rush around to completely change plans and get the ship moving again. Lots of work! Tonight the captain came over the 1MC again. I was transiting the p-ways (aka passage way/hallway) to go to the wardroom to get ice for my knee (it is not a big fan of running on steal, but sometimes it doesn’t get the choice) and many people were hanging out of their rooms and offices to listen to him. Was this finally the news we have all been waiting for? Are we going to be extended or not? He ended up not having any new information on our schedule. Here’s to waiting some more! Today might be our second halfway point, but no one is celebrating. Ha!