Location: Dominica
Yesterday I saw a fish and three crabs. It was great, so great I didn’t think it could possibly get better. And then it did, when today I saw so many fish I lost count at 23. Possibly thousands of fish. Also, none of these fish bit (yesterday’s fish bit my foot (illustration attached) which was upsetting, and a little heartbreaking because I thought we had a bond, and it was my bad foot. Anyway, today, February 6, 2026, we embarked on our greatest journey yet, a claim I do not make lightly, though it has applied every day so far. We (the inexperienced divers) (in addition to the experienced divers) took on the immense challenge of our first deepish dive, to 80ft, or 100ft, depending on whose diving. Obviously, I called it at 80. Also, it wasn’t the first deep dive for the experienced divers, just to be clear. This was an absolute blast and was way more fun than I expected, also conveniently where I saw most of my daily fish, and all of the fish you might recall I mentioned having counted earlier. Shout-outs to SkylAr (better Skylar (according to Skylar)) for being a great dive buddy and broadcasting the fact that I was pounding my dwindling air supply a little too hard to the relevant authorities, and to Martin for expertly rescuing Jonas from a compromising underwater situation.
Having narrowly escaped our first big kid dive with our lives, we returned to Argo to undergo the day’s true greatest challenge. Class. First, with Prof. Aidan’s leadership class, which has already transformed me into a better leader for a brighter future, and then with Dr. Nacho’s oceanography class, which I found riveting, even though Sarah fell asleep during it. We finished our day with a bomb Hawaiian dinner, chef Sydney and her underlings, Nacho, and Skyler cooked up, now commonly agreed to be our greatest meal at sea so far, capped off by a super cool story about Nebraska from Jonas. Argo will be quiet tonight, our crew has a bad case of the snoozies after 2 days of bright early (6:40) wake-ups and long busy days. Mercifully, tonight we get to sleep in until 7:45. Shout out to Ruby, who just walked in; if you are Ruby’s family, she is still alive. Anyway, I have to go to more classes now. I never thought being in school would involve so many classes.