Location: Underway to Mauritius
good morning from 1814.74S 7126.16W!! mine, along with the rest of watch team threes day, began before the day at 23:30 for watch. While everyone aboard has their own opinions and preferences, I must say that from 00:00-04:00, watch it top tier; sleep before and sleep after you win just about every time. By the time lunch came around with Ava as head chef, our day finally started (for real this time). If you havent heard, our lovely oven is going in and out of consciousness, so today, our bagels turned to naan, just as the dinner rolls did yesterday. Recently, we have been extra thankful for propane! For everyone at home, please keep her in your thoughts and prayers because we desperately need her for Thanksgiving. Lunch was followed by oceanography and our very last kackie episode (nav master), which means the exam date is getting closer and closer. After class, watch teams two and three. They had some time before dinner to nap and get work done as watch team one was on duty. After dinner, we shared our appreciation and squeezed.
Every night in the middle of the sea, there is a sunset like youve never seen before, but tonight was extra special, spreading across the entire horizon. i walked up the main companionway to here drazka say i cant believe we live here, and i couldnt have said it any better. the days are long but the weeks are short has never been more true. At the beginning of this journey, we were told the passage would only ever be three days, and to be honest, I thought they were joking, but its now day eleven of the passage, and I still cant comprehend the thought that it hasnt just been three days. In this passage, Argo has seen some of my worst days and some of my best days, days of strictly tears and others of nothing but laughter. To describe this journey as challenging would be an understatement. But how great is it to have the privilege to experience hard things and grow from them? In leadership class, Allie has been talking about doing things we hate (with a lowercase H). How doing these things has been shown to grow the part of your brain that has been found to be larger in those who live longer. im not interested in living forever but i want my brain to young for as long as possible, i want to forever do hard things, see the world, and experience new cultures.
Doing things that are hard can be exhausting, to say the least, but that is what we are here to do; its what we signed up for. Even after the scare attempt during interviews, we all still said yes, lol. At the beginning of the program, Gabe said something that I think about every day when things get hard and I question my strength. He said there is a reason people dont sail like this anymore. They have electric winches and self-flaking sails. They stopped sailing like this because it was hard. You are doing one of the hardest things you can do, but you will walk off this boat knowing you can do anything because you did this. It is a privilege to be on agro, what we do here is hard but what she does is harder, carrying us across an ocean, breaking waves, rocking each and everyone of us to sleep at night. And there is absolutely nowhere i would rather be than tucked between my gumby suit and sail bag as she rocks with the waves each night. Lots of love to Mom, Dad, and Ellie. I miss you so much. Watching the eta to mauritius go down day by day brings me so much joy because then i get to call and fill you in on all i have learned, and its been a lot. I love you – Ainsley T.