1. The Azores were awesome! More to come - lots of photos! I pinkie swear... 2. Remember how I didn't have the harbor chart? As the Pilot was leaving his boat he stuffed our new chart into his jacket - first rung up the chart falls out the bottom and lands in the drink. We docked with no chart...

3. I slipped down the gangway when I was getting a fresh battery from the dock shack for their radio. I have a ginormous black on blue on my right butt cheek. Ginormous is an understatement...

4. It is in the high sixties out. After Mediterranean weather that feels absolutely freezing. The Engineers haven't adjusted the thermostat for lower ambient temperatures so the ships house is like an icebox. I'm sitting at my computer in sweats, a hoodie and am wearing my Uggs...

5. Today I walked up to the bow on one of my rounds. We took some spray over the bow - the only spray we've taken all day - and I got soaked...

6. My cactus finger is finally starting to feel better. I haven't watered the cacti since 'the incident' - is it bad when a cactus is wilting?

7. I had a lovely commenter inform me that the term 'coon ass' was a racial slur. To this I say, 'have you seen the show swamp people?!' because, one of my watchstanders informed me that he'd like to do that job too (and maybe even be on the show)....the only problem is that it's a really hard job to get because you have to start training when you're young. If we're not calling them coon asses that means we're calling them Americans - I'm not sure which is worse...

8. Disclaimer: Megan the Nautie Mermate has never been politically correct. Being a sailor has only amplified her loud, opinionated, obnoxious ways. *Also, it's important to know that being a coon ass has very little to do with being of a specific race and everything to do with being a red neck of a particular variety*

9. Now that I'm talking in the third person I think it's safe to say that I need to go take a nap...