Panama.

Nautie Friends,

I just wrote a really long post on my phone. It's gone. All that typing on the tiny keyboard for nothing!

Here's a picture of some cargo ops - hopefully I can recreate my work of pure genius when I'm back at sea.

I'm approaching my final days of shipboard life for the next little bit. That normally means total crunch time.  Because you know....procrastination.

I may be scarce but fear not, I'm going to bed dreaming of glasses of wine in the evening followed by lazy mornings.

Here's to channel fever!

xoxo

Megan

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M.L.I.S.W :: Scrubbin' Turds

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It doesn't matter that my last M.L.I.S.W was about poop does it?  I mean....poop is funny. 

I went into the head the other day and there was poop all over the toilet.  I quickly closed the door and ran up to my own room to use the loo.

I went in the same head again yesterday and there it was. The same smear of poo.

I was so grossed out that I got on my gloves and scrubbed the crusty turds from the side of the bowl.  I mean, apparently Chief Mate Doodies are all encompassing.  (see what I did there?)

...but as I was scrubbing I got thinking...how does one actually poop on the rim of the toilet bowl?  I mean it had been established before that there may be someone onboard with a bum like a cat.

...and then I realized...it kind of looked like someone pooped their pants and then shook the turds out into the bowl.  Don't you agree? 

I should have been pissed that I was scrubbing crusty turds...but I was just having so much fun thinking about someone pooping their pants that I couldn't be too mad! 

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sweating my tatas off

I woke up hot.  Like gross sweaty hot.   

I quickly came to the conclusion that the AC was down.   

If this was day one I'd think, 'Oh Shucks.  The Engineers will get it fixed quickly I'm sure!'. 

This unfortunately is about day one ten.  All I could do was whine, 'I'm haaawwwwt....'. 

Sweaty tatas mean one thing and one thing only. 

Iced coffee is a must. 

iced coffee in a mason jar

Link Love :: Sunday Afternoon Special

On ships Sundays sacred.  No crazy hard work - no unnecessary drills – maybe some yummy food (if you know, you have a Steward who can open a can and season its contents) – maybe some overtime gimmes.

If you ask me, Sundays are designed to slow us down.  They’re good for reading books.  They’re good for church hymns. They’re good for impromptu picnics.  They’re good for hangin’ with the fam.

They’re good for lazing around the interwebz….

How about some link love? 

This is important.  Stay organized sure...how about use this one blog post to change your life forever.  It will be my template for assessing priorities this next vacation period. 

Do you love Instagram as much as I do?  Doubt it.  Have you heard of stickygrams?  They are worth checking out if you're an instalover.  Here's an example of some cool stickygrams with a coupon!   

Joy the Baker compiled a book list and obviously we love this. 

Callie's Mariner interviews this chick.  She's basically the bomb - I read it and all I could think was, 'will you be my friend too?!'. 

Cats that look like Pineapples.  A photo is worth a thousand words. 

If I was home I'd be labeling it as such by making this mat .

I love HONY.  Like...L-O-V-E LOVE it.   His book has made it to #1.  Rock on Dude.  He posted a thanks with his first ever 'people photo'.  There is something so nerve racking about asking to take strangers photos (I get tied up in knots doing it when overseas) - but he's turned it into an art.  You can read more here.

Adventurous Kate agrees with me that Korea is a tough cultural nut to crack. 

To say that I looked EXACTLY like this little girl is a gross understatement.  She could be totally be my doppleganger. 

Someone who agrees me on cloudy sunrises...and cloudy people. 

BEST read of the week:  There Are No Islamic Terrorists.   

A Poem written by Anne Frank. 

Lastly, I've gotta link to myself.  Cause you know...I have a fancy new site.  The RSS feed seems to be slightly more complicated than usual.  You should be able to use this link to paste into your feed reader. 

First chart with land on it in weeks.

First chart with land on it in weeks.