Gross post ahead: not for those that don't like bugs! Alrighty well here we are - out in the middle of the Pacific and it IS the month of spookyness and too-much-sugar-ingestion so naturally I stumbled into some bad luck! I got LICE!!!! In all of my 23 years I've managed to avoid the nasty little bugs that have recently taken up their unwelcome residence on my head. BUT ever the optimist - I went to the ship's medic and we are combatting the problem head-on! HAHAHAHAHA At any rate, moving on, another American on the vessel and I are trying to plan a Halloween celebration on the Launcher because we have SO MANY TOOLS at our disposal to make some of the coolest spur-of-the-moment Halloween costumes EVER!!! Additionally, there is a little "shop" where sweets can be purchased on the vessel - so basically it's gonna be the coolest Halloween on the high seas (and quite possibly one of the only Halloweens on the high seas but it's chill)!!! Today I am feeling really thankful for the day and age we live in - I have been able to call my mom whenever things have been overwhelming (read I GOT FREAKING LICE THREE WEEKS INTO MY CRUISE!!!) and she's always been there with a song when I've been low, the most recent being about gross bugs crawling all over me...but it's the thought that counts <3 and I guess hearing her voice helped me laugh about it a little harder than I would have before. Sorry about the gross post for the day but THIS IS THE REALEST THING TO HAVE HAPPENED OUT HERE SO FAR! Welcome to the wonderful world of working and living and staying on boats! Happy Spooky Month!
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