Musings of Cabin Fever

Sometimes I feel like a little kid at the dinner table. 

"I'm full, can I be excused from Alaska now?"

"Not until you finish a little more of your contract dear." 

"But I don't want to finish my contract, it's cold and smells funny!"

Sometimes I feel like one of those dogs that dreams of chasing rabbits and fetching sticks. You know, the ones that dream so vividly they move their legs while napping on their rug? 

Except I dream of racing triathlons, I'm sure I'm spinning my legs or at least giving a few good free-strokes every night in my bunk. 

Today was exciting! We could actually see land from our fishing site! 

Fruit is dwindling and all the veggies are gone, except the iceberg lettuce.  Last night I felt extravagant having a bushel of grapes AND and apple.  Luckily the laundry cabinet of chocolate bars never seems to run low or go bad. And neither does the thin mint ice cream, with real thin mints in it! It's amazing. I'm learning a new level of self control, far too slowly for my own good though. Come to think of it, maybe I'll go do a little "workout" with my resistance bands and a heavy book used as a weight for squats! 

You know you've been in Alaska too long when you're sick of eating snow crab. 

On the plus side I saw a Laysan Albatross today. They're probably my favorite bird up here,. They're huge! And that's coming from someone who hangs out with bald eagles all day in port, which by the way are scary and totally NOT afraid of you. The Laysan albatross look like they're wearing a massive amount of eye shadow and liner.  I'll post a photo when I get some better connection. 

That's all I can think of right now. The constant sloshing on open water turns my brain to mush after a while. I'll post again when I can!