The Full Monty

This post may not seem relevant to the bulk of you who follow my blog, but upon hearing the suggestion followed by the AH-MAZING name that was coined by one Emily Bishop, I decided a post must be made! 

Below you will find many, and I mean many, photos of Monty the dog. Enjoy! 

**DISCLAIMER**

If you don't care about Monty the dog (and have no soul...) you should stop reading now. It's seriously all dog from here down. 

Jamie, logging those dog love hours. 

This is Freeland. Monty is his dog. Oh and the boat is actually Monty's, he's just letting us use it. 

She just loves that dog!

So majestic. 

He's barking orders at us!

That's a cover photo waiting to happen. 

Ohmygoodnesslookhowcuteheis!!

Check out that blue tongue!

It's blue because he licked the color off his nose. True story! (Not really though....)

D'aw...

Always the center of attention. Smh

Happy pup!

Hey look! It's me! I have so much dog love to give!

That looks comfy...knot. 

Checking the sail and whatnot. 

Loungin', you know, like a gangsta do. 

Uh oh, he's serious now guys. Where the heck did the put his bone?!?

He's got a fun side too! 

Whup, he's back in business. Gotta make sure we don't get boarded by pirates!

I can't get over that tongue, so cool!!

Smiling pup again! 

Hope's loving the dog too! He's so lovable!!

This guy knows how to take a photo!

He was sniffing for crab leftovers whilst waiting for the boat. Silly dog!

He sure loves his hugs! 

I would like to credit Hope Goodrich for taking all of these photos. Amazing job Hope!

So I'm in the works of writing a huge post about this past Saturday when we went sailing and swimming do don't give up on me yet! 

I'm also planning one about all my class/shipmates so you can get to know them too! 

Oh! And I'll be writing another about an in-depth look at my classes so y'all will know exactly what the heck I'm doing over here. Peace!

Sailing, Swimming and Sun: Why last Saturday was one of the best days ever

**DISCLAIMER**

This post is very picture heavy so if it loads slowly, that's why. 

As the title proclaims, this past Saturday was one of the best days so far of my adventure on the east coast. 

The day started out with a lovely B house (-2 + Farley from C house) bike ride down to Woods Hole, MA to have breakfast at Coffee Obsession (because Pie in the Sky was packed!). The ride is easy enough and it was just beautiful outside: hot, sunny and just enough wind to keep you cool. 

The boys posing for a picture mid-breakfast. From left to right: Daniel, Freeland & Farley 

Daniel decided to read us all a story and Keven was extremely interested!

Daniel being a gentleman letting me use his umbrella, I don't know why everyone found this so funny...

After breakfast we walked around town, browsing the local shops and visiting all the gift shops we could find. Farley was in search of a cribbage board but was not fruitful in his quest. 

After a few hours in the town we decided to head back so we could go swimming when someone coined the idea of going sailing and swimming! It was decided and we left for the dock; except for Farley who went to Martha's Vineyard instead. 

About a half hour later we got to the docks and before too long we were on the water. Again we were on Freeland's Cape Cod Cat Boat sailing on Waquoit Bay.

Below are just some of the pictures from our outing. So. Much. Fun. 

We eventually parked the boat at Washburn Island and headed towards the marsh down the way. 

We did a little crab hunting, cute little buggers!

We went back to the boat and swam around a bit which then led to a rousing game of chicken followed by some handstand contests and finished up with the best water game, Marco Polo. 

Although I am here for academic reasons, it doesn't hurt to let loose and have a little fun every now and again. Saturday September 14th was one of those days and I'm so glad we were able to create those wonderful memories and bond in such an amazing way. 

Again I would like to give photo credit to Hope Goodrich. Thanks a lot Hopey-Hope!

 

Maps and Mosquitos

Dear all, 

There are two things I would have loved to have been warned about in regards to the east coast. One, the Mosquitos and two, the humidity. 

I have more mosquito bites than I care to count; on my legs, arms and most unfortunately on my upper right breast. Now that may be a little TM,I but it's seriously the worst. It's almost as bad as the two on my new tattoo...fucking Mosquitos. I hate them so much...

As for the humidity, it's not always present, but when it is, it's terrible. I am not used to sweating all the time and it just makes me feel so fat! I know everyone else is sweating too, but my body issues just exacerbate everything. 

Of course, things haven't been all bad. In fact, other than those things mentioned above, everything has been wonderful. I do miss my hubby and pups, but I am so excited to be learning nautical science to prepare me for my voyage! I took some pictures to show you all what piloting and plotting courses looks likes, I think it's pretty cool but I'll let you decide. 

An up close picture along with the tools of the trade. 

This map is huge, this is probably half of it...Again, this picture shows tools and my pencil (another important tool).

Our Captain and a classmate (Freeland) standing in front of our model ship discussing specs and whatnot. 

The model of our ship. I'm so excited!

A few close up pictures. I'll make sure to take pictures of the real thing as well in October when I board! 

Dorm Living at its Finest

Being married has its positive attributes, but unless you go to the same school as your spouse (which isn't true for me) you don't really get to experience college life in all its glory. For example, I've never lived in a dorm and I've never been to a college party which means making friends hasn't been easy for me. Sure I'll  make a few each term, but as soon as we don't have class together our friendship usually dissipates. It's sad, and I wish it weren't true, but I'm never too broken up about it mostly because of the fact that I have a family waiting for me at home. The companionship I have with my husband is usually all I need, but it's always nice to have friends. 

So far at SEA I've made about 18 friends, my entire class. They're all so great and we really do get along quite well. I know we'll do just fine crammed onto a 134' boat. 

We're entering our second week (1/6 of the way done!) and everyone is gearing up for our exam this Friday. You might think that's a little fast to already be having an exam but you're basically taking three classes in 6 weeks, so things move pretty quick. 

Everyone around here is hard at work, including these two, Emily (left) and Jamie (right) who (I think) are reviewing for their first exam. 

These two boys aren't excluded from the work-doing either. Well, Daniel (foreground) may be working on his own stuff but Keven (background) is reading one of our many assigned books. 

Everyone is pretty serious about their work; they know that if they fall behind now they'll be lost once on ship. I like that a lot about this group. No one wants to slack and that's something you don't find regularly in college students. 

All in all I'm enjoying myself tremendously. I did get a little sad today though when Skyping my husband, Gonzalo, because I miss my pups and they're looking pretty sad lately...I'm just hoping that they're alright and I just have to take comfort in the fact that he's loving them a little bit extra for me.