Hooboy, getting my ass kicked the last couple of days between the heat and the workload. Today and tomorrow too, looks like.
I'm still caffeinating presently, in preparation for the upcoming day. We loaded deep 2 days ago, pumped off about 2/3 of our cargo until about 1am today, and are headed back to load 1000 tons more right now... just a splash, only about 2 hours to load, but 6 hrs with papers, key meetings, swinging hoses and shenanagans. I'll be taking us into Bayonne NJ in about 30 mins, sail with the tide at noon, and alongside a ship about the same size as us nearby shortly after for the afternoon. If all goes right I'll sail us around dinnertime and hand off to B once we're underway to rest this evening.
Rinse, repeat tomorrow. Supposed to be 97 today, 98 tomorrow and much of the work will be out in the sun.
Crap. Maybe a little break midweek, as Wednesday I rotate into night watches for a few weeks so I don't put my head in the oven. The guy who seems to get skin cancer awful easy doesn't enjoy working in the sun all day. Imagine.
I live in Texas. With fair skin and used-to-be-blonde hair. Long sleeve T shirts and a brimmed mesh side summer hat. Summer is still spelled 'suffer' but in lower case now.
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