Library computers to the rescue

I have successfully survived my first day, which consisted of a good bit of general and safety orientation, and trying to pin the correct names on all these new faces while not tripping over anything.
A good day, in short. We went aloft, which was thrilling and not as terrifying as it was a few years ago at Jamestown, even though I believe it was higher today, though only to the fighting top, 40' or so up. That was fun and I look forward to doing it again; the thought of going higher is both terrifying and glorious, like many things I think. But generally the terror isn't as strong as the glorious bit.

I've been assigned to the "Charlie watch", hammock and sea bag number 20. I'm still trying to figure out who else is in my watch and in the others, professional crew versus other "neophytes" like myself, etc. It's good though, everyone is friendly, open and quick to embrace new crew members it seems, which is helpful when one is standing alone trying to figure out how to contribute to the sudden flurries of activity. Anyway, it's all good!

Since there's a swanky dinner going on on the ship now, crew was dismissed to hang out "elsewhere" which for me means the library, of course. I'll have to get a card tomorrow, but for now I can use a visitor pass and it's all good.

Tomorrow is a day sail, so I get to see how things go in earnest. Thankfully I've been able to understand most of the things told to me so far, but it's just a lot to absorb all at once. I'm really looking forward to the rest of the month though. :]

Tonight before dinner we even had a bit of a jam session, some of the other crew members play guitar and harmonica so we played a few tunes which was lovely. Tomorrow a banjo will be coming, which will increase the number of songs we can play together as well, so that will be simply grand. I'm glad I brought both fiddle and concertina, even though they make my pile of stuff look ridiculously huge.

I still need to pack my things into the berth deck, but I 'spose I'll do that tonight when the dinner is over and we're allowed back on.
When I leave the library I'll probably head back to the crew's lounge and read some, listen to music, visit, whatever. A bunch of the crew is going out to a movie, and some to an amusement park, neither of which interest me very much, being the oddball that I am. Some nice quiet time will be appreciated too however, I haven't written in my journal for awhile, and I'd like to read a few more chapters of Hornblower......

Well I'm going for now, further reports in the offing.