Its name? Triaxus. A million dollar piece of data collecting machinery that gets towed behind the ship at 6kts moving up and down and up and down and up and down...a line on a computer screen...but I cannot fall asleep, because if it breaks from the program for one second....its claimed 3 jobs already...almost one job that wasn't even involved. Thankfully, watches were not staggered for us MT's and 3 heads are better than one rookie's guess and the result was the first successful Triaxus survey in a year! We are legends. I get to do it SOLO for the first time next week...should be interesting. No pressure.
Back here in Milwaukee...
My first paycheck went through! How exciting! I can take a deep breathe of increased financial stability...
...but I can't breathe TOO deeply. Today, with high winds from the south, the coal field/hill/mountain next door lost some of its product and as a result, it rained coal all day today. Hair, skin, eyes, throat. To recap: winds from east = sewage, south = coal rain.
We also filled the boat up with fuel for the first time since I arrived 3 weeks ago...at about 2/3 empty...the bill was $100K...our trip to Lake Erie and back accounted for $31K of that total. I'll just put that on my Mastercard....
Back here in Milwaukee...
My first paycheck went through! How exciting! I can take a deep breathe of increased financial stability...
...but I can't breathe TOO deeply. Today, with high winds from the south, the coal field/hill/mountain next door lost some of its product and as a result, it rained coal all day today. Hair, skin, eyes, throat. To recap: winds from east = sewage, south = coal rain.
We also filled the boat up with fuel for the first time since I arrived 3 weeks ago...at about 2/3 empty...the bill was $100K...our trip to Lake Erie and back accounted for $31K of that total. I'll just put that on my Mastercard....
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