Setting sail

 I'm like a little kid some times.(well, most times)  I get really really excited about something and forget all the bad, uncomfortable things that might go with it.  It's amazing what my mind truly blocks out.  Today is the perfect example.  I've been so excited to sail to Sierra Leone.  Even when I found out it was a 3 week trip.  I  thought what a great adventure.  Even when the seas were rough for the crew on the way down to South Africa, I never gave it a thought.  See, I sailed on this ship before.  Two years ago I made the sail from Tenerife to Benin.  A beautiful 9 day sail.  Today we mustered (military speak for meet up) to be counted and declared on board.  Even then when the lines were tossed away and we began to leave the port  I was helping get lunch ready and completely ignoring the memories that began to come back to me.  Then all at once I remembered why last year I met the ship in Togo.  All at once it came back to me as the ship rolled from side to side and the only view out the window of the dining room was water and I thought we are going to tip over.  I love adventure, flying, jumping out of planes, kayaking down whitewater.  Any adventure will do.  However, today I don't like to sail.  I'm sure that it will be better tomorrow, when I can go outside and watch for whales, and dolphins, and enjoy the amazing view.  But for right now..... I'm going back to bed.