Weds 15 Sept 2010

Latest word on the stre...errr, ocean is that we are going to be in port somewhere about 30 minutes out of Barcelona. I will definitely make the trip to visit the aquarium at the very least. Dan says the nightlife in Barcelona is top-notch so we will probably go out at least one night to take that in.

Dove in the tank today to pick-up and rearrange some corals that had fallen over. As soon as I was done, dried off, tank hatch closed with the system back up and running, I walked through the dining room and looked in the tank to see another coral had since fallen. Ugh. It's ok, it at least fell right side up so I'll fix it Friday if I decide to dive. It depends on when we leave for port. I'd rather not dive while we are in transit.

We had sushi for lunch today and it was incredible! One of the guys joked that I needed to go do a head count of the fish in my tank.

Last night I finally got around to creating an account on the website called livemocha.com. It's a community based language teaching site. I have finished my first Italian lesson and I know how to say "the building is not blue." That should be useful when I go to Italy. It's cool because, like Facebook, you can connect with alot of different people from all over the world and they can comment on your progress and you can comment on theirs. So, I have to write sentences then I submit them, somebody reads them and makes corrections and sends me comments. In return, I can correct and comment on other people's submissions. You can also do voice recordings and submit those for comments. I have gotten alot of positive comments on my speech, and my accent. It's a great idea and I'm so glad I heard about it from James and Joyce, the folks who so graciously rented me a room in their house this past summer.

Oh, and on a positive note, I think I may have gotten the whole eReader thing figured out. I finally got a useful email from one of their help representatives. It's about time.