Rescue!

It has been a little while though so much has happened!

Last night I saw Night at the Museum with Ben Stiller (I was about to put Afflack!)
Though I did not sit with Ben Stiller while I watched it. In fact I had a much better croud of close friends/family. It was Mei and her little brother Noah.

But before all that, I was scheduled to do maintenance yesterday morning.
I walked to the dock at the harbor in Lahaina and saw that there was none of my work crew there. Finally after waiting for a few minutes, on of the staff comes over to me and shows me that there is a boat that got stuck on the sand while getting out of the harbor. I looked and saw this fatty wide and long Whale Foundation boat way outside of the canal that they were supposed to use. They were practically in the break where there are surfers in the water.
So her and I went to the end of the dock where it was closest to the enterence/exit of the harbor and where the rest of the crew was. We just sat and made jokes about this company and captain because they are actually our competition!
Finally after a few minutes of jabbering, the coastguard (that has come full-fleet [2 giant boats, 5 little rescue dingies, and a HELLICOPTER]) came over to our captian of the Lahaina Princes and Maui Princess and asked for us to pull out this other boat from being stuck! So all 7 of us got on our old and insignificant boat compared to this one that was stuck and we rescued it! Yah for old, crappy boats!!

And then, two hours after we were supposed to start, we finally got to our boat out in the ocean and got to work. Maintenance was a pain in the neck. I had to crall in these little caverns of the boat where 1) there was salt build up underneith the bow where all of these lines were, and 2) behind the engines where it could fit all of about one person in. That second hole was the worst because I had to power wash all of the oil and gassoline and it was all in the air and I was breathing it all in. I can still feel it in my lungs. I don't think I have ever sweat that much either. I was soaking wet everywhere and that was before the power spray. It looked like I just came out of the water!

I have also been going to the beach and/or working. That morning of the last post, when I said I had that day off, well I lied. My boss called me shortly after that and asked me to work that night (Wednesday) because we had 109 people on board that night. That sucked my butt because I had to wait 10 tables and I only got $25 in tips over the three hours because I was a "walk on, walk off" person. But I think I am getting compensated for that night because I talked to the boss and she said that they weren't supposed to do that to me. I do only get $7.50 an hour anyway. It was the first mate JJ and this captain that hates me for some reason Crissy. She has a stick up her but or something because I am a good worker and everytime I work with her driving, she writes in her log that I worked less hours than I did. Again, I'm talking to the boss about that one. Piece of craps.

I might go to the beach again soon but before that, I am sending some postcards to peoples back home. Then I work tonight, tomorrow morning (boo for missing church), and tomorrow night.. along with the rest of the nights this next week. Then I have next Saturday off!

Peace to all,
Kristin