18 July

Part three

After some more days spent waiting for the good weather to come back, we managed to hammer down the last few samples left in our scheduled and we finally sailed back to port, this time knowing that there would be now sailing back, knowing that we could finally leave this ship. Or maybe not. While anchored at port we received the awful news from BP ( the oil company and the client) that the next job scheduled for this ship was having few days of delay to get started, so they asked us, actually imposed us, to add another 22 stations to our scope of work and sail straight away to do the job. The mood onboard after the news has become terrible; most of the guys were already home with their families and had to come back, and everyone felt like a zombie again, trying to stumble through the shifts hoping to finish soon.
We started this last extra part of the job yesterday and we are working at the speed of light, which means that we could be done once for all by breakfast tomorrow. Finger crossed!
My initial plan was to take a couple of days after the job to go and visit a little village up in the Caucasian mountains, but unfortunately I won’t make it. My flight is booked for Monday and to be honest I am so exhausted that I would probably collapse somewhere on the way. Well, if I ever come back in this region…!
So, this is it, I hope whoever is reading this is fine and will see you soon, at some point!