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lets see. not too much has been going on. two weeks ago i was suppose to go sailing for a week. that was a bust. we left forfar sat. after dinner and went to the docks. after getting settled in the boats we decided to go out and explore the night life of Freshcreek. we stopped by a bar and grill and talked for a little bit with people there. then we moved on to another bar called Dimes. and this place was dark. there was a DJ and the music was loud and awesome. the floor was totally open for dancing. we didn't spend to much time there. after Dimes we headed over to the popular Hanks. Hanks is a restaurant and then you walk along a board walk to the bar which is out over the water. and let me tell you what a night it was!! there was a group there celebrating someones birthday. also some Autech people were there so we got to meet some of the Navy guys. fun fun fun. we all danced for hours. it was so fun. after that some of us on Deja Vu, that is the name of the boat i was on, when we got back to the boat Tess and i wanted to swim so i jumped in with my shorts on and she got in her suit. LJ and Matt got in with us. we just swam around then climbed up on the dock and went to the rickety end and jumped off. i climbed up one of the pillars and jumped from up there and so did Matt i think. it was a lot of fun. the next day we waited around for the propane to come in. at about 1330 we set sail!! it was awesome. we motored out for a bit then put the sails up!! i will try to put a video up of it. then we just chilled! i layed out for a bit. we got to our anchor spot in a couple of hours and although the waves were 5ftish a few of us swam out to an oceanic blue hole we were near. the funny thing is the capt. told us that the waves that day were small!!! craziness. i thought that they were huge!!! any way. that blue hole was cool. i saw the most beautiful fish i have ever seen. it was jet black with a yellow tail and it had iridescent blue spots!! seriously the spots looked like they were glowing. LJ was the only other one who saw it. he also found a HUGE fire helmet!this guy was big. the shell was close to the size of my head! i also got a bunch of 6-keyhole sand dollars! and some shells. we found out when we tried to cook dinner that our propane didn't work. so we had sandwiches again... that night we all tried to sleep on deck cause it was such a clear and beautiful night. that worked well for everyone but LJ who was sleeping on the floor of the cockpit when the bilge pump decided to pump backwards and filled the cockpit with an inch of dirty water. needless to say he got a little wet. at about 3 tho it started to rain so everyone came inside. i had come in an hour earlier cause i was uncomfortable where i was attempting to sleep. it wasn't too bad sleeping in the salon. we had some cereal boxes for breakfast the next morning and some sun chips. we decided to head back to the dock to do some maintenance on the boat. we had sandwiches for lunch again. and after we went to Androsia. a place that you can only find here on Andros. it was cool. then we just chilled. went out again that night just to see what was what on a monday night. the next day we all worked on the boats. there was a list of things to do and we knocked the entire list out in one morning. and once again we had sandwiches. as well as for dinner the night before. but for dinner on tuesday we had a hot meal! i don't remember what it was but is was good! the next couple of days we just spent them at the docks cause the weather was too bad to go out and sail. we had some classes to learn what we were suppose to on the boats on land. one night we had a huge fire out on the beach. it was a fun party...it was fairly boring. everyday hoping that the weather clears up so that we can sail. finally on sat. the weather cleared and once again we headed out for the ocean. once we got the sails up Capt. Bob asked if anyone wanted to be at the helm and i shot my had up! i got to sail the boat!!! it was awesome!! after a bit passed the wheel off to someone else and layed down. i was starting to feel the waves and i didn't sleep much the previous night. lots of dancing that last night but not so much on the sleeping front. :] we went back to Forfar that evening and took the sailing test after dinner. bleh. i did really well but it was a confusing test. i got a 93!! and the highest grade..not that it matters..but hey its not everyday that happens in Malia world:] this past week we had our island resource management class. that was cool we went on some day trips took the test for it on Friday morning then on Friday after noon we went to the bat cave!! wow. that was sooooo awesome. even tho we were crawling through guano it was such an experience. we went down in this hole and then started our adventure. it was your basic caving and then we came upon the care where the bats all hang. we turned off the lights and just listened. oh and no worries we all had masks on. safety first! after spending sometime there we made our way back to the surface. i stayed behind a little to just stand in the cave and listen to the chirpings i guess it what you might call the noise that the bats make and there flutterings as they settled back down after being disturbed. it was so amazing to just be there. after the cave we went back to Forfar and ended up getting in the ocean cause the water was still off. something had happened and we didn't have water for an evening and a day. bleh no fun. so a bunch of us took our soaps to the ocean and took a bath that way. i had Brenda braid my hair cause that night we were going out to celebrate Halloween!! we went to Green Forest a research station about 15 min away. they have got a bar next to them and we partied there. it was lots of fun. i made the best 'bad decision' ever!! haha. only a few will get that. don't ask cause i wont tell. :] so. sat. we had the day off and the people going sailing this week left for the docks after dinner. now it is sunday night and i spent today wind surfing!!!! wow. it...it...so...much...FUN!!!!!! i loved it. it was hard and frustrating especially in the morning cause i didn't know how to steer at that point but the afternoon was better since we got to rest and then we were shown how to steer! so it got a lot better. man o man i love it. so awesome!! and Ryan is really good at it so it was fun to be able to watch him. oh and i got to see a water spout. it didn't connect with the water but we saw the top and where it would have connected with the water. it was sooo cool. i started to quote Twister..."Julia, I gotta go we got cows" haha well that is pretty much it. oh yeah i lost my voice a few days ago cause of a cold and now i sound all funny. and we had hot dogs and home made french fries for lunch!! yummy!!! i had a plate of bad food and a plate of healthy food. haha. people always ask where that food goes. i have no clue. i love to eat and it all tastes soo good!! o well. much love to y'all

random facts...
-Texas was its own country for 13 years.
-the original 6 Flags park was in Texas and it was called 6 Flags Over Texas.
-the 6 flags that have flown over Texas were/are the French, Spanish, Mexican, Texas, Confederate, and US
hum thats all i can remember now. i got a little history lesson one night. :] fun!

well night!
Malia

i can't get the video on here sorry. :/