Day 46

46 is a very random number, I've decided.

BUT GUESS WHUT~

Now, this may not excite you, but this made me spazz when I heard it.

So, I am a nautical archaeologist-in-training. That means in a few years I will be scuba-diving around sunken ships and recovering artifacts, that sort of thing. I have no idea how I ended up doing this. I started out wanting to be an opera singer... I think I'm pretty good, actually. Kai and Vad, feel free to corroborate this statement just so I don't sound like those people who think they can sing, but can't. But anyway, I digress.

There's something that's incredibly beautiful about a sunken ship. Under a hundred feet of water, a person can look around and see nothing but this blaring blue of the ocean. And the sea floor in its gentle slope... but there's something that shouldn't be there. It's too uniform. And it just sits there in the sand and muck, sometimes with the masts still pointing skyward... Sometimes it still looks like it's moving, sailing through the sand. And even though it's dull brown compared to this amazing blue, you can't tear your eyes away from it. At least, that's what I think.

In class, we've not gone over sunken ships yet. We've gone over ships found in the desert. How is this possible, you ask? Well, take the Khufu Boat. It was found in one of five boathouses by the Great Pyramid. Upon examination, archaeologists realized that it wasn't meant to go in water! It was a funerary craft to carry the Pharaoh across the river Styx and into the afterlife. It's a wonderful ship, over 150 feet long. But this is a digression again. Sorry.

Pretty soon, we'll go over something called the Jesus Boat. It was found in the Sea of Galilee, and it's called the Jesus Boat because of the time in which it was built, in the lifetime of Christ. Got knowledge on the J-B? Good. Moving on.

Mom has this friend, who has another friend, who is a nautical archaeologist. AND GUESS WHAT HE IS WORKING ON! AND MOM'S FRIEND SAYS HE'LL GET HIM IN TOUCH WITH ME! I CAN TALK TO A GUY WHO IS WORKING ON THE JESUS BOAT!

*spaz moment*

Anyway, I should be leaving pretty soon. Just thought I ought to share the awesomeness. Bai.