A day filled with drills

Hi all,
So yesterday was a day filled with drills. Because it takes us close to three days to get to French Frigate Shoals (our first destination) the crew filled our day up with all sorts of emergency situations. We had a fire drill, an abandon ship drill (I wish I was allowed to take a picture of my in my survival suit because I looked totally ridiculous), diver emergency (I played the victim and was strapped down to a body board with the strongest Velcro in the world and my crew practiced carrying me around), and a man-over board drill. The man-over board drill was actually quite exciting (as crazy as that sounds) because one of the crew members grabbed a life vest and literally jumped off the ship to see how quickly we would respond. Imagine sitting down next to your dive locker and seeing a man grab a jacket and jump off a giant ship... After partaking in the drill, you could see how easy it is to really get lost at sea. The crew member drifted away from the boat very very quickly and even with a bright orange jacket on and practically no waves it was hard to see him. Needless to say I won't be leaning over this ship anytime soon unless I purposefully want to get into the water. But, the coolest part of yesterday for me was at night. There is a very small gym on board for people to work out if they feel that diving and carrying tanks all day is not enough exercise. There are also 2 stationary bikes outside on the main deck of the ship. I decided that I wanted to go for a "ride". Imagine biking at night with the cool trade winds blowing all around you, not a cloud in the sky, millions of bright stars everywhere, and in every direction you look, you are surrounded by dark blue water.... Probably the best workout I have ever had in my life....
Today we were suppose to have a travel day as well, but because the weather has been so good we are making excellent time. We are arrive at French Frigate shoals this afternoon! It looks like I am going to get to snorkel around the atoll for the afternoon and look for "buried treasures", well maybe not treasure, but artifacts from ship wrecks. I am going to bring my camera so maybe I can show you some pictures this evening!
Until then,
Nyssa