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It was probably almost an hour before we finished our “give and take”. No one seemed upset at the end which was a good thing – with some of the things we were giving each other, I thought that one or two of us might get upset.
“Here are your watches, Brett, Tullia, and Bruce.”
I jumped up and walked (quickly :D) over to Katie.
“Thanks.”
She grinned at me as she handed me my watch. I put it back on, glad to have it back. It’s very unsettling, not knowing what time it is. I glanced at my watch, happy to be able to do something that I used to take for granted.
It was one in the afternoon!
Well, that explained why I was hungry. I had only eaten oatmeal, a bagel, and an orange the day before, and I hadn’t had anything to eat since I went to bed the night before. It couldn’t have been after eight… I had slept for over twelve hours? More like fourteen or sixteen, actually.
I laughed as I realized how much sleep I had gotten. At home, that would have been a ridiculous amount of sleep. On my course, I figured that it would just count towards the night before when I had only gotten three hours of sleep.
“So, who’s hungry?”
We all turned to Katie as she pulled the lid off one of the pots. Inside was a bunch of food that looked familiar, and not in a good way.
“We’re having cheesy grits again? Those tasted like crap last time!”
Actually, my crewmate used a different word. But I’m not going to write it down. 🙂
“I don’t really care. I’m hungry enough to eat those grape nuts.”
Everyone gasped when one of the guys said that. Who would want to eat the grape nuts again? They’re good with yogurt, but with powdered milk they just tasted like cardboard.
Katie lifted the lid of the other pot and a delicious smell filled the air.
“Um, Katie? What is that?!?”
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