So the past couple days for me have been a bit uneventful. We did have a performance scheduled for the Sports Day event with the Colombians and the Americans dueling in games of Heavy Ball and Soccer…but our performance got rained out. Boo! I guess that’s what can happen when you arrive in the heart of the rainy season. Dang! We are wrapping up our time here in Colombia and will soon be underway to our next port. I’m looking forward to it, it looks like we will be pretty busy…I am also a bit sad to bid farewell to Colombia. I have met so many nice people since being here and boy, oh boy have I gotten a workout with my Spanish. At the first performance site with Juanes, there were three kids that talked to me the whole time…in Spanish…so of course I returned the conversation as much as I could in Spanish. I’ve realized that I’ve lost quite a bit, but can still get along quite well. The little girl that I talked to…Laura…pronounced La-oo-ra, noticed that when I am thinking of una palabra (a word), my lips purse and I blow the slightest bit of air through them until I figure it out. It’s funny how people notice the funny things that we do. Cuando regreso a mi casa (When I get home), I think I’ll be pulling out the old textbooks and brushing up on Mi Español….porque es muy malo (because it is very bad).

Since arriving here aboard, I have met some really wonderful people. I never expected to click with anyone really, but sometimes life intervenes and presents you a wonderful gift. Getting to know someone is often quite hard because people are so guarded most of the time…to include me…but I am happy to say that I have a good friend aboard. Yay for friends! LOL! I’m such a dork! I mean I have come to know the faces of so many aboard ship, and when I see them…I greet them with a hearty ‘hello’ and a welcoming smile. That always seems to make my day. But it usually never develops into a conversation, which I’m ok with. I am happy though that I can now say that I found a friend aboard the Comfort. Woo hoo! Friends are very hard to come by so when I find a special one, they are very important to me. I hope all of you have a friend that you can turn to in time of need, or just to talk to or say nothing at all and still be comfortable…friends are awesome!

Last night the rock band played at the evening confirmation brief to bid farewell to Commodore Robert Lineberry as he embarks on a new career in the US Navy. We played "Smoke on the Water", "Back in Black" and "The Feeling that Music Brings". It was great! Commodore came up and "jammed" on guitar. Really he just held it and simulated his playing. It was pretty awesome! He seemed to be having a great time so I'm glad that we brought a smile to his face, and hopefully we made his last full evening here on the Comfort...a very memorable one. Today we bid farewell to our Commodore at my very first Navy Change of Command, which was this afternoon, we now have a new Commodore. CAPT Tom Negus.

Sorry that I don’t have much to say about the trip, but this leg has been exciting and a bit of a bummer all at the same time. I do have some pics to share though that I found on our public drive. So here you go!