Past few days, being here, it's been weird. There's more time than I know what to do with. On the ship there was always something to do, something that needed fixing or something going on. Downtime, what little of it we had, we had card games and arm wrestling. And other kinds of wrestling, you know.
Seems like there's no end to all the little animals and creatures here. They're cute. No end of things to see. Can't just stay cooped in my apartment like I'm back in Baltimore on basic. World's too big and free out here.
Another thing I've learned about this world is how important the holidays are. Never paid much attention to them back home, wasn't time. Barely knew our own birthdays. Earth years were different than belt years, than Mars years, than space years. Hard to keep track of the days, just had to keep track of the jobs.
Speaking of that, getting a job, glad about that. Good to be getting a wrench back in my hand again.