"The word is that Betsy broke the fibula a little ways up from the ankle. Not both bones, and a clean break that could be set without surgery. Apparently they had her in a cast and moved to a hotel by last night, and she was supposed to be flown home today. I presume she'll travel as a wheelchair passenger, but don't know any details.
"We've been in the biggest swells of the trip since leaving Valparaiso, and the ship is really rolling from side to side. I had to take books and papers off my desk and put them on the floor since they were sliding off and heading for the floor anyway. Sometimes at meals you have to keep a hand on your plate to keep it from sliding away! It's impossible to walk down the corridors in a straight line, so everyone looks like a drunken sailor. In class, I have to brace myself against the whiteboard with my left hand while writing with my right.
"All in all, it's not an unusual amount of rolling. It's just that we newcomers were spoiled with the calmer-than-usual conditions on the way down. It looks from the weather reports that we'll move into calmer water and warmer conditions by tomorrow. It's already noticeably warmer than when we left Valparaiso 24 hours ago.
"Otherwise, just another day at sea. Looking forward to warm weather and longer days in just a few days. I've got to start looking at tour guides [tour guide books] about what to do in Golfito. A quick glance suggested more rain forest and tropical ocean stuff than what I had first heard, although the town itself is apparently kind of a dump. But we'll see. In the meantime, I'll keep on rolling."
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