I've got my papers now.

So I got my Z-card today.  It was a pain in the ass to fill out all the paperwork, get my items in order, and then drive all the way up to the Coast Guard Center- six hours.  But now I can start looking for some work.

I wish that guy from up the street that told me about the tugs would give me a hand in.   He says he's worried about recommending people for jobs anymore.  Says there are a lot of crazies looking to work on the boats.  I can't convince him that I won't turn out to be crazy.

He says I'm crazy for wanting to work on tugboats.  I think he's kidding.  I think.

And it begins

Once upon a time, there was a tugboat, and some people who worked on it.  And there were other tugboats and lots of other people who worked on them.  They all got together and then this happened:

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