Well, look at that. I did miss a day. I knew this was going to be hard.
Well, it's not like I missed much anyway. I pretty much sat around all morning long staring at the local cable channels until Leon came to get me in my old truck. At least this time the weatherman gave us accurate weather report, even though it was to tell all of Florida that we would be swimming in our own sweat. Bastard.
It was air-conditioned in the airport though, which was especially good when I discovered that my plane to Africa was delayed. Yeah, Africa. The North African Zulu Spaceport was there. When I got there I was to meet the rest of the crew and then we would all do a few dummy tests to make sure that we could all work well together. After that a quick jump up to the Kennedy space station where the Cthulu was docked, and then we would go where no one has gone before! (Star Trek and many other classic science fiction has played a major role in the development of today's society. It's hard to believe that over five hundred years later and people still know who Captain Picard is!)
Anyway, I reluctantly boarded the plane when I was finally told I could. I know that I'm about to start a journey that people have been dreaming of for far too long, and here I was standing on the threshold of destiny wondering what that creepy little weatherman was going to say tomorrow's weather was! Or today's, rather, since I missed a day writing in this damned thing and whatnot.
Well, I made it to the Spaceport in one piece, and went straight to bed. It was even hotter there, and I wouldn't get to meet the crew until [today], which I did. Andrei was a pleasant though gigantic man, and was even more disturbed by the intense heat than I was. Hyosuke was tiny and brief, using only what words he needed to to get his point across. Then there was Janet, the navigator. She was from the UK; Wales actually with a nice, thick accent and long, vibrant red hair. Then Doctor John Stacy, psychologist extraordinaire. He would be the one to attempt to actually contact other aliens. He was very African, and an extremely helpful guy. Finally came Doctor Elizabeth, who was the flora and fauna and geologist person from Brazil. I'm the pilot of course.
The dummy tests went well, and we all pretty much got things right the first time we did them. Now it's getting late and I need sleep, hopefully I can get a bit more down tomorrow. This is Jack Babylon, signing off.
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