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Weekly Reflection 1

May 7, 2017

This week was incredibly challenging, exciting, and surprising all at the same time. I headed down to Gloucester with no idea of what I would be doing all week with the Roseway Crew, or who the Roseway Crew even were. After this week I feel welcomed to the team, and have put in a lot of work in a very short amount of time. I didn’t realize that I would be spending so much time at only the break in the deck. Who know there were such intricacies to such a small part of the boat. It was incredible to be back on the Roseway, a boat I love dearly. While the work was hard and not fun at times, I kept on trucking through it because I know all the work I’m putting in is helping to maintain something that I love. I benefited from this week’s work in a few ways. First of all, I learned to work hard and persistently at something. It first seemed that my job was unimportant, but after I learned how it fit into the overall maintenance of the boat, I realized quickly that each part of the boat is integral in its own way. I also collaborated with people throughout the week, learning not only to work with people I barely knew, but also live with them. This week was wild, fast, and challenging, but I await next week. The uncertainty of it all is what is exciting to me.

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