Multicore-a-polooza is at an end. We did the last multicore today. Now all that is left of my last cruise are some heatprobe measurements, a couple JASON deployments, and one CTD cast, then its home. A much needed break after six of the most amazing months of my life. To say this internship has changed my life is a fundamental understatement. I came into this industry knowing barely anything about how ships operate, yet here I am today and I feel as if I am more comfortable with the everyday comings and goings of a ship than I am with a regular job. The idea that sea going life is romantic and that seeing foreign places will be amazing is something I thought at first, and those notions were quickly thrown overboard like yesterday’s slop. It is a hard job, it can be a lonely and exasperating job at times, but at the end of the day it is being able to wake up the next day and not hate your job that is what I was looking for. This job has allowed me to fulfill that in so many ways. Six months have come and gone. It is now time to figure out where life is leading next, hopefully working fulltime somewhere as a technician.