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Day one

So, my first day at work. I started at 10 am with HR filling out paperwork that was probably an inch thick. After an hour of paperwork, I got a quick spiel about how to behave and present myself. After feeling like a complete irresponsible, unrefined employee, I joined my fellow environmentalists and finally felt like I fit in.

We had two programs my first day. An afternoon snorkel and night snorkel! Amber taught me a lot about how their programs worked and where things were. I felt like I fit in right away.

For the afternoon snorkel, Amber and I went to get the kayaks ready for the guests with the wind blowing. The waves were rolling in!

We had four double kayaks with guests and us. Amber and I were in one together, two teenage girls, two adults, Ty and a guest. Amber and I were pulling up the rear when we noticed the teenage girls' kayak filling up with water. Before we could get there and help them out, they toppled over! Two girls in the ocean with a tipped over kayak. We tried to flip over the kayak but water had gotten into the boat via a hole in the back. So that boat was going to stay half sunken... with the girls snorkel gear in the sand at the bottom.

We gave the girls our kayak and I had to get into the ocean with all my clothes on. Amber and I were swimming with the kayak back to shore, keeping an eye out for the snorkel gear. We made it to shore and with the help of the waterfront crew, were able to flip the kayak and drain out all the water that had filled it up. Another kayak was quickly grabbed and we paddled fast to meet the rest of the group at the snorkel spot.

Once we got o the snorkel spot, Amber realized that we had forgotten the girls' extra snorkel gear! Amber had to call in and have them dingy out some extra gear. The rest of the afternoon went well except for the fact that I was in my work clothes and soaking wet without a real change of clothes.

Evening, after changing the work clothes, but not my underclothes, we prepared for our night snorkel. Ty and I were on the kayaking for this program and as soon as we got in the kayak, it started down pouring, so I got wet yet again...

We didn't get out of the place until late but I had a BLAST on my first day.

Im in the USVI, you can't make that shit up!!

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