Been taking the day easy, I have about an hour till I have to leave to catch the van to Seal Beach where the rest of my command is at. I went to dental from 0630 to 0900. I had an appointment for 0700 but I for the life of couldn't me could not remember the doctor's name. There isn't a central appointment center at the 32nd street so one of the dental assistants had to call around to other dept. to see if they had an appt. for someone with a name that resembled mine. While he helped out I had thoughts of having to get back to the ship and telling them how after they gave two days off to accomplish business I missed the business I was suppose to accomplish. But all was well, they couldn't find where my appointment was suppose to be but they gave me the eval I was supose to get. I wore my lanyard to dental, more than a couple of people asked me what was with the rope around my neck. I think that was a good thing and a bad thing. It gave me the opprotunity to explain it, but it was sad because I was on a naval base and they had no idea that a lanyard represented the heritage of the Boatswains mate rate. It holds my pipe which use to be the General announcement system before the days of electricity. It just boggles the mind the amount of Sand Crabs there now are in the United States Navy. The rest of the day was spent riding my bike, cleaning dishes, and the such. Well I've got to pack and shower before I go.