{"id":1738,"date":"2005-07-24T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2005-07-24T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/?p=1738"},"modified":"2019-06-04T13:28:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T17:28:16","slug":"dispatch-02-a-birthday-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/dispatch-02-a-birthday-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Dispatch 02 &#8211; A Birthday at Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1739\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1739\" class=\"wp-image-1739 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/05\/050722_debsteinberg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/05\/050722_debsteinberg.jpg 226w, https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/05\/050722_debsteinberg-140x300.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debbie Steinberg<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"main\"><span class=\"caption\">Current air temperature: 21.5\u00b0C, 70.7\u00b0F<br \/>\nWind speed: 6 knots<br \/>\nSeas: 3-6 feet<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"main\">I just celebrated my 40th birthday, July 22, at sea! Last time I had a birthday at sea was another significant year, my 21st birthday. That was my very first oceanographic cruise, and I have been on many since. You might wonder, &#8220;What do you do for your birthday in the middle of the ocean?&#8221; I couldn&#8217;t pick what restaurant to go out to, or even have a glass of champagne, but most of the important elements of a birthday were there. First, I had friends, old and new, to share it with, and received many happy birthday greetings as I walked the passageways of the ship. Second, a cake. The cooks baked me a delicious chocolate birthday cake, complete with deep-sea creature and plankton decorations. The galley was decorated, and I was given a home-made royal birthday girl crown to wear. A round of Happy Birthday followed, of course. Next- cards and presents, including a Japanese apron from my new Japanese colleague that is sailing with us. The only thing missing from this day was my family, but birthday wishes from them over e-mail put a smile on my face before the day&#8217;s end. I wonder when my next birthday at sea will be\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Debbie Steinberg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current air temperature: 21.5\u00b0C, 70.7\u00b0F Wind speed: 6 knots Seas: 3-6 feet I just celebrated my 40th birthday, July 22, at sea! Last time I had a birthday at sea was another significant year, my 21st birthday. That was my very first oceanographic cruise, and I have been on many since. You might wonder, &#8220;What&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[14,10],"class_list":["post-1738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vertigo-daily-2005","tag-cruise","tag-vertigo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1738"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1741,"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738\/revisions\/1741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/cafethorium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}