Joe strolled through the ship as he frequently did with a spring in his step, smiling and nodding to those he didn’t know well and always stopping to speak to those he did know well. He was all in all a friendly and for the most part a happy person. Asked one time to describe himself he had simply thought for a moment and then replied. ” I get up in the morning a happy person because waking up seems to me like a better thing to do than not waking up. After that I’m usually easily satisfied and made happy by most anything that comes my way. The secret to that you know is to have very low expectations of pretty much everyone. Unfortunately, though there always seems to be someone somewhere who wants to deliberately not meet even your lowest expectations. It’s usually just the one in any given day but usually one is more than enough.”

Joes’ day had been going pretty good thus far, so he had thought to get done something he had had in mind for some time. Fortunately, or unfortunately his plan involved Doctor Hunter who was one of those people who seemed to aim beneath his level of low expectations on a regular basis. He found himself outside of Hunter’s quarters now. He chuckled at himself as he hesitated for a moment. He took a sip from the cup of coffee he had in his hand and then plunged ahead as he reached out and buzzed Hunter’s cabin door.

Lt. Cmdr. Joe Milligan  XO