I've been reading past RD blogs and trying to learn as much about the experience as I can. A common theme I've read in others' blogs is the nervousness of travel in general. That's not the part that makes me nervous. Perhaps because I've already traveled and live abroad so much that it doesn't faze me. The parts that DO make me nervous are 1) getting on a ship and being so sea sick the whole time that I can't function 2) getting back into the swing of the "s...

It's official. I'm going on Semester at Sea this fall. Yesterday I broke the news to my supervisor at work. She was neither angry nor surprised. The former, I feared, the later, I knew. When I announced my decision to go on SAS (and therefore, leave EUSA), my wonderful colleagues were a bit disappointed that I was leaving (ahem...as they should be! ;) but overall very supportive and excited for the adventure that awaits me. In the end, regardless of how excited o...