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I'm still not realizing that I'm going to be on this ship for 67 days or that I'm sailing all over the place. I expected that to sink in when we pulled away. I don't know what my mind's thinking, but it's not that.
On Tuesday I boarded the ship from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (it has many names). It's bigger than I thought. A real cruise ship. I watched the land fade away and then there was only ocean. It was WEIRD! I still haven't gotten used to the idea that I'm sailing over miles of water with just a little steel between us. So we had some orientation stuff and met a lot of people (including my roommate - who is really sweet). Wednesday was a long day of orientation - some of which I skipped and talked to people/watched movies instead because it got boring (mostly lectures about Honor, the Library, and Liquor -- people have died falling off the ship intoxicated). Thursday was the first day of classes and all my professors are surprisingly awesome. I'm still deciding if I'm actually going to try hard in these classes, which goes against my determination, which has always made me try my hardest, but lately I haven't been able to concentrate enough to really engage in my readings and stuff like that. It was a beautiful day and I tanned for a bit as well as read (and accidentally slept) outside. It was awesome. Friday - not so much. It's overcast with big waves like my first day here. Action wise it's been pretty good - I've finished two of my classes today and I met some new people at lunch and talked for hours (that seems to happen a lot here). They're cool people.
My room is cute/small, but definitely managable. It's a little bigger than my Mission room and I have a roommate, but she's nice and hasn't met many black people before so this will be interesting. I'm not sure I'm going to drink here though it's legal. There's a package where you purchase drinks and can have them for dinner or at the bar, but the people I've met that are ALL about drinking -- I'm not sure I want to hang out with them (especially when drunk). They seem really obnoxious. A lot of these people go to state schools, which I think interesting it its differences. There are more fake blondes than I've ever seen and so many people eat salads. I don't get it!
When I'm not in class there's surprisingly a lot to do. The first two days there wasn't and I got worried about what I would do with all my time, but there are Seminars about where we're going (the food and the like) and classes (I went to a bellydancing class yesterday that was taught by a girl in my hallway I'd met) and just looking at the Ocean, watching the sunset, and hanging out with friends. Also, they play movies at night (and sometimes through the day) and that helps me go to sleep for some reason (two days ago it was Wall-E and it was awesome).
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