"Sauna Sunday"

Ok, I was wrong, we didn’t lose an hour last night, BUT we are again tonight!....

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY, DAD! Thank you for the wonderful opportunity for letting me do this amazing trip!

Today is the prettiest day outside that we have had so far! Lots of dolphins too. This guy Eric called today "sauna Sunday", because it was the warmest day so far and everyone was out there, haha.
I’ll give you one fact I learned in Global Studies today. When statues were beginning, the Romans made statues of horses on 3 legs, with one raised in the air, with a rider on the back. Other countries tried to repeat this challenging task by balancing all of the statue’s weight on 3 skinny horse legs. No other country to do this! One picture we were shown was a statue of a horse with a leg in the air, but it was resting on a ball underneath. They couldn’t be like the Romans!

After breakfast, class, lunch, snacks, and more eating, a few girls and I went to the 7th deck to lay out. EVERYONE was out there and it was so crowded, but so fun! Everyone had their laptops and homework etc. The weather is PERFECT!

Ok, this may be long... but it gives you a little idea of what we do when we are in the middle of (nowhere) the Atlantic:

Today Sunday June 20:
B Step Aerobics
Time: 1700
Location: 7th Deck Outside

Career Interest Groups
Time: 1730
Location: Union
If you're engineering, pre-business, international studies, or fine arts student, come check it out!

Insanity Work Out Class
Time: 1900
Location: Classroom 3

Global Studies Map Quiz!!
Time: 2000

Foreign Language Groups/Tables
Time: 2100
Location: Classroom 9

Interport Liaisons
Time: 2100
Location: Classroom 4

Bible Study
Time: 2100
Location: Classroom 9

Interfaith Discussion Group Organizational Meeting
Time: 2100
Location: Classroom 8

Student Activities Planning Meeting
Time: 2130-2230
Location: Classroom 2

Tomorrow Monday June 21:
Field Office Alternate Day!

Zumba
Time: 0700
Location: Union

International Students Meeting
Time: 1800
Location: Classroom 5

Insanity Work Out Class
Time: 1900
Location: Classroom 3

Hip Hop Dance Class
Time: 1900

Adjusting to Life on the Ship
Time: 1900
Location: Classroom 1 (in the Garden Lounge)

Explorer Seminar: Barcelona: A Planning and Architectural Appreciation with Dr. Warren Boeschenstein
Time: 1900
Location: Union

Explorer Seminar: Modern Spain a Clash of Titans with Dr. David Geis
Time: 2000
Location: Union

Explorer Seminar: Travel Sketching
Time: 2000
Location: Classroom 1

Travel on a Budget
Time: 2100
Location: Union
Come learn about making your dollar go farther during your time in port!

Academic Workshop Committee & Faculty/Student Social Committee Meeting
Time: 2100-2200
Location: Classroom #4
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So I just got back from taking the Map test, it was pretty simple and I was the first to finish in my room. That usually happens a lot and makes me nervous because no one else is done before me!

Before Shea and I went wandering around and hanging out with people, we talked about boys and relationships. She gives great advice and support! We are definitely are becoming closer, and I can’t wait for it to continue to grow!

Tonight we had ‘movie night’ with our amazing CARIBBEAN SEA yaa mon. It’s a great group and I love hanging with them! The ship has really, really good popcorn, and tonight for our movie (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), we had FREE unlimited popcorn :) This makes up for the fact that I brought popcorn but there are no microwaves. Great success. And I even took some back to the room for a snack tomorrow. Tonight’s movie choices on our microscopic-TV: Ulysses, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and Moulin Rouge!

I’m definitely starting to miss certain foods, restaurants, my pillow, my guitar, my family and pets, friends, and Jared! It still hasn’t clicked to me that this is going to be one longgg trip. We aren’t even to our first destination yet and I’m already feeling like I’ve been here forever, and the days are all mixing together! Spread the words to everyone about Semester at Sea and tell everyone to do it if they can. There is such great chemistry with everyone, on this ship. You just know it, and I don’t know how else to explain it! Before, I read people’s stories and blogs about their trips with Semester at Sea and I wondered what they were saying or meaning; now I totally understand! And to think it’s only going to get better. :)