February 5th Bahamas-San Juan (half a blog)

Monday, February 5^th

I woke up before the alarm went off at 7:15, to the shining water and sun. I felt pretty well rested. After a quick shower and getting ready, Priya and I headed to breakfast. The dining halls were pretty packed, probably not going to be the case once classes start up…

I had a wonderful breakfast of potatoes, omelet, granola with yogurt, and fruits. Met a girl named Lindsey (I think) who was from Texas and went to Rice. She was quite spunky. Cool girl.

Then came the first meeting of the day – mission statement, faculty and staff intros, honor codes… So the place where they have all these important meetings for the whole student body is in the union. Now, this union place is at the front of the ship which is the most rocky. The vivid patterns on the carpet and the low ceilings with weird architecture don’t help at all making the motion sickness better. So all the meetings make me and a lot of the other students mega tired and worn out.

After shuffling around my cabin aimlessly and pretending to get stuff done, it was lunch. I had salad, pasta, chicken, and beans.

After lunch and a bit of time, we had our first class. It really wasn’t like a class since it was Global Studies, the one every student takes. It felt more like another meeting.

Some students are just really disrespectful and it makes me sad and disappointed. They don’t take anything seriously and sneer and smirk at professors and boat crew. I don’t even want to talk about it.

At around 5, or 1700 hours in ship time, Priya and I went to join the kids on the ship to make Valentine’s Day cards. What an experience these kids are having. I wondered what it feels like to be them.