Friday, January 20, 2012

Ship Life

Mom and I left the hotel around 10:30 to head to the docks.  It took a while to get on board…  And then they randomly drug tested me.  Turns out I am clean, in case anyone had any doubts. 

After I got through check in, I dropped my things in my room and walked around for a while until I found the dining hall and got some lunch.  I spent most of the day walking around the ship and meeting people.  Deck 2 (where my cabin is) seems to be a little hard to find at times.  If I go to the right staircase, I end up right next to my room, if I go down any of the others I end up in the crew’s quarters.  We went over lifeboat drills, but mostly just spent the day unpacking and hanging out with people we met.  

                Not too much happened yesterday.  We have not left the port of Nassau yet, due to some student’s having issues with their visas.  We have been confined to the ship, because we are not allowed to leave once we board the ship in each port.

                Today we set sail.  I am not sure why, since we came back to Nassau about 5 hours later to pick up some more students.  It was interesting to see what the ship felt like while it was sailing.  In a way it felt like when you stand up too fast and your head gets dizzy, but the feeling doesn’t go away.  It was fun to walk around with the floor moving.  I started giggling to myself at random times like walking up the stairs, or when I went sideways by accident.  It was kind of awkward when other people noticed.  I am sure that after a few weeks of living on the ship, I won’t notice it’s movements near as much.

                I am not certain of when we are scheduled to leave Nassau at this point, but we are supposed to get to Dominica on schedule, so I guess we are just going to go faster. 

Classes start tomorrow!  Mine don’t start until 1300 with theatre and performance and then world literature in English and the day after I have Global studies and Travel writing starting 9:20!  Sorry for the randomness here, next time I should have something more interesting to write since classes and the first port are coming up soon!

2 comments:

  1. I'll fill in a couple of holes here from an email I received from SAS. They left port for a few hours to 'perform a required operational procedure'. I have no idea what that means, but they did tell us they have to be 12 miles out to sea before they can dump sewage... so, maybe. ;) Also, the email said they planned to set sail at 8PM (Friday) and should have all students on board at that time. So, by now, they should be on their way. - Mom

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  2. I thought maybe the "required operational procedure" was your drug testing ...

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