Sarah here! Apparently I am not very good at keeping this blog up to date, I am so glad that Nate is better at that! So here is an update from the past week and a half while we were at sea:
Monday January 19th: Barf city or floating city?
- we leave the Bahamas and set sail to cross the Atlantic Ocean!
- the ship is crazy alive with all of the students on board, but most of the students are hung over from “Senor Frogs” in the Bahamas, so they are quiet!
- During Orientation, we run out of barf bags in the classroom and there is a constant stream of buckets and mops through the hallways as students become seasick!!!!!
Tuesday January 20th:
- I had potato soup for dinner, but I swear that it was really gravy instead! The dining hall has interesting labels like, “lamb of leg!”
Wednesday January 21st:
- We held the Activities Fair in the union. The union is forward on the ship and is where students get the most seasick. I had over 180 students sign up for the Ambassador’s, but all the while I was hoping that the students did not throw up on me while asking about the Ambassador’s Club!!!
- Also did my first program!!!
Thursday January 22nd:
- I take a two hour break and read on the back deck! The sun and ocean make up for the long days!!! It is so worth it!
Friday January 23rd:
- Working out is quite interesting, I look like Jerry Lee Lewis lifting weights and swaying back and forth with the ship! While on the elliptical machine I imagine myself running on water instead! Lifting weights outside and feeling the ocean spray is amazing!!!!!!
Saturday January 24th:
- Alcohol service (we do rounds there) is crazy… apparently the students think it is “Saturday,” but weekends no longer exist!!! Standing on Deck 7 at night is crazy, the salt literally changes the texture of my hair and my lips taste salty!
- I am sick of the time changes, we have lost an hour every day since we left the Bahamas!!!!
- we saw a bird!!!!!
Sunday January 25th:
- Had my first Ambassador’s Club meeting… it didn’t go so well, apparently all 180 students wanted the same position!
Monday January 26th:
- The ship is rocking and rolling!
- A glass flies off the counter in our room and breaks from the movement of the ship.
- Everything is falling out of the cupboard in the bathroom and I yell at items (hairspray, Tylenol,) because they fall all over!
- my bowl of pudding slides across the table.
- The stomach roller coaster feeling wakes me up and suddenly it feels like I am standing on my head!
- the students and tables at alcohol service roll from side to side, it was hilarious!
Tuesday January 27th:
- I wake up at 5:00am thinking the ship has been knocked on its side because the window is covered in water, but really they are just washing the windows.
- I think there is a ship in the distance, but really it’s a red light from our television reflecting on the window!! HAHAHAHA
- It has been over a week and I have yet to see a dolphin, or another ship…. Just ocean!
- I have a bad cough/cold!!!
Check back soon for my update about Spain.
Love Sarah!
Monday January 19th: Barf city or floating city?
- we leave the Bahamas and set sail to cross the Atlantic Ocean!
- the ship is crazy alive with all of the students on board, but most of the students are hung over from “Senor Frogs” in the Bahamas, so they are quiet!
- During Orientation, we run out of barf bags in the classroom and there is a constant stream of buckets and mops through the hallways as students become seasick!!!!!
Tuesday January 20th:
- I had potato soup for dinner, but I swear that it was really gravy instead! The dining hall has interesting labels like, “lamb of leg!”
Wednesday January 21st:
- We held the Activities Fair in the union. The union is forward on the ship and is where students get the most seasick. I had over 180 students sign up for the Ambassador’s, but all the while I was hoping that the students did not throw up on me while asking about the Ambassador’s Club!!!
- Also did my first program!!!
Thursday January 22nd:
- I take a two hour break and read on the back deck! The sun and ocean make up for the long days!!! It is so worth it!
Friday January 23rd:
- Working out is quite interesting, I look like Jerry Lee Lewis lifting weights and swaying back and forth with the ship! While on the elliptical machine I imagine myself running on water instead! Lifting weights outside and feeling the ocean spray is amazing!!!!!!
Saturday January 24th:
- Alcohol service (we do rounds there) is crazy… apparently the students think it is “Saturday,” but weekends no longer exist!!! Standing on Deck 7 at night is crazy, the salt literally changes the texture of my hair and my lips taste salty!
- I am sick of the time changes, we have lost an hour every day since we left the Bahamas!!!!
- we saw a bird!!!!!
Sunday January 25th:
- Had my first Ambassador’s Club meeting… it didn’t go so well, apparently all 180 students wanted the same position!
Monday January 26th:
- The ship is rocking and rolling!
- A glass flies off the counter in our room and breaks from the movement of the ship.
- Everything is falling out of the cupboard in the bathroom and I yell at items (hairspray, Tylenol,) because they fall all over!
- my bowl of pudding slides across the table.
- The stomach roller coaster feeling wakes me up and suddenly it feels like I am standing on my head!
- the students and tables at alcohol service roll from side to side, it was hilarious!
Tuesday January 27th:
- I wake up at 5:00am thinking the ship has been knocked on its side because the window is covered in water, but really they are just washing the windows.
- I think there is a ship in the distance, but really it’s a red light from our television reflecting on the window!! HAHAHAHA
- It has been over a week and I have yet to see a dolphin, or another ship…. Just ocean!
- I have a bad cough/cold!!!
Check back soon for my update about Spain.
Love Sarah!
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Sarah~
ReplyDeleteI love your sense of humor - it will get you through all of those tough spots. I thought running on the treadmill was more like trail running with all the swaying back and forth - keeps you on your toes!
I hope you had a lovely time in Spain and are enjoying Morocco!! Don't sweat the small stuff and do all the things you want to do - like taking breaks and reading on the deck.
heather ;)