Saturday, February 7, 2009
So back in the routine of classes, I mean I guess if you want to call it that. We started classes yesterday and it had been almost two weeks since we had had classes, so it's all taking some getting used to. I have a midterm already this week however, which seems strange to me because we have yet to cover a full chapter. Nothing too exciting going on. The waves have gotten a lot calmer which is nice, because I was actually able to make it to the gym today and not having to worry about breaking my face on the treadmill.
Tomorrow is laundry day! Oh, the simple pleasures on the ship. But I literally have not done laundry since I left home, which is a miracle I've gotten by this long. At home, I do laundry every week. So I have been conserving clothes, but it's about time because my jeans are so stretched out and literally falling off my body.
You can tell we are getting closer to the equator. The weather was really nice today, about 67, and a cool breeze. Hopefully tomorrow will be nice enough to lay out between classes. That's about it I guess, hope everyone is enjoying themselves and the snow isn't too bad, if it's even still snowing.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Today is Neptune Day! Mass chaos is all I can say. I'm not quite sure why today was Neptune Day however, because we don't technically cross the equator until tomorrow evening, but eh, I'll take it, we didn't have classes today. The day began at 730, with the "Neptune Gods" raising a parade throughout the hallways and banging on everyones door, chanting some absurd thing. That's when I realized this was gonna be pretty serious, lol.
Me and Jaclyn had planned to wake up early anyways to claim our chairs to lay out all day. So we got our chairs at 745 and got some breakfast. The festivities were to begin at 900 so we have front row seats. At 900, the Neptune Gods were all escorted to the top deck where everyone was already waiting. I mean, of course all of it is in fun, so they recited some sort of "oath" we had to take in order to move from a pollywog (defined as somebody who has never crossed the equator before) to a shellback. The FULL ritual included being poured down with slime (aka food colored pancake batter), kissing the king and queens rings, kissing a fish (which surprisingly, up close, had small teeth), jumping in the pool (which by the way, our pool is literally like 5x5 ft, okay maybe 6x6), and then having your head shaved, no joke. And for all you wondering......................................................I shaved my head....ha, funny, but no, I really didn't, couldn't bring myself to shave these lovely calico locks. However, a lot of guys shaved their heads (obviously), but more surprisingly, I've seen about 6 girls with shaved heads, including some professors and Life Long Learners.
After the festivities, everyone just hung out on the top deck and basted in the sun. Learned something new today: the sun is ALOT stronger near the equator than anywhere else I've ever been. Result: BAKED. I got pretty sunburned, but luckily Jaclyn came prepared with aloe, thank goodness. And to top the awesome day off, they had a barbeque for us! Oh, how I've missed hamburgers and hotdogs, and they had sundaes. It was great. I'm really excited for the warmer weather now, well once my sunburnt is gone, and I can't wait to get to Namibia. We have about 4 more days, so it's going by pretty fast. I heard the weather at home was 60 yesterday, hope everyone is enjoying themselves.
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