Aug 30 2008

Orientation today really felt like the first day of freshman year. Sitting through long boring meetings going over all the rules, regulations and where to be when. During the lunch break sat up on the pool deck and soaked in some sun. Completely surrounded by ocean, no land in sight. There was a lot more rocking today because they have been trying to make up time for avoiding the hurricane. The rocking is a great tool for going to sleep, literally rocks you to sleep like a baby. Went for a run on the treadmill this afternoon, hilarioussss. Being up on the highest point of the ship, it’s the least stable and when running on a treadmill lets just say you don’t always stay on it. Being on the ocean all the time I am in a constant state of dehydrations. I drink like 4-5 nalgenes a day and just go to the bathroom all day. Every hall on the ship has an RA type person and is named by the seas, my hall is the Red Sea and it’s a pretty fun group. Our leader Bill is a funny guy and is head of the recreation stuff onboard. So far I have signed up to help plan our activities for the Seas Olympics and plan our social event. First day of classes tomorrow, only have two  day which is nice and I might try and sign up for this oceanography class I was trying to get into. Hope everyone had a great weekend and sleeps in on Sunday because Ill be up and early for classes!