We must be heading south, because the ship is being welcomed into a new climate. For the first time in recent memory, the waters have calmed, the sun is out longer, and just a hint of warmth flows in the air outside. It’s been crisp and chilly since we approached Cadiz back in January, and now, just 2 days from the equator, it’s getting nice and toasty.
Classes have picked up. I spent awhile studying for a quiz I have in my evolution class. It’s kind of funny; the professors know how hard it is to balance everything, for them too, but they do a good job of doing their jobs and teaching the material. I really enjoy my classes. Particularly my biomedical ethics class. The professor does a great job of keeping things relevant and flowing, and the discussions are always heated and interesting.
We have class day tomorrow, and then our first actual day off since we started this whole shin-dig 3 weeks ago. Tomorrow night will be great, since we’ll be able to kick back and not have to worry about getting up at the crack of dawn.
I met my “family”today! On the ship, you can sign up to be adopted by the lifelong learners and join a shipboard ‘family’. My ‘mom’is Rose, a 26-year old LLL who’s heading to law school next year. She’s not really a ‘mom’as much as she is a ‘big sister,’but she took the time to make us all name plates and bought us all personalized SAS rubber duckys from the bookstore. There are 8 of us in the family, and they’re all really great kids. Many of them I know just by acquaintance, and this will give me an opportunity to develop even more relationships. It’s awesome. We plan on doing dinner at least once a week, and hanging out other times too.
I ducked out of my ‘family dinner’for 10 minutes to celebrate Havdallah on the ship with some others. We had to do it on the fifth deck starboard, the smoker’s deck, because it’s the only place the ship allows for open flames. I was in charge of getting the spices for the prayer, and finally figured that I’d ask the kind people at the piano bar if they used cinnamon in their cappuccinos ever. They did, and were happy to provide me with a cup of it- worked like a charm. Watching the sun set (luckily starboard is also west these days) over the rails while doing havdallah was one of those memories that will stick with me.
Annyyyway, it’s off to bed for me. Hopefully I’ll kick ass on my evol quiz tomorrow.
Talk at ya.
Greg.
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