that! When I woke up this morning my room was in shambles because the
waves had rocked the ship so much that all of our stuff went flying
everywhere. Lovely. Then as I made my way up to breakfast I was thrown
against the walls. Once I sat down to enjoy a bowl of delicious froot
loops (the cereal of which my parents deprived me as a child) a
massive wave came rolling by and my cereal spilled everywhere. I gave
up on the cereal and did some last minute review for my African
American psychology midterm at 8:00 am this morning (we had to set our
clocks forward, yet again last night) My professor said this right
after she toppled over in class while handing out the exam. Once I
opened the exam I actually wanted to start laughing. You know that
moment when you realize you stayed up all night studying material that
isn't even on the test and the material you didn't think was important
was really actually important? Ah yes, this was a real life example of
that. I walked out of that exam none to happy. Now I must cram in some
cross-cultural psychology for my midterm I have this afternoon, with
none other than my same African American psychology professor. Joy.
Semester at Sea problems. I hate complaining while being on the
journey of a lifetime but I am allowed to vent at least once this
whole semester because not everything is all smiles when you live on a
ship all the time with no escape from anything. It actually makes me
appreciate home more than anything. I know they may seem mundane
problems to you but the trials and tribulations of living on a ship
are starting to make me crazy. For those of you that don't know
this...we are currently trying to avoid a cyclone (not Cyclops the
mythical creature as I first thought) which is something a notch lower
than a hurricane. Therefore, we have to slow down the ship
significantly to avoid it and we will be missing the country of
Mauritius. If you do not know where this is or what it is...please
google image a picture so you can cry along with me. After midterms
and papers the last few days this was our "reward" for all the
studying and writing that needed to be done to make this a "more
academic based program" which they are testing out this semester. Now
we will be on the ship for eleven straight days. This is the most we
will be on the ship at once this whole voyage. The longest stretch was
supposed to be ten days from Japan to Hawaii, but this takes the cake.
Wish me luck! If I got offered a million dollars to become a pirate
and live on a ship for the rest of my life I would say thanks but no
way. I always said when I retired I wanted to buy a sailboat and live
on it while traveling the world. I am starting to rethink that plan.
Although a sailboat is way smaller, I would be by myself without the
annoyance of others, and I would be docked most of the time. Maybe
it's too early to start contemplating my retirement plan...I probably
won't be able to retire until I'm 80 anyways and won't be able to use
a sailboat.
On the bright side...we now have a free day tomorrow since we were
supposed to be in Mauritius. So you can find me laying out on the 7th
deck by the pool with a fruit smoothie reading a James Patterson
novel. I will also keep my fingers crossed for free wifi in the port
but I won't hold my breath.
Much love and miss you all,
Alli
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