Week One at Sea..

June 18, 2009
I can't believe how real this has become.  I was sitting outside on deck 6 after my classes trying to do some homework, but I was constantly being distracted by the unbelievable sight in front of me.  The 360 view on the boat and we are completely surrounded by water.  It has been an unreal experience just trying to actually do my homework.
Its day three, but its our second full day at sea.  The waters have calmed down a bit and I wasn't nearly as sick today, which was really great.  I realized that the rocking of the boat has magic powers and can make me fall asleep in a matter of minutes, something I learned today when Sara and I decided to do some more reading.  It going to be really interesting to try to get work done.  I had all of my classes today, and I am taking Global Studies, which everyone on the boat is required to take, Abnormal Psychology, which is going to be really interesting and I am really excited about and a class called Global Access to Education, which I think I will greatly appreciate, given my major.  I am not that excited about taking classes now, because I realized how hard it will be to do the reading in motion, so hopefully I will get used to it. 
The food is already getting repetitive, but I have to thank Nicole for all of her great tips, because I did bring some serious snacks and crystal light. I think after this trip I might turn into a carb.  The water isn't so bad yet, but I can imagine how it will be when we have to fill up in random foreign ports.
Its funny how strange life really is when we are disconnected from the Internet.  I have not even had the urge to get on to Facebook, but I have emailed home a few times.  Life is simpler, I have had more conversations with people I've known for  2 days than with some of my friends at home in the whole time that I have known them, or so it seems.  I think that these people will become some of the best friends I will ever have, simply because of the time that we will spend together, and the things that we will experience.  Its funny, we were all looking all over the place the other night for a board game to play, a deck of cards to play with and someone said, “you know you couldn't pay me to play a board game at home, but here, I am desperate for one.”  It seems so silly that we take life for granted by having our electronic devices surgically attached to us, but I think that I am going to learn how to separate my self from  that world.  I can see what people talk about when they say that Semester at Sea really is a special program.  There is nothing else like it in the world.  Our campus is the world, it's unbelievable.