Somewhere Above Africa...

We’ve been sailing for four days now! Only two more until we get to Morocco. I thought these six days would go by super slowly, but they’ve been surprisingly fast since I’ve been so busy!

I had an exam in both econ and bio yesterday. Then I went to the Talent Show last night, which was pretty good. It started off with our two deans singing along and dancing to ‘I’m on a Boat’ while the music video played behind them. After that there were some cool acts like an Indian dance, a rapping magician, and some of the professor’s kids doing a spoof of the captain.  There were also a few acts that were excruciatingly painful to watch. There’s always that one chick that clearly overestimates her singing skills and proceeds to butcher a great song. (Boston, anyone?) And because we’re so lucky, we had a few of them. Other than that though, we’ve got a talented-ish ship!

Today, I had classes, and then had a global studies exam after dinner. Since everyone on the ship takes it, you can imagine how frenzied these days are. You can always tell who the kids are that aren’t transferring their grades back to their school because they spend the day chilling while everyone else is cramming. I hate those kids.

Tomorrow is Crew Appreciation Day, so our hall made a big sign for our cabin stewards. Tonight at our ice cream social, we all signed it. I thought we were just signing our names…but most people were writing out long notes, so I figured I’d write a little something to Edwin too. Instead of the typical, ‘Thanks for cleaning my room everyday!’…I went with ‘Dear Edwin, Thanks for being the only guy to come within 5 feet of my bed!’ Good, right? Okay. So I didn’t actually write that. But I really wanted to! Instead, I went with something along the lines of ‘Thanks for cleaning up my mess’ or something lame like that. Oh well. I’m sure he knows he’s the only man in my life. He’s the only man in most of our lives these days. 

Off to write my global studies paper now! Woohoo! Be jealous!