Wednesday January 18, 2012

Right now I’m sitting in our hotel room in the Bahamas trying to go to bed while Charles is talking to me about his new sunglasses, navy seals, video games, cars, and goodness knows what else.  This afternoon we flew to the Nassau in the Bahamas where I will finally get on the ship!  I finished packing about 30 seconds before we left the house to head to the airport.  I’m excited Semester at Sea is finally about to begin but I certainly don’t feel like it really is.  As I was sitting in the lobby early tonight there were tons of students down there, who all seem like they already know each other, getting ready to go out.  Definitely not for me because exhausted is the last thing I wanna be when I’m carrying my body bag on the boat tomorrow.  I’m a little embarrassed about how much stuff I have, but I guess my one big suitcase isn’t all that much for almost 4 months.  When we first arrived at the hotel dad did something that didn’t surprise me one bit… he has the people at the semester at sea desk a million and one questions so we learned a thing or two. This afternoon the boys somehow convinced me to swim in the FREEZING cold pool (oh and Gedney you never did play ping pong with me).  Later Gedney tried his luck at blackjack in the casino and just ended up turning 100 bucks into 15.  Tomorrow I board the ship at 1015, meet my roommate, and get all settled in.  I can’t wait!  Please send me your emails so I can get in touch with you.  I miss ya’ll and hope to hear from you soon!