WHAAALLLEEE!!!!!!

so. word on the street is that there have been not one, but two whale sightings since this voyage has begun plus dolphins this morning. um PISSED! i don't know where i was when this happened. or why they don't announce THAT over the intercom!? of all the things they announce... "hey... whale on starboard" should be the one thing they do. but there has been fog all day, so i probably wouldn't have been able to see them anyways. the fog kinda blows cus this is the last day we'll be able to see the land for the next week and we can barely see 100 yards off the ship. sad day. but we've officially hit the atlantic! which means the ship is really rocking now. i don't really feel it, but there are definitely people who are getting sick. my goal for today was to find someone puking... but i haven't yet. brew wasn't feeling good earlier today after she went to the gym. but i do know people are getting sick. as long as it isn't me, it's funny.

today was the first day of classes! so strange having to pay attention and take notes. don't they know this is a global cruise? who said anything about school?? and i have homework tonight!? RIDICULOUS! but. best part, we only have 46 days of class. out of 111. and technically, we really only have 45 more days of class. game on. some of you have asked me what classes i'm taking... so here they are. on A days i'm taking a class called united nations, international organizations and global governance. my other class that day is global music. then on B days i'm taking global studies as well as gender and development. i'm gonna try to add a fifth class, but i don't get to do that for another two days. it's kinda like high school with block schedule. win.

it was also my first day of work today. i'm working in the library for people who don't know. it seems like it's gonna be fun because i guess the library is the central location for everyone to come with questions and stuff. plus it's centralized, so i get to see everyone walking by so i get to see everyone while i'm working. yay!

other than that, a pretty uneventful day. we have snack time tonight for the first time. i don't know what that means, but if there are more bananas and peanut butter, it could just be heaven. when/if fruit runs out i am going to cry. also, tomatoes. though technically tomatoes are fruit. whatevs. and brew and i just discovered planet earth playing on one of our 5 tv channels. best day ever, since yesterday.

love and miss you all.

from, a non-whale seeing, non-seasick voyager