Day 4

Hi everyone!  It is 8:45 and i am sitting in the Piano lounge/bar with about 50 other kids trying to wake up and listening to a student play the piano and sing!  It is bright sunny day outside (again).  Yesterday was my first day of classes and the professors all seem so willing to work with you and your schedule in order for you to complete the class requirements.  It is cool getting to eat dinner with your professors as well.  They are all so down to earth, and most of them brought their families with them.  There are about 30 children ranging from 8 months to 17 years old.  It is a very multi-generational ship in that respect.  After classes yesterday I had some free time so I did some homework.  After that was the activities fair, and I didn't sign up for anything because nothing really fit my interests . . . however, after students put their individually led clubs together I'm sure that I will join one or two of them.  After that was dinner, and then there was pub night on the swimming pool deck, or they had a showing of The Black Night in the Union.  Still not being completely used to the swaying of the boat, I choose not to partake in any alcoholic beverages and opted to watch the movie with a few friends.  Today is another day of classes, but since I had most of mine yesterday I only have Global Studies, that class that everyone has in the Union and the lounges.  Then I think I will head outside for the rest of the day to read a little and to take in the sun.  I hear that it snowed at home . . . bummer.  We are now truely in the middle of the ocean . . . haven't seen another boat/ship in 2 days!  We had brownies last night for dessert and they weren't that bad, but I am craving sweets like crazy since they don't have much of that on the ship.  The food is actually healthy and that's good so that I don't come back 309482 lbs.  The work our room has a sign up sheet a mile long and that's just not worth it for me.  In Spain I need to buy some laundry detergent (which is the one thing I forgot), a rinky-dink watch, hot chocolate packets, some drinks, some more sweets, and some peanuts.  You can't get food outside of the times they have assigned for each mean, and they don't let you take food out (although I have a runaway apple in my fridge).  I hope all is well at home!