So tonight the ship is crossing the International Date Line! As we have been traveling east around the globe, we have been losing hours many, many nights during our time at sea. So as we cross the line, we will live our second November 22nd tomorrow. It is going to be bizarre because right now we are 16 hours ahead of East Coast Time, and as of tomorrow morning we will be 8 hours behind East Coast Time. Our bodies are already so confused by this point that I don't think it will phase us at all - nothing seems to these days! So in celebration of November 22nd x 2 we don't have classes tomorrow!! Everyone is very busy with school work though since we have barely done any over the last 5 weeks. Finals are coming up the first week in December, and most assignments are due before we get to Hawaii on Thanksgiving Day, so we are keeping ourselves busy. We are also ready for it to be hot and nice out again so we can start to get tan before coming back home to winter weather! I know I still owe a journal of Japan, which is in the works, it is just taking me awhile. In short, it was amazing and a great way to finish the journey through Asia. I had an awesome time traveling from city to city everyday, and Japan officially depleted just about everyone's bank accounts. It was quite expensive compared to the other countries that we have been spending time in.
Other than all of this- life on the ship is good. Everyone seems to be in pleasantly good moods which is nice. I am getting back into a schedule which is nice and catching up with friends who I didn't necessarily see much between ports. I am also fully recovered finally, but unfortunately Dani has been really sick for the past couple of days. The food on the ship is getting worse and worse, good thing we all bought snack food in Japan to keep us going until we get to Hawaii. Along with getting my work done, I am also working on a DVD of all of the pictures and videos I have taken along the way, which consumes a lot of my time, but I know the final product will be completely worth it. Grey's Anatomy has also been keeping me quite occupied at night once my brain no longer feels like working. We plan on having a marathon tomorrow once our brains are fried after getting all of our assignments finished! Feel free to email me for the rest of the time before I get home (Dec 14th) since I will be able to respond since I am on the ship for all but 4 days from here on out! This trip has been amazing, and I am going to miss living on a ship, in the middle of the ocean and doing my homework out on the deck overlooking the ocean with no land in sight, but I am very excited to get home- to see my friends and family and be home for Christmas (Christmas music is already constantly played in my room) and for winter!! I'll post the Japan update in the next couple of days!!
Peace and Love
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