Semester at Sea – Spring 2007 (Alex Song) On a ship, traveling around the world, at 20 miles an hour

I’ve been on the ship for almost 24 hours now. It’s been okay, I suppose. Either it still hasn’t “hit” me yet, or I’ve truly lost my sense of enthusiasm, but I’m not like “weee I’m here!”.

My cabin is located on the 2nd floor, the lowest ones available for students. It’s also located towards the aft. According to my roommate Dave, it’s the best place to be to minimize the feel of the rocking motions of the ship (which I’m getting used to…by walking into things). Unfortunately for me, it’s the furthest from the ship’s services/classrooms/people I know (we’ll get to this soon), and it’s towards the end of a dead end hallway.

I also can’t remember anyone’s names. I’ve probably shaken hands with a couple hundred students already, but unless they have a noticable physical attribute or were from the Facebook group, there’s no way I’m going to remember them. It kinda sucks when people are like, “Hey Alex,” and I can only respond, “Hey…….you.” Classes start tomorrow and I start my field excursions on Wednesday when we dock in San Juan, Puerto Rico, so I’ll start to know at least those people.

Pictures to come when I get a fast, stable internet connection. I have limited internet minutes onboard and the satellite connection is unbearably slow. I’ve also lost the USB cable for my dSLR, hopefully I’ll be able to pick one up in Puerto Rico.