First Full Day at SEA!

So.. today was our first full day at sea.. and it may have not been a good one for most people.  The waves have been really bad since last night, I think around 15-25 feet, so the boat has been seriously rocking since last night!!  To describe what it feels like is kind of hard.. if you’ve ever been on a cruise ship and maybe had one night of bad water, and felt the ship moving…. Times that by about 20!!!  There hasn’t been an hour since we pulled away from nova scotia that you couldn’t feel the boat rocking!  If you’ve never been on a cruise ship, imagine being on a rollercoaster 24/7 because you get that weird feeling in your stomach most of the time because of the waves.  I think it’s neat, but a TON of people were getting seasick today.. to explain it more – one of the crew members who has been working on this ship for 11 years got seasick today!! It is crazy!  Walking is the hardest part because you run into everything and everyone, but nobody cares because they are all in the same boat (hahahaha, get it?).

**Oh and mom, don’t get nervous because of the weather, I promise we’re safe, the captain said its only a 5 on a 1-10 scale.. so stop worrying!

 

Anyway… today was full of orientation type deals.. and it was wayy boring!  Oh well.. atleast it’s done!  Tomorrow is our first day of classes, and my first class is at 8am, which will be hard because I <3 my sleep =)  OOOOH and to make matters worse, we are AGAIN changing time zones tonight, so I have to set my clock an hour ahead before I go to sleep.. so now I’m losing yet another hour =(  Let’s see if I can make it to my first class tomorrow!!!

 

FUN FACTS:

Girl to boy ratio: 77% girls, 23% boys!

Distance to Cadiz, Spain: 2407 Nautical Miles (as of noon today)

Temperature today at noon: 54 degrees.. COOOLLLD!

Average Speed: 16 Knots… if anyone knows what that means let me know.. b/c I am trying to figure out how many mph knots are!?!?

Wind Speed today: 25 Knots!! Faster than we are going, but still I don’t know how fast that is!?

 

I think that’s it for now, I have to go read a book since half of it has to be finished by C2 (class 2) which is Friday!! And I should head to bed soon too since I’m losing an hour of sleep tonight! 

 

I hope we finally get to warm weather tomorrow, I’m ready to lay out!!