Sea Swell: 10 feet. Sea Conditions: ROUGH

The title of this blog comes from our Dean's memo that we get in an email every evening. This was what was written in the memo on Sunday evening! 

            On Saturday night I went to sleep being rocked nicely by the waves. I woke up in the middle of the night to the sounds of objects moving around in my room, and the bathroom door that I forgot to shut swinging back and forth. I got up and realized that my sea-legs were nowhere to be found as I stumbled through the dark to close my bathroom door. That morning I woke up for my 9:20 global studies class. Usually as we walk into class there is a sign- in sheet, but it was nowhere to be found. This is the one class that every student on board is required to take, so half take it on A days and half on B days. The class is also held in a place called the Union which is in the very front of the ship. I walked in, wondering when the sign in sheet would show up. Then an announcment came on the loud speaker "due to the rough sea conditions and anticipated sea-sickness, global studies is not taking attendance and it will be show on the TV's in your cabins if you wish to stay in your room." I stayed in the union, I've come to find out that I fortunately do not get sea-sick…so that morning was like a fun roller coaster as I tried to take notes. At home we got out of class for things like snow, extreme weather, and power outages, (normal things). Here, we get out of class for sea-sickness!! The whole day professors were very lenient on attendance, and many didn't get out of bed all day. My roommate's name is Laura and she is from Nebraska, she unfortunately get's very sea-sick and was one of the students that spent the whole day in the room…I tried to check on her here and there…

             That night they shut off all internet on the ship in order to try and stream the super-bowl. There we were, having just exited the Amazon and entered the Atlantic (this is the reason the seas were so rough), on a ship, and watching some good old American football. There were a good amount of Patriots fans that were pretty devastated, and there were even more Giants fans, and honorary Giants fans like myself that were very pleased with the outcome.

            Monday, the sea conditions were pretty much the same. I thought I'd gained sea-legs before Brazil, but this was on a whole other level. Walking from place to place was a sport as I was flung from wall to the next. Meals were accompanied by the sounds of silverware and objects toppling over. At one point as I sat in the lounge I was startled by the loud sound of a big metal sign falling