Today was June 17th and our first day at sea. Our position, for anyone who cares, is Latitude 41º, Longitude 053 º. Basically this means that we are somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, closer to Halifax than to Spain.
Today was also Orientation, where all students attended workshops pertaining to conduct aboard the ship and beyond. This Orientation probably would have been more helpful if everyone on the ship was not sooo sick!! Many people just retreated into their cabin for the entire day. Supposedly we were in the middle of some kind of storm. Even ocean veterans, being aboard for 11 years, were experiencing sea sickness. It was a hard day, but my sea sick patch started to kick in so I did not feel so horrible, thank goodness.
I’ve been using my email account onboard and I just now realized how Elizabeth Bennet must have felt in Pride and Prejudice when she received mail. It is truly thrilling and allows you to connect to the person you are talking to in a much deeper way. So I guess you can call me the Elizabeth Bennet of the sea.
Tomorrow is our first day of classes and I look forward to seeing how they go and how difficult the work will be. Also, I hope for everyone’s sake that the ocean calms down a bit.
Talk to you all soon,
-Kira-
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