not yet in Hilo

I bought my SAS sweater today… I had been debating which one I wanted and finally choose a cozy grey one. I made the mistake of only bringing one really warm comfy sweater, not realizing how chilly it can be on the ship, especially in the morning.

The sunrise today was beautiful. Last night I attended Christian meeting at 2200 (so late, my normal bedtime has been like 2000 or 10 PM), and it was everything I could have wanted. It was wonderful seeing friends I had met before there and then having that, "Oh, you're Christian? Great!" moment. It was a brainstorming meeting, just discussing what can happen on the ship. I mentioned to the group that I've been getting up early, and after the meeting someone approached me asking if I'd be getting up tomorrow. So, this morning there was four of us huddled away from the wind at the bow of the ship, readings Psalms, and then watching the sunrise. I felt… peaceful. Also tired, but you know, it's not a habit yet.

I realized I haven't written about my A day classes- Acting is just like I imagined, fun games and getting people to step out of their comfort zone. World Religions is my Global Lens class, but the prof is wonderful and hilarious and also Mormon. Today, I continued to love Astronomy (I now know the distinction between meteors, meteorites, meteroids) and sat through our first discussions of The Tempest in Global Shakespeare.

I tried to sit outside and read after lunch, but it started raining. Then it was sunny again (we must be getting closer to Hawaii). Then there was this spectacular double rainbow at the stern of the ship, very close to us.

Because I haven't done this yet, here is my room.

Here is the view from our window.

I'm going to go eat dinner now!