Ship life -WEEKEND

Today was our first NO CLASS DAY while at sea. It was almost like our first weekend, but only one day long.  Everyone seemed really excited to sleep in, but of course around 9 am the crew decided to have a practice drill. That meant all the ships alarms and the loudspeaker were almost constant.  It seemed so unfair to practice on the only day without class, but I guess they really could not have practiced if we did have class, and I would prefer them practiced and prepared if we came across any troubles.


 It seemed like everyone took advantage of the 'weekend' by laying out and getting some sun on the seventh deck. I even laid out in the sun and jumped in the pool. It was my first time in the pool. I was really surprised how much the pool water moved around. It seemed like you could not stay in the same spot. We were in the deep part because the pool was so full, so where we were standing was beyond where I could even touch my tippie-toes!  It seemed with every big wave that we were pushed across the pool.  It was really fun. The pool though was just about full to capacity. It was almost shoulder to shoulder!  I have seen the whole student body in one place, but it looked like there were even more than the entire student body by the pool (even though that is not possible).

Last night in honor of our 'weekend night' we had a ship talent show.  It was tons of fun. It went from 9 until almost midnight. There were some students who were very talented, and some that really had no talent, but were fun to watch.  The events that bring the whole ship community together are really fun.