Day 83 – Back on the Boat

Nov 19th

Back to Routines
After developmental economics in the morning, I started to realize how sad it is we are stuck on a ship for the next 8 days straight until Thanksgiving. Most students have fallen behind on work, including myself, because we tried so desperately to catch up on sleep while between ports. After lunch, a group meeting and global social movements class, I finally had time to go to the gym. It was packed with girls trying to slim down before we reach Hawaii and Costa Rica. Dan informed me that he bought protein powder with the boys, so they could all bulk up. Inevitably, I feel like I’m trapped on a Weight Watchers cruise, but on the bright side now there is more dessert for me to pick from.

Video Vixen
Within seconds of me getting back to my room from the library, Spencer pounded on my door. I opened the door to find him breathlessly explaining that he needs “sexy bitches” for a Sea TV music video. He was all dressed up in a pin strip suit he had had made in Vietnam that I just couldn’t say no. (And when anyone calls you a ‘sexy bitch’ how could you possible resist?) So, I recruited Sara to dance and Goldie to be the strobe light technician, and we headed to 3102 to make our video debut. We didn’t really feel like changing since it was getting late so we showed up in tanks and baggy sweat pants, but our wild hair flips and jumping around the cabin beds made the video. I can’t wait to see the results (even if it has to be broadcast on all the ship’s TVs).

Highs and Lows
My “high” was crossing off one of the things on my ‘100 Things To Do Before I Die’ list (ie. dance my heart out for the camera). My “low” was realizing, along with the rest of the student body, that the rest of the cruise would be spent studying and sleeping.