The first week on board

LEAVING: I've only been on SAS for 9 days and it has felt like an eternity. It is crazy how being without social media you truly get to know people and have deep conversations with them, especially at meal times. The bonfire Kaity & I organized in San Diego the day before we left was a great idea, and everyone was just so cool and friendly! I left the next day for Ensenada, Mexico at what was supposed to be 9am but left actually at like 10:30am. The border took forever and we didn't actually get to the ship until 3 or 4 hours later, but Michelle & I were just dozing off most the time or staring out the window.

MY ROOM: it's TINY. I have an outside triple so I have 2 other roommates named Aishwyra (probably spelled that wrong) and Yesenia and I absolutely love them. The first few days we were napping like crazy to adjust to sea life. I guess we were kind of seasick but it was in a more foggy head and constantly tired way. The beds are SO comfortable and the ship rocks you to sleep like a baby.

ORIENTATION & ACTIVITIES: we had orientation the day after we got on the ship all day. It lasted at least 12 hours and the majority of the stuff I already knew. We are separated into different "seas" which are teams based on where our room is located. I'm the Adriatic Sea. So, people can come up with clubs on board and there's been a lot! So far I have joined: "Jews on a cruise", YoungLife, yogis abroad, cardio kickboxing, acapella (started yesterday and I am soooo excited about it-having acapella withdrawals), and Zumba starts today! I might join a film society/multimedia thing also. There's always things going on and people laying out on Deck 7 by the pool, so you can say it's a tadddd hard to focus in school.

A TYPICAL DAY: days are split up between "A days" and "B days". We have class every single day when not in port, even on weekends. I have 1 class on A days and 3 on B days. Here's my schedule today to just give you a basic idea of my new sea life.

-Sleep in! Wake up at 10ish, shower and chill until lunch around 11:30/12. Lunch & hang out outside until class around 1. International Marketing class 1-2:15. Send emails, try to do homework and chill. Zumba 4:15-5:15. 5:30 Shabbat. Dinner around 6/6:30. Game of Thrones marathon crammed into Brian's room for an hour or two. Pub night at 9pm (drinking age is 18 on board so we are allowed 2 glasses of wine or beer per night, and 3 more on pub night. Each drink is $4 and I have already spent $24…oopsies)

That's about it for ship life. Classes are good, people are friendly, the ship already feels like home, and it's only just begun!