Whale Watching

This was supposed to post yesterday but it didn't so here we go now...

When the sight of a whale in the distance is the highlight of your day, you know you need to get off the ship haha. But really, we have all been talking since we got on the ship about how badly we wanted to see a whale or some other “sea creature jumping out of the water” as one person put it and we finally did today so we were really excited. The past day or 2 have been slightly more exciting than the first few days. Last night there was an open mic night which was fun to watch. Today it was really nice outside so some of us went walking on the deck and we saw the whale and then later we went to a presentation about all the best foods to eat in Spain (obviously they know my number one interest) which really just made us all 10 times more excited for Spain and also 10 times more sick of the food on the ship. Everyone that I’ve been hanging out with is starting to get to know each other a little better so our conversations are becoming more comfortable which is nice. Today at dinner we talked about random stuff like what celebrities we think are the hottest and what situations we’ve been in that have made us the dirtiest or, as my roommate Megan calls it, the “crustiest.” Later, we had an intense discussion about Sesame Street and the fact that the Cookie Monster is now the Vegetable Monster. It was nice to finally feel okay talking to people about things other than where you’re from, what your major is, or things directly related to the trip. We went outside at night today and it looked SO weird. You couldn’t tell the difference between the horizon and the water so it looked like we were just floating in space. Classes still suck and are sooo boring and it feels so weird to be going to class and then remembering its Saturday. Only a few more days till Spain!!!

ps: This is for Christi and Lexi if you're reading this: We had an activities fair where you could sign up for things and there was one place you could sign up to make your own clubs so some people did and they just put them out yesterday and there is a "24 hour pirate watching club." I'm thinking maybe I should go and teach them some of my Philadelphia-based moves that we learned. AVAST!