Smooth ride to South Africa? Not so much

Well, the past few days we have had some really rough seas. I had to shove socks under my TV to keep it from moving and my drawers I have taped shut. I did feel sea-sick so I have been taking meds. It really has made me dizzy and tired though. I haven’t been able to sleep much at night, it’s really hard. It’s either the rocking get’s bad or something’s slamming or falling in someone else’s room and you can hear it. Other than that I’ve been doing really well. I did get an A- on my debate that I had last week so, I was really happy about that. Midterms are approaching quickly. Most of them happen after Capetown, South Africa en route to Port Louis, Mauritius. We do get a pre-test in Global Studies so maybe we will get an idea of what to even study. There is just entirely too much scattered information in that class to even get an understanding of what he could possibly ask us. But, I’m sure I will do fine. Pre-sale 2 begins tomorrow for any day trips we want to buy from Vietnam – Hawaii. I don’t really have too many to get because I have in many of those countries large trips. So, I hope that I get the ones that I want. Other than all of this I have pretty much just been reading for classes, relaxing, or watching movies on the movie channels. I prefer to watch the kid’s channel. Last night I watched Little Giants, what a classic. That reminds me I’m happy the Giants are now 3-0! I just wish I was able to watch these games. I’ll be able to catch the last 3 season games and hopefully we get into the playoffs so I can watch those games too! I definitely miss having Sundays to watch football and relax at school. It’s tough here sometimes because there is no real “weekend.” I do have time to relax, but it’s not like a regular weekend at home. Tomorrow we have our cultural pre-port and Friday we have our logistical pre-port. They usually are really helpful and filled with information that’s necessary. Where we are docking is apparently right near all of Capetown. Which is really good compared to some ports which we have to take shuttles out of the shipyards because they are industrial shipyards and it’s dangerous. I am really excited to get there and I have some exciting things I have signed up for. I’ll be sure to update prior to arriving in South Africa which is Saturday morning, with more details on my trips. Also, on the things I’ve learned from my pre-port meetings. I cannot believe tomorrow is OCTOBER already! This is going by so fast when I think of it! I have to get ready I have dinner with my “family” tonight. They are a good group of people, but I miss all of you at home. Nothing can compare.