Today, I woke up at 10am. I went to bed at 10pm last night which translates to I slept 12 hours last night. I guess I could say I was tired for sure. I was thinking about it today and we’ve been on this voyage for 18 days already. We’ve also seen 2 countries in that time period, and a third just prior to leaving. It’s all happening so fast I don’t doubt that at all. Before I know it, we’ll be docking in Accra, Ghana. This whole experience has been so exciting. Every day is something new. Anyway, I had lunch and then it was back to reality. I went up to the pool deck and read for class. I can’t believe after a week and a half off classes are starting back up today. I had two this afternoon and both went well. As it is still difficult to understand my International Law professor I think I am following along pretty well. I had my dinner tonight with my extended family. What this means is there is a Life Long Learner who adopts students for the semester. So, if I ever need help or someone to talk to I can call or email him or her. Do to the exceptionally large response of students wishing to participate each LLL was given approximately 5-8 students. My LLL is Milton who is a grandpa to 2 of the little adorable blonde children ages 5 & 6 that run around the ship. He had accomplished a lot of things in his life. He was a professor for many different subjects including sociology. So, in a sense I can relate to him. He is from Canada and has worked in about 12 different countries around the world. We met for dinner at 5:30 tonight with the rest of our “family.” There were 8 total students and 7 of us showed up. We stayed at dinner for almost 2 hours just talking and getting to know one another. I really like the idea of the extended family because now I have 7 new friends too. Because things went so well tonight we are meeting for dinner again on Friday at 5:30. I think a lot of us are looking forward to it. It’s definitely something that I hope to keep regularly throughout the rest of our voyage. Well, I’ve been updating my journal and relaxing for awhile. I’m going to watch some movies on the TV. Wizard of Oz is on! Miss you all!