Vicarious Voyage

9/3/08

Hi all!
Well today I went to the informational meeting for a program I signed up for a while back called Vicarious Voyage. It’s where I get assigned a class in a school back in the US and I send them packages and postcards and letters throughout my trip so that they can learn about the countries I am going to and follow where I am going this semester. So I got my class assignment tonight, it’s a 4th grade class in a school in Charlottesville, VA! I’ve got a partner in the project, her name is Elizabeth and we’ll be putting together little packages of small inexpensive things to send to our class a couple times during the semester. We get more information about our class once we get to Brazil, so we’ll know the students’ names and if they’re studying anything in particular that they want us to write them about. It should be a fun little project this semester to go along with everything else I’m doing! And it will be cool to meet the other people on the ship who are doing the Vicarious Voyage.
Other than that today was fairly uneventful. We had to fill out lots of paperwork for entry into all of the countries we’re going to. That took a long time this evening, making sure I fill everything out right.
I’ve also started going to the gym on the ship (yeah it’s that fancy...it has a gym! haha) because I started to feel so lazy because there’s not much else active that you can do on the ship, plus I eat a lot! The food is pretty good on the ship so I eat plenty of it so I figured I should probably balance that out with a little exercise! I’ve found it a little tricky to get enough protein with the food they serve though because the only meat they really serve regularly is various forms of beef, which I do not eat, and very rarely is there chicken. So I’ve been loading up on the beans and rice and things like that whenever I can. But I really miss chicken! Ohhh well I’ll survive :-)
Ok, time for bed. I’ve got a busy day tomorrow...2 classes, then the gym, then shower, and lunch, then 2 more classes, then work and then they’re showing Pirates of the Caribbean for everyone to watch so I think I’ll go watch that tomorrow night with some friends! Man, the days are going by pretty fast so far. I’m ready to get off the ship for a while and walk around on LAND soon!!! Yay! Brazil on Sunday!
Peace.