Sailing along to Vietnam...

Hi all you lovely people at home!
Just thought I’d send another fun-filled update while I’m sailing along on my way to Vietnam! We’re arriving in Vietnam on Thursday morning (that will be Wednesday night for you). I’m pretty excited! In the meantime I’m just going to a few classes, doing some homework, hanging out…the usual. Tonight we had a really fun time, the crew of the ship had a talent show! This was all the housekeeping staff, kitchen staff, cooks, servers…everyone that works on the ship. It was so fun to watch! They were all very talented too. My floor’s very own housekeeper, Julius was in a hilarious dance to the song “in the navy”with some of the other housekeeping guys and they all wore sailor suits (no that’s not their usual uniforms!) it was hilarious. There was also a really funny dance to the numa numa song! All you camp people would have been proud. It was a little different from our energizer but still awesome! Speaking of camp, someone email me and tell me all about the fall retreat! I wish I could have flown in for the weekend and then returned to the ship, haha. But I hear it was really fun, and I’m bummed I had to miss it.

Soooo let’s see what else is new. I’ve got to register for next semester’s classes, which has led me to also find myself making decisions about when to graduate (possibly as soon as this spring –eek!) and what I want to do with my life?! Scary things to think about. I’m still working all that out. Not that I need to have it all worked out by the time I graduate. Maybe I’ll just let life come at me as a surprise!

Oh yeah, I was able to sneak some free internet time this afternoon so I was able to post a few new photos on flickr from India. They’re from my school visit and homestay. Later I’ll work on the rest of my India pictures and Malaysia! And of course I’ll be taking even more photos in Vietnam which I’ll have to catch up on posting also. Besides catching up on photos, I’m also trying to catch up on homework. Sigh. Not fun.

Hmm well I guess Halloween is coming up soon! I’ll be in Vietnam on Halloween. I think there’s a “masquerade ball”tomorrow night as a little Halloween party/dance thing for everyone on the ship before we all scatter all over Vietnam and Cambodia (I’ll be in Vietnam, not Cambodia). I’m not sure if I’ll do anything Halloween-ish on Halloween but I’ve heard rumors that they’re doing trick or treat candy handing out for the kids on the ship (yeah there’s a few kids of professors on the ship, what a cool way to spend a semester as a kid eh??). I’m jealous of the kids on the ship. They do have to go to school for a little while each day like us, but man, what a cool experience. The kids are all the children of professors, and there are actually several of them aged from 3-16 I think. The 3-year old is Micah, and he’s adorable! All the kids are really fun. And I guess they get to go trick or treating on the ship for Halloween!!

Hm ok I guess that’s all the news for now. I hope everyone’s doing great and has an awesome Halloween!!!

Love you all and miss you tons!
*peace*