Thanksgiving in Hawaii and Death by Wal Mart!

Hi!!!!!
It’s been a while sine I’ve had anything interesting to say! Haha. But the news from the sea is that we spent Thanksgiving in Hawaii! My photos are up on Flickr, so check them out! It was a great day. I’ve never been to Hawaii so I wish that I had more time to explore, but it was still a great way to spend Thanksgiving. I could tell we’d entered America again because of the giant SUVs, Hummers, and huge trucks driving around…haha. And we stopped at a grocery store to get some snacks. Most things were closed since it was Thanksgiving, but we went to Waikiki Beach and it was SOOO crowded! Apparently everyone else also thought it would be fun to go to the beach on Thanksgiving. Some students from my ship even had a Thanksgiving dinner picnic on the beach! Some friends and I rented a surf board and tried surfing! It was very fun, I wasn’t very good at it but we had a great time. One of the best parts about the day was that since we were back in the United States, I could call my family from my cell phone! It was so nice to talk to everyone, especially because it was pretty weird not to be home on Thanksgiving. So it was a great day. A nice relaxing break from writing papers and studying for finals.

Thursday night we had a Hawaii-themed dinner. There was barbeque chicken, fruit, and decorations…haha. It was funny. I’m not sure all the food that night was Hawaiian but it was nice of them to try :-) the soup was labeled “Hawaiian Corn Chowder”! Anyways tonight we’re having our Thanksgiving dinner now that everyone’s back on the ship. So I’m looking forward to that!!

Now I’ve got five more days until finals are over. Today is full of writing papers and finishing things up for the end of classes, then I start studying for finals. Sigh. It’s going to be a crazy 5 days, but soon it will be over and we’ll be in Costa Rica for a few days! I can’t believe I’m coming home in 2 weeks! The last few days when we’re sailing from Costa Rica to Miami will be crazy, trying to fit everything into suitcases and boxes to carry off the ship. I’m planning on giving away/throwing away some of the things I don’t need to bring back like a pair of pants and some shoes that I’ve pretty much thoroughly worn out on this trip. Hopefully I’ll have enough room in my bags for the stuff I’ve bought along the way! Most of which are Christmas presents :-)

Well I’m still working on getting photos of the inside of the ship to post so everyone knows I really AM traveling around the world on a ship, I’m not just mysteriously arriving in each country! That project might have to happen after finals though, which are over on December 4. In the meantime check out my Hawaii photos and keep writing me emails for me to read during study breaks!!

Oh, one last thing…Katie informed me of a ridiculous news story that gives me yet another reason to dislike Wal Mart… go check it out:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/business/29walmart.html?em