Half a Day from Port 1

Hey everybody. The MV Explorer is half a day away from our first port! When I wake up tomorrow we will already be docked! How exciting is that! The sea has been so flat but they told us it gets rough right before we dock. bummer. On a better note, I have basically gotten used to the wobbling. I thought I never would. Last night I met my "extended family" which is a program here on the ship that gives you grandparents and brothers and sisters on board. It started when the students had absolutely no contact with family and still continues now. It's pretty cool. My "grandpa" on board is a speaker they have on the ship who talks about his experience being in a POW camp for 4 years. I can't wait to hear it. I got a little more sun than I was hoping today because after I laid out, my class was outside for 3.5 hours. Ouch! I met my group for my engineering project (which is similar to the E101 project) and theyre cool. We're about to have our briefing on Trinidad to find out policies, laws and other necessary things! I am having the time of my life here.