I'm on the ship!

Hey guys! I miss you all so much! I am having a great time! We are sailing now going as fast as we ever go, 20 mph. My roommate is really nice, her name is Mary and she is from Texas. She has a boyfriend she has been with for five years, so obviously she has been telling me all about him as I tell her all about PacoJ She is a sophomore at the university of Texas and she is an education major. She is really sweet and she doesn’t smoke and she is not too religious, so it’s great. We get along very well but we also are both making our own friends, which is great! I have been hanging out with the same group of people that I met at the Atlantis. It is really nice to have people to look for, hang out with, eat with, and be with at night. There is no drinking which is totally fine with me and it just means that there is a lot of talking and getting to know each other which is great. My group consists of Dannie, who I met in Florida, Kim, who I flew down with, Dan who was also on my flight, Brenna and Monica who I have been talking to online for a while and then we met up at the Atlantis, Kevin who does work study with Dannie, and several other people who I will probably tell you more about in the next emails. We are having tons and tons of orientations and stuff telling us how to use the internet, how to do this, how to do that, whats its gonna be like, how to be a successful community on the ship, safety, and lots of things. Its nice meeting the crew and faculty but the lectures are getting a little boring. Classes start tomorrow and I have to say, I am ready and I am ready to meet the people in my classes too. The boat you can sometimes feel moving, but for the most part it is totally fine. I still cannot believe I am here. I know the time is going to fly by, but I am excited!