I am here in my room all ready for bed. I am so exhausted! Its not "quiet hours" just yet, but I was pretty close to falling asleep during our opening meeting tonight, so I am just gonna sleep early. Although there were a couple of things that the Dean said that I thought were interesting to share. He said that there are three things to remember about this trip. 1. We are not just going to sight see. We are going to sight "think." 2. This is not a 'boat,' this is a SHIP. and finally 3. This is not a cruise, it is a VOYAGE. Earlier today before the meeting tonight, I met up with some people I met in line to get aboard the ship and we ate dinner and explored the ship. It has a pretty nice gym, and I have been telling people that I am a kickboxing instructor, and everybody I have talked to really wants me to get a class together. It has been fun today meeting people and getting to know my way around, but I am really not used to the rocking of the ship. I definitely had to take some Dramamine and it has helped. My room is a bit more towards the middle of the ship so the rocking is not as bad here. It makes me a bit dizzy, when I walk around I walk like I had a bit too much to drink. ;) But at least now I have an excuse to loose my balance instead of being clumsy. But really, it mostly makes me tired. I know I will sleep well tonight. Orientation starts at 0900 hours tomorrow morning, but breakfast is at 0730. I am off to get some sleep.