Hawaii: Short but Sweet After spending two weeks at sea, I have finally adjusted to life as a "sailor." It's pretty easy to get used to laying outside in the sun between classes, watching sunsets in the pouring rain, observing flying fish (they're real...) outside of my classroom window, and enjoying spa treatments with my girls. In addition to being pampered, however, I am still learning a tremendous amount with every experience, and I am soaking up every...

Fifth day on the ship and still very much adjusting...My first night at sea was pretty rough but I think I've finally got my "Sea Legs"  I'm also dealing with the absurd amount of free time I have here - two classes on half of the days at sea and three the other...and none of my fifteen thousand commitments and activities that I'm used to at CSU...I miss being busy! When the weather clears up it should be nice though because I can lay out on the deck an...

And I'm off...Mom and I departed for our week-long road trip across the US! We will be stopping at Grand Canyon, Vegas (of course) and driving up the coast of California...hopefully we can avoid any more encounters with creepy naked men... :)