Friday, November 28 ("The Captain's Dinner"/ sailing to Costa Rica): This morning I woke up and had several pieces of snail mail (thanks Nadia & David W!) on my cabin door. It's late in the voyage, but I still get excited about mail. Well, maybe that shouldn't be a surprised, because I also love getting real mail (NOT BILLS-lol) on land. My day was filled with a little bit of this and a little bit of that, but I most anticipated the captain's dinner...

Sunday, September 7 (Salvador, BRAZIL—finally!): YAY! We made it to our first country—Salvador, Brazil! Last night residents wanted to sleep out on the deck, which I was open to doing, but we were rained out. So, as an alternative, we agreed to wake up around 05:30 (yes, AM) to watch pulling into port. Since the sleep out event was cancelled, I started packing for Rio…working on an ACPA conference proposal….organizing SAS tasks and, surprisingly, before I...

Monday, September 1 (alcohol service & sailing to Brazil): Each morning I cannot wait to look outside my window. Will I see an island? Mountains? Unique buildings? Well, this morning the water looked as smooth as glass—really. I've never seen anything like it. Then, if that wasn't good enough, we saw two whales and flying fish during our Living-Learning Team meeting. I usually have my camera with me, but I intentionally left it in my cabin because I thought...

Monday, September 1 (alcohol service & sailing to Brazil): Each morning I cannot wait to look outside my window. Will I see an island? Mountains? Unique buildings? Well, this morning the water looked as smooth as glass—really. I've never seen anything like it. Then, if that wasn't good enough, we saw two whales and flying fish during our Living-Learning Team meeting. I usually have my camera with me, but I intentionally left it in my cabin because I thought...

Friday, August 29 (students arrive): As a Living Learning Coordinator (LCC), I have 74 undergraduate students living on my deck. I have tons of names to learn, which seems like a daunting task. This just reminds me how the RAs must feel when they have lots and lots of names to learn in such a short time. It was good to meet all of my students, but the day was extremely long with little time to take a break. In fact, Amy Hill and I tried to run to Starbucks for ...