Late last night/early this morning, we crossed the International dateline. Thank goodness we’re going west and gaining time rather than east and losing time. My favorite announcement each day or every couple of days is, “the ship clock will be retarded 1 hour tonight.” Now explaining to the students that retarding the clocks IS an appropriate use of that word, is another story. A couple of days ago I got to take a tour of the bridge and snap some photos with Master Captain Jeremy. That was pretty incredible! He even let me “steer” the ship (well, kinda…it was on cruise control). The ocean has been a little rougher over the last two days but I think everyone is getting used to it now. Once we depart Japan, it should mellow out.
My colleague Laura and I co-presented for the very first “community college.” Our topic was inclusive language (are you surprised?). She has an equal amount of passion about the topic as I and we pulled it together really well. I felt really supported by me staff mates who almost all came out to participate. I just love this group-most of agree that we are the best staff we’ve all ever worked on. I can’t ask for anything better. Here are 4 of us up in the staff/faculty lounge taking a breather and enjoying good company after a long day of work.
I am also coming to realize that it is the little things that are having the most impact on me while I am at sea. I have had some intellectual and thought provoking conversations with a number of students and with a select few faculty members, as well. Watching a group of students gather in the piano lounge and play a game of catch phrase or watching a couple of guitarists and singers attract a small crowd in Tymitz Square are a couple examples of those little things that have an impact on me. I just feel like I was meant to be experiencing SAS, exactly the way I am experiencing it, on this very voyage. I still have moments where I stand out on the 7th deck, look out into the ocean with not a speck of land in sight, and think I to myself, “I can’t believe this is real.”
My colleague Laura and I co-presented for the very first “community college.” Our topic was inclusive language (are you surprised?). She has an equal amount of passion about the topic as I and we pulled it together really well. I felt really supported by me staff mates who almost all came out to participate. I just love this group-most of agree that we are the best staff we’ve all ever worked on. I can’t ask for anything better. Here are 4 of us up in the staff/faculty lounge taking a breather and enjoying good company after a long day of work.
I am also coming to realize that it is the little things that are having the most impact on me while I am at sea. I have had some intellectual and thought provoking conversations with a number of students and with a select few faculty members, as well. Watching a group of students gather in the piano lounge and play a game of catch phrase or watching a couple of guitarists and singers attract a small crowd in Tymitz Square are a couple examples of those little things that have an impact on me. I just feel like I was meant to be experiencing SAS, exactly the way I am experiencing it, on this very voyage. I still have moments where I stand out on the 7th deck, look out into the ocean with not a speck of land in sight, and think I to myself, “I can’t believe this is real.”
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