So it’s the first full day on the ship, and it’s been full of meetings, seminars, and a dumb writing assessment.  It’s been a long day, but in the end, I’ve realized that the food on the ship is pretty dank after all.  Another thing I’ve quickly learned, it is so much easier to stand bad weather in the room, compared to the 6th or 7th deck on the ship, which can sway tremendously.   The mixture of a slight side-to-side motion, the music in my ears, and the slight rumble coming from the ships engine is very soothing while lying bed.  Started off the day right, missing breakfast due to the fact that we lost an hour of sleep, and my phone and laptop decided not to recognize that time change.  It’s nice walking up the stairs of the ship and suddenly realizing that instead of enjoying a nice warm breakfast, you’ve got to sit in a 2-½ long seminar about safety on the ship and about the expectations for the rest of the voyage.  All in all, today has been pretty chill and I’m pretty excited about starting my first day of classes tomorrow and meeting these incredible professors… bright and early, at 8am.