On Board!

Sunday @ 5:00

Just a quick note to let everyone know that I (& all faculty and staff) have boarded the ship and everything is going very well. I think my roommate Linda and I will get along fine even tho we have a very small room. They put some of the staff in former-crew member rooms because we will have the biggest # of students ever: 733! I'm on the third deck, inside room, so I won't know day from night! Many of the faculty and staff have sailed on previous voyages, so they know what to expect, and us newbies are eager to learn.

Today started at 6:00am with the alarm going off, breakfast @ 7:00 and info sessions started at 8:00. I'm on info overload right now, and we'll start again tomorrow at 8:30.

I learned I will be a leader on three of the pre-sale trips that I requested so I will get a partial refund at the end of the voyage. More info on those later.

Right now I'm off to the social hour (wine and appetizers) and dinner at 6:00 (I think)

Till later . . .