just another day in paradise

      Luckily the swells aren't too bad so far. But the rumor is that our voyage to Japan is supposed to be worse than it was to Hawaii. uh oh. But I am just happy that I did not get sick coming back onto the ship from Hawaii. I was worried that I would loose my sea legs while on land. 

      Yesterday it poured rain for awhile.  I was inside for a long time so I didn't even see it rain, but then I went outside around 2pm and noticed everything was completely soaked.  But today was a different story.  The weather was beautiful and the top deck was filled with students lying out in their bathing suits.  I was supposed to have two classes from 12:30-3:15, but I did something that normally doesn't happen....woke up especially early to attend a class.  Since Global Studies is offered at two different times each day, I chose to go to the 9:30am class instead of the 2pm. So I started my day off early and got a lot done.  The best part was, I was able to lay out and soak up the sun while doing some reading for class AND work out a lot. Three of my friends and I went on the top deck and did some core and legs workouts and then lifted.  It is quite a challenge doing these exercises on a ship.  It is funny doing situps because if you go with the waves, suddenly you are propelled forward. But, if you are going against gravity, it is so much harder and gives your abs an awesome workout. 

     My favorite part of the day: after dinner my friends and I went to Zumba!!! (shout out to Jenna Duffus)  Zumba is a cardio workout through dance. It was so much fun. We did that for an hour and was sweating when we were done. (See mom and dad, they have aerobics, yoga, dance, etc. All kinds of things which I am taking full advantage of!)  After Zumba we went to Salsa lessons. I finally know salsa, something I have always wanted to do.  I think I will go professional when I get back to the states! haha.

     So that was my day. Just thought I'd let you all know what Cara's B5 day looked like. 

Tomorrow, the Hawaii blog will finally be posted! I am warning you though, its a long one!!! Just the first two days was quite an experience in Hilo.

      Goodnight all! (ps- I am 3 hours behind California now. but soon it will be more)