Feb 2
Hey!!!
I was just going to email you!!! I am sitting outside on the top deck right now doing some reading for class tomorrow. Today is our day off from class, so it's nice to get a break. This morning we had our CU group picture, i guess they are taking pics of all the schools that are represented on the ship. Later this afternoon we are going on a bridge tour, so we get to see where the captains steer the boat and all that stuff, which should be pretty cool!!! Classes have been good, I had my first exam and it went pretty well. It was only 20 questions. The weather has been nice, but it is getting colder each day!!! Today is the first day that it has been too cold to lie out in swimsuits!!!! We did have a dance last night and we went to it!!! Everyone dressed up in crazy outfits, it was surprisingly a lot more fun than i would have expected it to be!!!! Friends are good!!! It's weird because all the Boulder kids really do stick together!!! Not to say that i haven't met tons of people, but it is nice to have close friends from your own school!!!! There is a group of six of us that always stick together especially while we travel. When we post pics you will see who they all are!!! We are going to be crossing the international date line sometime tonight i think because we are completely losing february 3rd!!!! Today is the 2nd and tomorrow will be the 4th, it's really weird how that whole thing works!!!!! Anyway, i am getting very anxious to get to Japan, but in the mean time we are finding ways to entertain ourselves on the ship!!!!

o and also we had to fill out all the immigration forms for all the countries, which was a ton of paperwork to do all at once, but at least we got it all out of the way now!!!!

Love
Em