About to Set Sail!

Okay, so the anxiety isn't completely gone, but becoming more and more supressed. I leave in 3 days for Nassau, narrowly exscaping Katrina. I'll meet up with some of my shipmates at a hotel on Monday night, so that should be fun. Then we head out the next morning to board the ship at 8am. I am excited. I am nervous. I really don't think I'm fully prepared for what I'm about to go through. I can't believe the places I'm going to visit, the cultures and lifestyles I'm going to witness. I mean Archbishop Desmond Tutu is going to be traveling with us from Brazil to South Africa! How crazy is that! I know this is going to be an incredible semester. I'll send postcards (to those who have given me their addresses). I'll take tons of pictures. I'll take advantage of the legal drinking age of 18 while at sea and in port. Although, I won't take too much advantage. I want to come home with clear memories of this experience. I'll blog after every port I visit. I'll think of you all often, imagining the amazing quarter each one of you are having (and will be blogging about)!

Take care! Have fun! I love and miss you all!