Literally the Longest Year of my life :)

So this is the longest year of my life! Why? Because on the ship there
are 2 April 20ths! We're 15 hours ahead from the east coast now and
its currently April 20th. Tomorrow we go ahead another hour, but have
a second April 20th. So tomorrow we'll be behind the east coast
instead of ahead. Anyways this is also a leap year so I'm living the
longest year I'll probably ever live. :)

I've been on the ship for 6 days since Japan. Hard to believe-it
really has flown by! Its been super busy here on the ship. We didn't
have classes for 3 weeks straight just about(while we were traveling
in Vietnam, China and Japan), so now we're drowning in work and
responsibilities, and finals are within a week. On top of the school
work, I've had to deal with registering with classes, finding places
to intern this summer, and I just finished up sending out e-mails to 7
event planning companies. Fingers crossed!

Anyways, with all these big girl responsibilities, I'm left with no
time for blogging about the past MONTH! Oh so much has happened.
Luckily I've jotted some things down in journal along the way to jog
my memory when I can finally blog! Hopefully I can bang out Vietnam in
the next couple days despite all the school work (and hopefully sunny
days) coming my way.

Speaking of sunny days, today it was sunny and warm and beautiful and
boy was I a happy girl. Up until about mid-Vietnam or China there were
only a couple cloudy days that we experienced this whole semester.
East Asia was very NY-springtime-ish, and therefore there was a lot of
rain and lack of sun. Since we got on the ship in Japan it has been
cloudy every day! It was a different lifestyle completely! Every other
day on the ship prior to the past 5 days I'd spend at least a few
hours outside, but the past 5 days consisted of me taking at least an
hour nap every day and spending a lot more time in my little cabin. I
was really itching for the sun, and today there was not a cloud in the
sky! We enjoyed it by hitting a volleyball around in the pool for
about an hour! So much fun!

So I've got a couple days to write some essays and finish up work and
then I'm in Hilo, Hawaii for a day! (April 25th) Then I'm headed home!
I'll be in San Diego in 12 days. Can't believe it! I'll give my
thoughts about coming home and leaving this dream after I write about
Asia.

Oh so much to write about, so little time!