I know its been a while, but I haven't had much to report till now. As some of you may have heard, we went through ROUGH seas on our way to Hawaii. For 6 days straight! Imagine staring out the window and all you see is the ocean then a second later all you see is the sky! The was even a couple nights were we would be sitting on the top deck outside and everyone would slide to one end of the ship, and then slide all the way over to the other! There were def. Some pukers on board, but no worries I held strong! We finally made it to Hawaii after 7 days at sea and I have never been so happy in my life to see land! Our first Hawaiian stop was Hilo....if you ever visit Hawaii, DON'T go to Hilo! It was a very very small town and not much to do there other than the beach. But, I guess I can't complain too much though... Laying on the beach for 2 days was very very nice! After Hilo we sailed for 1 night to Honolulu...this is most certainly the place to be! Unfortunatly I got stuck going to the Polynesian Culture Center for a class. The center was built to teach people about 6 different polynesian cultures and was def. A tourist trap! This little field trip was saposed to last 12 hours, but me being me I said no way and lasted about 5 before I found 5 others who were looking to skip out as well. We ended up taking the $2.50 city bus (as opposed to the $120 cab) back to the ship which took us 2 hours!! That was for sure the longest bus ride EVER! We finally got back to the pier our ship was at and I of course had to do some shopping. And my most prized possession so far... A Ukulele with the Hawaiian islands sketched in it :) The next day we went to the famous Waikiki Beach (which is really a district and not solely a beach) and looked around the hotels and shops before actually going to the beach. In 1 hotel area, there were 2 parots, but only 1 could talk. So naturally we go try to talk to that 1 parrot. We got it to say "hello" and "aloha" before we started freaking and laughing so hard because this parrot could actually talk! I don't think the parrot liked us laughing at it because soon after our laughing attack it most def. said "f*** you"! I thought we were laughing hard before, but we all pretty much had tears in out eyes from laughing so hard after those last words! As of now we're well on our way to Japan (this is our 2nd day at sea) and I was told we will be at sea for 11 days ahhhhhhh that's a LONG time!!! Thank goodness for board games and movies! Well I should probs stop this procrastination and get back to class work (yes I do actually have to do work on this trip). Goodbye for now and there will be more posts to come!!

Bon voyage!

Casey and I are currently on the bus headed to our ship and we've already met people who know our friends from home... Small world! Anyway, I just wanted to give my last goodbyes for the semester! Goodbye to all my Alpha Chi's... Take care of our new facy babies :). I'll all of you very much!! Goodbye to another special place in my heart... Kilroys (the best bar in bloomington)! Goodbye to all my favorite frat boys...you know who you are!Goodbye to all my other IU friends! Goodbye to all my Nashville crew...see you at steeplewasteeeee! And lastly Goodbye to my family who I love lotssss!!No worries everyone' I promise to live it up to the fullest and at the request of mama friedman, I also promise not to do anything stupid and be safe!!