last night there was some CRAZY weather. i went to bed early and woke up because there were loud noises and my room was lighting up, but i was still half asleep and for someone reason apparently thought i was still in Egypt, because i remember thinking that it was a giant sandstorm. it was actually rain. shocking. i went outside and saw some AMAZING lighting and then went back to bed. it seems that that marked the front between the warm-weather part of the voyage and the cold-weather part of the voyage, because it went from an average of about 85 to something around 55 today (for the first time, it was warmer in the kill-the-bacteria recycled inside air than it was outside). it was SPLENDIFOROUS - i'm so excited for the cold. it's completely invigorating to run outside wearing shorts in the wind and gloom - i've been waiting for this! and i'm glad that i'm definitely not the only one totally stoked about the cold. also the Aegean sea is so rough one of my professors gave up in the middle of class and just set us all free.
my roommate and i are currently watching "Rick Steve's Europe" about his trip OUT of Europe to Egypt. so basically we're watching on TV all the stuff we just saw. aren't we just the most productive human beings ever?!
also today is our day of silence (in recognition of those who are prejudiced against and oppressed). i wasn't going to do it, but at the last minute, i decided to. it's been rather amusing, especially since it was Kristen's birthday and a good half of us there weren't speaking - instead we were writing on napkins. but this one was more meaningful for me than other days of silence in which i've participated in the past - partly because it was designed to bring attention to a large group of people, and partly because we did a special "breaking the silence" program at the end and really got to talk about the issues, which i think was really important.
yeah. now we're going through the Dardenelles. just another typical day at sea...
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the aegean sea!!!!!! so exciting:) i miss you! and i love this blog and its title, it was an exciting discovery i made today (i admit it, today ugggghh out of it). but now i have something exciting to procrastinate with ! are you in tofurkey @now? xoxoxoxoxo
emily. when in the world will you update again!?! or email!?! all these days are sort of bluring together and they can be defined as "all that time when I wasnt hearing from emily but wished that I was"
te mando abrazos
te quiero
xoxo
L
ps today my choir director tried to tell us that propio should have an r in it -- like, proprio...and I was like, uh. no. and they were like YES until Iw as like OKAY MAYBE but I dont think so. and I was like. really red. and flustered. and annoyed because seriously?? proprio!? what the heck is that. chau amiga mia. (mi propRia amiga. ahahaha)
also, I think I get it, byaf is boston young adult friends a google mailing list that I joined, but why the HECK is that my name. I am on figuring that shit out RIGHT NOW.
look! I fixed it. now my nickname is silly, but also belongs to me. how byaf got set as my nickname I will never ever in a gazillion bazillion years know.
next time I have this much to say, I'll just email you. promise. te mando besos y un abrazote.
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