This and That - May 23

I wasn’t required to be anywhere today until 11:00 am so I gave myself the decadent gift of sleeping in and it felt marvelous.  I missed breakfast and didn’t even care, it felt that good.  I finally dragged my tookus out of bed in time to attend the Global Seminar class which all students, faculty, and staff are required to attend.  After a quick lunch, it was my turn to staff the library.  It was much quieter in the library in terms of requests and materials needed so it was an excellent opportunity to take care of a few things that had been pushed to the back burner.

In the evening, we had a faculty/staff/ship’s crew reception in the faculty lounge.  The place was packed and the decibel level was approaching hearing-loss levels.  Obviously, everyone had a great time and the captain and his senior officers were treated like rock stars.  Many people were asking them to pose for pictures and when they weren’t posing, they were swarmed by people wanting to talk with them.  They were very good sports about it but it must be quite an ego trip for them.

After the reception, I attended an evening seminar on “Photography at sea” given by the voyage photographer.  He started the seminar with a montage of his photos.  They were absolutely gorgeous!  He even took some of the photos with his iPhone so he definitely has some mad skills.  He also provided information to us on how to use all of the various buttons and doodads on our cameras so we have a fighting chance of taking good photos too…I hope.  We reach our first port in Peru day after tomorrow so we'll have our first opportunity to test our skills.  Can't wait!