In the U.S.! Briefly.

We dock in Hawai'i tomorrow! It's the United States! People speak English! They use the dollar! They have Taco Bell! Haha. Just kidding. Actually, the thing I am most excited about is being able to use my phone without it costing an arm and a leg. SO, if you would like to call or send me a text message, my phone number is 724/309/9687. I don't remember my ring tone and I hardly remember how to use my phone, so it will be SUPER EXCITING if you send me a text or give me a call. I WOULD LOVE IT! I will, of course, be traveling and might be busy, so definitely leave a voice mail and I will try as hard as possible to return your call as soon as I am not busy visiting Pearl Harbor, etc. PLEASE, HOWEVER, be aware that Hawai'i is six hours ahead of the east coast, so be courteous and do not call or text in the middle of the night for me and I will try to do the same for you. ALSO, this applies for Sunday and Monday ONLY. I will be traveling to Guatemala and they are definitely not on the AT&T plan. Haha.

Once again, sorry to disappoint and not have updates. I am working on Thailand and hope to post that. Perhaps after Hawai'i I will work backwards from there. I haven't decided yet. Sorry. I got a B on the Global Studies test! Hooray! And an A on the Downside of English essay, which I believe I mentioned earlier. I haven't gotten my second essay back yet.

Two nights ago we had a ship-wide talent show and there were a lot of great acts with a lot of talented people. The adults on the ship did a Gillian's Island parody song. Two girls did a Tahitian dance, one tapped, two others did contemporary dances. One girl did a Chinese yo-yo act and another kid juggled. A bunch of people played the guitar and sang (one did an acoustic medley of rap songs - it was awesome). One kid did stand-up and was hilarious. Two kids did an amazing parody song about the ship, complete with costume changes. One guy sang an aria. And a girl and a guy did an amazing spoken word poetry.

And I was in it too! I sang with the a capella group, Sound Waves, which formed at the beginning of the semester. We sang the song "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield. It was really good, I think. One of my friends took some video, so I'll have to show it off when I get home. We had two soloists and one guy as a beat boxer. I had lots of fun! It made me want to sing all night long!