Last night I was up until late sharing photos, music, and stories of the last three months. I actually went to bed (after drifting off a few times) at 3am. At 5:45am my alarm went off but I barely woke up as I turned it off and went back to bed. At 6am I awoke to "America" by Neil Diamond playing on the loud speaker. My first thought was if someone had mysteriously turned on the TV. I rolled out of bed and went to breakfast just in time to see my last sunrise aboard the MV Explorer. It was the perfect way to end the voyage. The previous night everyone was on the front of the ship watching the sunset and tonight we witnessed the last sunrise. Our cylce is complete.
My bags are packed (miraculously!). My carry-ons are busting at the seams and each of my checked bags are at 50 lbs plus or minus some rocking of the ship. Everything fits and no sacrafices were made. I have said my good-byes and turned my journal into a mini year book where friends have written to keep the memories. Now I am waiting.
I am in Florida on the ship waiting for bags to be unloaded and immigrations to clear us. I am waiting for an enevitable end to a voyage and the beginning of another adventure. I do not feel sad to leave my shipmates. I feel happy for the friends I have made. In ten years, if anyone from SAS gives me a call I would be happy; I have joined a new group, a new family. Although I never joined a sorority, SAS is now my academic and worldly community.
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