Sea Olympics

October 20, 2009: Sea Olympics

The morning of Sea Olympics, a competition between the various halls on the ship, I awoke to the glassiest water I have ever seen. Although we were moving at a normal pace it felt like we were sitting in a lake or something, a very bizarre sight. The day was filled with a variety of games and competitions. My hall, the Yellow Sea, somehow got assigned red as a color, but we were spirited despite the chromatic confusion. The night before, we met as a sea to divide up into the various games and events that would take place over the course of the day. Some of the events included spelling bee, volleyball, dodge ball, various board games, sweatshirt medley (swimming a lap in the pool while wearing a sweatshirt, wringing it out into a bucket after each lap and passing the sweatshirt to the next person—very funny!), human knot, lap sit, etc. Two of the events I was signed up for were cancelled, but I won my third event, Pictionary! Our sea ended up finishing second, just behind the Andaman Sea. The lucky winners will be the first to disembark in San Diego. While we didn’t win I got to meet a lot of new people. It seems like no matter how social you are on the boat, there are so many people that it may be impossible to meet them all!

Stephanie@Sea