heading home...

Correction to an older post… the time difference is actually four hours ahead of ohio and five ahead of texas right now..

So I should probably start off with blogging about yesterday since I was a little lazy last night or well really just super tired! 

We started off my sleeping in, I woke up at 7 on my own! What the heck is wrong with me!?! And I couldn’t fall back asleep so I made myself lay in bed till 1030 =) got up got ready and went to lunch.  After lunch Kristi, Jackie, a girl named Lauren and I went out to the souks right outside our port in Casa.  Well the port is very large.. it took us 25 minutes to walk out of it, by the time we were out I was already dripping in sweat it was disgusting.  Oh and let me just tell you walking down the street smelled AWFUL! There were at least 5 different distinctly disgusting smells where we literally had to hold our breath to walk by. 

We spent about 3 hours out shopping and finishing off getting all the last gifts I needed to get.  And oh course a few unplanned purchases for myself! Its so hard to resist! =)  also I got henna on my had and wrist and it is such a cool design!!!!!!  I got it in brown because that’s the real henna but a lot of others have been getting it in black too..  after our day out we headed back to the ship, right inside the port a taxi was taking a woman to the other ship in the port by ours and offered to take us too, so we gladly took the offer and jumped in! we had to give a little something when we got out, he had told us to give him whatever we wanted. Well I was out of small money and pretty much everyone else was too. Jackie handed him 6 duram and he laughed, he didn’t really know how to react because it was such a small amount.. so kristi handed him a dollar too. 

We got back on ship took some time to relax, shower off, and change into dry clothes.. yes dry aka no sweat.  Then we headed to Rick’s Café for a dinner out.  It was Kristi and I, Jackie, Christina and two grad students one of which that lives across the hall from us.  Turns out she is from Chagrin Falls!!! And she went to BGSU!! What a small world and we are only just figuring this all out!  Anyways we went to Rick’s, which is not the Rick’s that is in the movie Casablanca because that was actually filmed in the US. And the woman who opened this Rick’s was an US consulate in Morocco at one point and after her station here she decided to stay and open up the restaurant.  It was gorgeous inside! So fancy!!! I had a fillet mignon with mashed potatoes and wine!!  Oh My God It was just wonderful!!!!!  And they gave us lots of these rolls that were so good, they had like cooked olives or something baked into the dough that was surprising really good.  I ended up eating 4 rolls!!! Haha I ate sooo much but it was soooo good!  We had to treat ourselves for our last night out in another country! =) we walked all the way back to the ship afterwards which was a lot better because it was cooler!

Once we got back I fell like right asleep I was so tired! All the wine wasn’t any help to that matter either.

This morning I woke up at 7 yet again but was able to get myself to fall right back asleep again thank goodness, but just for another 45 minutes till Kristi woke me up.  Guess what I noticed once I was up….. my henna was like half faded away already!!!!!!! I was soooo mad!!!!! We went and got breakfast, got ready and headed back to the souks. Thank goodness the shuttle was actually running today  because we were able to take that and not have to walk!! Woohoo!! Everyone had some last items they wanted and money to spend so that’s what the goal was. my goal: get more henna!!!!  My one on my hand/wrist is pretty much totally faded away now and im sooooooooooooo pissed off!!! Its supposed to last for at least 3 weeks, no I did not wash it at all so it wasn’t my fault either!  Well I got more henna on my angle and in black so that it will stay longer and I really like this one too she put sparkles on it, which will be off in a few days, but she like accidently spilled a ton in the middle so its like half silver half black right now! And there are sparkles allllll over the cabin now!!  We came back to the ship in time to get lunch. 

The sad part about this though was realizing we were walking up the gangway and checking onto the ship for the very last time. EVER! It was really depressing actually… 

After lunch I spent the afternoon watching P.S I Love You for the first time and crying my eyes out!  Such a good movie though!  Other than that ive really been just hanging around the rest of the night.  Oh we had to get our laundry situated tonight! We are in terrible need of clean non smelly clothes so its about time its our laundry day again… I stuffed my bag fullllll!!! 10 shirts, 6 tshirts, 3 sweaters, 9 tank tops, a ton of underwear, 4 bras, a pair of socks, a pair of shorts, and 4 pairs of pants later my bag is overflowing and starting to rip haha but I made it all fit that’s all that matters!!! =)

I also tried to start sorting through my drawers tonight.. I was able to throw out hardly anything.. and im really outta luck when it comes to somehow packing this all back up… its going to be terrible.. I really don’t know what to do!!!!  I might end up having to give Kristi a garbage bag full of clothes to take home since shes driving back and im flying! (I think). 

Question of the day:
“do we have an interport student?”

Hhahah yeah about 700 or so =) lol

Oh and fantastic news!!!!! Tomorrow for lunch is TACO DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we’ve only had one so far at that was the day after Italy I think… im dying without my tacos!!! I cant wait!!!!! =) =)

So to end the day Kristi, steph, Cynthia and I went and watched us leave morocco.. I watched the ship pull into spain and now I watched it leave morocco and its totally crazy that we are officially now headed home. Just 10 more days on the ship before I make the final walk down the gangway!  Ive been saying this whole summer how surreal it was being in each of the countries as we were there.. but the fact that we are officially at sea and making our way back to the states is even more surreal right now.  Everyone told me how this was going to be a summer I never forgot. I remember on day one thinking what the hell am I doing I don’t know what made me get on this ship and this isn’t going to be what I thought.. and im not so sure its going to be an experience that is the best thing ever to happen to me… well my opinion has totally 150% changed.. I will never forget this summer, the places ive been, the people ive met, the memories ive made that really will last a life time.  Im going to miss the ship and my friends and semester at  sea in general 2  seconds after I get off the ship.  Its going to be hard to say goodbye.