packing packing packing

i forgot big news last night! 

we are officially in eastern standard  time! its crazy to look at my clock on my laptop and have it be the right time!! it hasnt been like that since before june 15th! so weird!

anyways something is like seriously wrong with me.. im broken haha i woke up at 7!! on my own!!! yuck!!! tried to just lay in bed but eventually lacey and i went and enjoyed breakfast on the deck. then came back to the cabin for a little then went and laid out for a bit.  all before 11!

at 11 there was a reentry shock meeting just about some things to maybe expect when getting back home.. and im just going to throw this out here now.. if you want to see my pictures and you tell me you want to see them.. welllll you better just be prepared to sit down for awhile and get real comfy because that wont be a fast event.. i tried pulling all the pictures i want to turn into a slide show tonight and there are 779 of them... and thats pictures of pretty much only me, hardly lots of sights pictures... just a lot cut out.. so be prepared for what your asking for.. because i want to share them but ill be really disappointed when half way through you get sick of it... just saying.

i had to leave this a little early to go have one last family lunch. deb is back in california now but it was amy and the 8 of us that our family has turned into! we played jeopardy sas style! we've learned so much =) do you know what city has a bigger population rome or cairo? or what flag the mv explorer flies? i do =)

after the very extended lunch i headed back to the cabin to find kristi in the last stretch of her packing.. then it was my turn! yikes. i dont know what i did wrong when packing to get here.. i have more room then i thought i did at least.. some how my clothes that i packed in the bigger purple suitcase to get here.. all fit in the smaller black one.. and i was able to get a bunch of souvenirs to fit in them too!!  and i really havent gotten rid of like anything.. i really dont understand how it happened but im really okay with it! =) i just have a duffle and other bag that ill take off with me that ill fill with my breakable souvenirs.

after packing it was roomie relaxing time where we all laid in bed, kinda slept, and watched rudy.  then we went and had dinner which was chosen by a student.  (it was an auction item "pick dinner for a night") so she picked fried chicken and french fries and ice cream!!!! basically i had french fries for dinner yum yum yum!! the chicken isnt really all that good because its not boneless.. im looking forward to buying chicked strips when i get back!

after dinner we had a "preport" for the usa.. it was a funny one of things that they warn us for in all the countries but joking about it in the us.. then i came back to the room and picked out all my pictures for my slideshow that ill make hopefully some time next week... and now its bed time once again..

can you believe tomorrow is my last full day on the ship already?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?