Almost on our way!

I have been living on the ship for 3 days now and its been pretty good so far. Everyone is so nice and I notice that we all have stuff in common and we get along really well with each other. Breakfast is served between 7 and 7:30am everyday and then before breakfast we have to make sure that our bunks are all clean and our bedding is put away (Our beds also serve for the area we eat in and meet in.) We call the students area the banier. There is a girls side and a boys side and the beds are lining the walls (bunk beds) I have the bottom bunk! I will upload photos soon to give you a better understanding :)  Anyways, by 8am we have to be up on the main deck for colors, which is basically a meeting with all the crew that lets us know what will be happening during the day, and also when the flags are raised everyday. Then we do an hour of cleaning the banier, heads (bathrooms) and the galley (kitchen). The past few days we have gone through safety training and just knowing where everything on the boat is. Then we also have nightwatch, I have to 10-12 shift which is the best one! and then there are more 2 hour watches after that 4-6am is gonna be the worst of all of them.  Everything has been great so far though :) Tomorrow we set sail for Stornoway, Scotland. I'm a little nervous considering how we are crossing the North Sea, which is one of the roughest seas in the world, where we are expecting 20 foot waves tomorrow DURING OUR FIRST SAIL! :( hello seasickness

-Megan