August 30, 2007
SAS Blog
At Sea (between Ensenada, Mexico and Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)
At Sea
What do I do when I am sea? Well, I finally have what I believe is a schedule. I am missing “the finch” who usually handles that but I do have Jennifer who is very helpful. I told hter that I will do my best to handle my own schedule but she is definitely back up. Funny thing is that like the staff on land at UCI, the shipboard staff already told me the other day that they need a GPS tracker to find me…Apparently I move around a lot! In any case, my days at sea is as follows:
0615 teach either TKB or Weights
0700 shower, get ready
0730 breakfast
0800 student life team meeting
0925 global studies (formerly known as core)
1050 break
1100 A-Team meeting
1200 Lunch (usually outside where it is nice, sunny, relaxing!)
1320 anna’s office hours (one on ones, conduct officer, etc.) at the faculty staff lounge
(aka 7/Fore)…no students are allowed there. I also walk around and visit the
dependent children “school” etc.
1600 work on UCI stuff
1800 dinner or special event
1930 break, work on dissertation, go to community college (1 hour seminars, workshops)
2100 Walk around, go to duty desk, go to AFTer hours, go to 7/Fore
2300 Write (dissertation, blog, letters, journal)
2400 lights out!
After reading this schedule, I realized that nothing changed much from land to sea in my life. Today was a big day for Jessica and Paul (two RDs, yes, the Jessica C. from UCI). They had an amazing scavenger hunt – too fun – and had over 140 students participate. I really had a great time watching students be engaged with the activity. They were able to meet new people, became more familiar with the ship, and had fun chasing faculty, administrators, and staff all over. Some even got a hold of the captain to take a picture. Tomorrow night will be the cultural pre-port, AFTer hours (alcoholic beverage service in a specific location on the ship), and games and guitar night….The students are also becoming even more engaged in their classes and are busy reading, doing homework, etc. They too are getting used to their schedules. It is funny that we have been one community for only about 4 days…it feels as if we have all already bonded, gotten into a routine, and are quite familiar with one another. There are plenty of conversations, jokes, etc.
Finally, I just have to say that I really like the crew and officers on the ship. I am getting a lot of practice with my Tagalog (teaching staff and students as well) and also finding that the officers on this voyage are quite professional and nice. We had chicken adobo today and friend rice – Pilipino style…yummy!!!! I am however missing my Mexican food already….yes, those arriba tacos, all rice, no beans, with pico de gallo….aaargh, my stomach is growling.
Until the next blog –
2 comments:
Hey boss lady! When are you going to include
1530 Skype UCI
into your schedule. We don't want to forget your voice and want to be sure you are wearing your hat.
Let us know when we can set it up.
I really liked that insert about the tacos (one hard one soft) with pico de gallo and no beans from arriba.
floyd's right - we are missing you.
sounds like you're having fun!
love,
sarah
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