Ok, More Updates While I'm Here...

Last night we had our port debriefing, and that went well. I also had my first class, which was drawing I. I think it's going to be super fun!!!!! I really enjoyed drawing with charcoal. I'm supposed to have two drawings per day in port but unfortunately the people I've been traveling with here in P.R. haven't even slowed down for me when I take pictures. It's really rude. And I was carrying around my laptop, camera, and camcorder, too, which makes it doubly rude. That really pissed me off, I must say, and I sincerely hope that I will make different friends who actually realize I'm hanging out with them. I felt like I bug on the wall. Grrrr. I miss you, Rose, Jess, and Alex! You guys understand me. These people don't. They care about ridiculously petty things. Or they're just weird and I wouldn't want to hang out with them. I got so angry last night because I was trying to sleep and people were walking up and down the hallway talking loudly (I have discovered that the walls are paper thin), and on top of that BOTH people in the rooms surrounding mine kept opening and shutting drawers and stomping around really loudly (why would you be stomping????)... It seems like there are few people who respect everyone else they're living in close proximity with and that's frustrating. I hate to say it but I have yet to actually enjoy this trip, which the exception of things like eating meals outside on the deck in the nice weather. That's very enjoyable. Otherwise, the people I have met are depressingly mediocre. It has made me that much more grateful for my friends and the wonderful people I am surrounded by at home. Those people actually appreciate me. Ugh. Well, I think that Bioluminescent Bay tomorrow will be really fun, and I'm reeeeally looking forward to Brazil. I think that's when things will get better and I will meet more phenomenal people who are at least relatively like me. I've been hanging out with my roommate a lot, but I just don't find her that dynamic. We just live together, you know? It's convenient to have her around for travel and company but that's pretty much it. I was feeling pretty bored on the way over to P.R., too, because all there was to do was meetings, eat, tan (which I don't do), and other uneventful things like that. I hope that once classes get into full swing things will be more interesting. By the way, we only have 23 days of each class!!! There's no way I'll get credit for my drawing class, but I'm ok with that. I don't think I'd mind too much if I had to take it again. Anyway, I'm off to hang out more in Puerto Rico. I love you guys... please don't forget about me!

Love,

Michelle