After a tearful goodbye I have set sail! Right when I got on the boat as I was checking in I met a girl who went to IU and we have about 6 mutual friends! It turns out I actually had met her once before at little 5. Small world. When I got to my cabin I was actually surprised how big it was. I was expecting a lot smaller of a room but it really is not that bad. I have a big window and the view is amazing. The beds are questionable but hopefully that will encourage me not to nap. When I got to my cabin and saw the letter from the captain I got a tear in my eye. He put a quote on the letter that said, “ Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in you sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” This quote seems very appropriate for this trip. But the reason I got a tear in my eye was because the quote was by Mark Twain. Mark Twain was from Missouri and from the town where my roommate is from. Miss you Caryn.
