A2 or

thurs. Sept. 2.2010

I just re-read my first blog posting and saw all the errors I had made. Poor Jim, I didn't mean o call him "combative" I meant "competent." Sorry about that!

We have now changed our way of looking at the day and date from Tuesday, August 31 to A2. Our classes are scheduled on A days and B days ,.. every other day, with gaps for port visits. It won't be long now before I will have no idea of the real day and date.Our time is now changing 1 hour a day forward. It is a little confusing and, as I had been warned by Mary Jean, makes one very tired all day. In addition, both my roommate and I are electronically challenged and are unable to set our alarm to go off at the right time.

All the classes seem to be pretty full of students who, of course, have priority, So I was unable to get into the class I really wanted 'Video Journalism' because it was too full. This was very disappointing as I had counted on it all summer to help with my videos. Guess I will now have to find a class in Salt Lake when I get back. I got into "travel writing "though which may help my descriptive abilities. I am also taking "marine biology", because it would be nice to know something about what we see. The Prof. in this class is very dynamic and enthusiastic and is making even tides and tectonic plates interesting to me.

We have a meeting of the LLLs every night at 5.30 in the faculty lounge during the cocktail hour. With 63 people in our group we pretty much fill it up. It looks as if Desmond Tutu and his wife, Leah, will come to this. I guess he really does want to be called "Arch" !! His wife is a very charming lady who has back problems and prefers to sit. He is totally informal and runs everywhere . and has a great sense of humor. I got a chance to talk with her for a second or two. He sat at our table tonight but it was not possible to take advantage of this and have a conversation because people kept coming up and introducing themselves. It must be tiring to be a celebrity.