Today at 1230 we crossed the Prime Meridian and Equator at the same time!! This means we were at 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude!! Not many people can say they’ve done that!! That day we all became Emerald Shellbacks which is one of the rarest form of a shellback! Woo woo :P
You can check it out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-crossing_ceremony#honors
ALSOOOO guess who I ran into when I was at 0 – 0! Desmond Tutu!!!! Me and Shannon were trying to get to the front of the ship on deck 7 and it ended up being closed and as we were about to turn around we ran into Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu! :) :) :) We got a picture with him and he asked us “Did you feel the bump!?” when we got to the Prime Meridian/Equator :P then he showed us where to do to get back out. Which we already knew but followed along anyways. :D
9/28/10 Neptune Day
Neptune day is to celebrate crossing the equator. Which was a day late for us lol. We get woken up real early by the crew who are dressed up in robes, beating drums and making a ton of noise. After being woken up we all made our way to the 7th deck for the ceremony. Which includes having “fish guts” poured on you, kissing a fish and kissing the ring of “King Neptune” AKA Dean David. It was a lot of fun! And I have so many funny pictures. A lot of people shave their heads too. And a TON of girls did too. But don’t worry I didn’t lol!
09/29/89 The big 21!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEE :) Lol I had a great birthday :) I woke up to my door being plastered in post it notes by Shannon .. thanks Shan!! And got cards, presents and cakes .. my friend Loryn made me a “I’m 21 .. buy me a drink” sign for South Africa & a shot book .. which will be fun to fill out!! I’ll have to make up for it in South Africa seeing as I don’t drink on the ship .. wayyy to much $$. But it will be fun and I can’t wait ot celebrate!! My other friend from work offered to cover my shift so I didn’t have to work that night which was really nice of him! :D Another cool thing is Desmond Tutu had a discussion panel that night too. And where we sat he sat just a few seats from us. So all and all I had a great birthday! Thanks everyone for everything :) and thank you everyone back home for all the facebook birthday wishes!!
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