April 12th (the first)

I’m currently 15 hours ahead of Pittsburgh time (crazy!) but apparently that’s the limit. Tonight, instead of losing another hour, we’ll actually gain another day! So I get the wonderful pleasure of living through April 12th two days in a row! I’m still a little confused as to how it all works, but all I know is that today is April 12, and I’m ahead of the east coast, and tomorrow will also be April 12, but I’ll be behind east coast time then. WEIRD!

In other news, Taiwan was short-lived, but pretty cool. We stayed in Taipei the 2 days we were there (we docked in a city called Keelung that has nothing going for it really).  A 45 minute train ride to Taipei only cost me a little over a dollar, so that’s pretty awesome.

I was looking forward to being on the ship for a long time to give myself a rest from all of the countries in Asia, but now I’m just bored and getting cabin fever. They have a bunch of activities for us to do to keep us occupied, but I just want to get to Hawaii and then get home. 5 more days at sea, 2 days in Hawaii, 5 more days at sea, San Diego for 3 days, and then I’m home!! So excited, but a little sad at the same time.

Shout out to Kelsey for your 21st birthday!! I know it’s not quite midnight at home yet, but I’m going for a record on how many times I can wish you Happy Birthday in the same day ☺