This is our last day in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and I must say what a fun first port to start the trip. Lauren and I have been hangin out with these kids from our floor, Peter & Paul. Coincidently, they are both from Minnesota and they are also true wiggers. The first day with them (Wed) we walked around Old City San Juan and took a tour of the Bacardi Factory, where it was free admission with 2 complimentary drinks. Interesting fact: The reason why the bat is the Bacardi symbol is because when the original creators opened their first distillation factory they found a swarm of bats in the attic. That is what I learned. We then took a ferry back to the city for only $3 and had some dinner at a local pizza spot, so authentic I know. That night was fun because I went to the Welcome Reception at the University of PR with Lauren, Ang, Shelly, Kristi, Julie, Shana, & around 200 other SASers. It was hella fun mingling with the locals. We ate food with them, salsa’d, and got some cool souvenirs including a drinking cup & PR flag. Most of all I had the most embarrassing experience of my life. Here it goes….So the bathrooms consisted of 2 separate rooms with 1 toilet each so both guys & girls go in the same bathroom, but one at a time. It’s my turn to go so I do my thing & take a numero 2. Of course this would happen to me & the f’in toilet doesn’t flush and theres a long line of guys outside the door. Im freaking out wishing there was a window to crawl out of. I don’t know what to do but I hear the guys outside the door, “What is she doing in there?” So the only thing I could do is walk outside the door, shut it, and say, “You CANNOT go in there! I took a #2 & it will not flush.” After about 2 minutes of laughter & mere embarrassment, another Sasser, Dannie, goes into the bathroom and flushes the toilet for me by opening the back tank and putting her hand into the tank and pulling the string. An idea that Yes did pop into my head, but def was not about to put my hand into that dirty tank, but very thankful that Dannie did otherwise those guys would be peeing while watching my turd float around the bowl. Moving on….that night we went out to a local street, San Sebastion, with local bars rather than goin to the cliché spring break Senior Frogs. Since there are 702 of us Sassers we pretty much roll deep everywhere we go. Now comes day 2 of lounging on the beach with the immediate fam, Lauren, Petey, & Pauly (look @ pic). We chill here for around 3 hours then take a cab to Kmart where we get all the necessary things that we all forgot. Petey was so kind to spot me $70. We then walk across the street where the 4 of us made the purchase of a life ship time, our walkie talkies. Ever since this purchase it has been nonstop talking on this badboy and everyone on the ship is jealous. I will briefly also mention that I missed my trip to the bioluminescent bay and am still very upset about it. And that is all I will say about that because that ruined my entire night up until about 10 pm when the fam rolled out to San Sebastion street for another night of bonding. All I need to say is that the night started out with tequila shots and ended with Lauren and I on a mic singing ‘Hit me baby one more time’ at an empty local bar where the boys had to drag us out (view pic).

The ship has now disembarked and I am again feelin a little homesick with a combination of exhaustion. Being in port really does kill you. Overcap of today…I chilled with Roxy, Amy, & Condolia. We enjoyed the beach then went into Old San Juan City where Amy & Condolia got their nose pierced. Im very jealous because Ive always wanted to get it done, but am not trying to go for that Indian (dot) look, you all know what I mean. We then walked around got some last minute souvenirs, ate empanadas from street vendors, and then chilled at this hot spot alley bar where we got $1.50 beers. We pounded a few before heading back to the ship & we also met a Puerto Rican little girl who was at the bar with her mother. This “responsible” mother was watching her daughter jump rope while throwing a few brews back. The little girl’s name is Shaniqua (shan-ee-kwah) and she was very adorable so I decided to take a pic with her and as you can see, she loves me. To conclude, we are all on the ship with 7 consecutive days of classes. I am looking forward to #1. teaching aerobics for the first time on the ship #2. our first pub nite this Sunday and finally #3 Feb 17th where I am oh so excited to celebrate Carnival in Brazil!