Neptune Day

Today was Neptune Day and a reading day. In the morning we were woken up by crashing cymbals, pounding feet, fists and drums, and a very shrill whistle. I of course went back to sleep for a few minutes before they walked around again. then I decided to get up. In the pool on the 7th deck students were getting "fish guts" poured on their heads before jumping in. After making it through the line in the pool they were allowed to get out and kiss a fish (yes a real fish), if the student was to whinny and didn't do it the people guarding the person with the fish would shove the student back in the water. All my friends did this and had a lot of fun with it but I opted out on account of my ankle and my runny nose (and I didn't want to get wet, it is not warm enough here). In another corner people were getting their hair shaved off. Two of my friends, Tesia and Megan, got all their hair shaved off and another friend, Ben, and the IT Admin, Sam, got mohawks. It is very strange to walk around and see lots of people without hair.
I studied and napped and studied some more till dinner which was also a treat - BBQ, yum! There were hamburgers and ribs and baked potatoes and mac and cheese, and for dessert strawberry ice cream. It wasn't as good as home made but it was still really good.

Tonight we have our first Global Studies test so I am going to get back to studying now.