How many people can say that they had two days that were November 27, 2010? Well at least the thousand people on this ship can. We crossed the International Date Line sometime yesterday November 27, 2010, a Saturday. Guess what today is? If you said November 28, 2010, a Sunday, you would be wrong. Today is November 27, 2010, a Saturday. If you are now confused as to how this is possible don’t worry, you are not alone. My friends and I have had numerous discussions and we still haven’t quite been able to logically explain this, other than saying time travel. We have also only confused ourselves more by talking about things we need to do on the 27, wait which 27, which Saturday? The ship does make this a little easier by saying that yesterday the first 27 was B19 and today is A20. But even so… Yesterday (B19) one of my friends set her phone to reminder her about a meeting she had the next day (A20). Her phone promptly went off at the correct time but on B19. She looked at me and wanted to know why her phone was going off. “I asked you what day tomorrow was and you said Saturday” she said angrily, I replied “Tomorrow is Saturday and today is Saturday and the next day is Sunday.”
Other than us having our fun little word mix ups we are studying and writing a lot of paper, finishing several projects and taking naps. We only have 5 more days before Hawaii and then finals start.
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