Got to the Bahamas!

So I just got into the Bahamas! I was pretty nervous leaving home at first and had a short panic attack when we got to the airport. I started crying but I know that with stuff like this I need to just separate myself as quickly as possible when it comes to saying goodbye or it just makes it worse. As soon as everyone left and I was alone I bucked up and was totally fine. Wow I didn’t realize that by taking a red eye I was not going to be sleeping. My flight to Dallas left at 11:30 PM and was supposed to get in around 5ish in the morning. Well stupid me not really thinking figured that I would get around 6 hours of sleep. Oops totally forgot about the time change! This continued to happen for rest of my flights, so I got about 3 hours of sleep total but honestly I feel fine! As I sat on the plane and watched it taking off I cannot believe that I am about to do this. When I got to the airport I waited for my roommates to arrive on a flight an hour after me. As I sat I met a girl named Lauren from San Francisco and actually ran into a bunch of people I met through facebook. Even my fellow AOPi sister on the voyage, Kelly. She goes to the university of Arkansas and her chapter has over 400 girls! I have met a bunch of other people too, I think we are all going to go out together tonight. It still hasn’t sunk in for most of us that we are actually doing this. I went and walked to the dock with my roommates and got my first glimpse of the MV Explorer, it was soooooo crazy I actually can’t believe it! Even here sitting in my room it feels surreal that I am about to circumvent the globe. I have three roommates who all go to school/live in upstate New York. There are two girls Katie and Stephanie and then their friend Kyle. I have pretty much been hanging with them the entire time so far. We have mainly just been walking around with this other guy named Gavin, joking around with locals and meeting other people going on our voyage. We went to dinner at a little bus/restaurant that all the locals were eating at it has this AMAZING spicy bbq chicken. Then we just walked on the beach and talked, it’s a relief to be here and stop worrying about making friends etc. In 2 days I will be boarding the MV Explorer…wow. I cant believe that 24 hours ago I was sitting at home.