Ambassador Ball

Today was the Ambassador Ball which is basically the ship’s semi-formal that celebrates everyone becoming SAS alumni.  I slept in which was really nice and laid out on the top deck for a little before lunch.  Then in the afternoon I finished my short week of spa indulgences with a pedicure – very necessary after walking through 8 dirty countries in flip flops.  I had the early 5:30pm dinner seating so after we got all dressed up (I wore my brown dress with gold belt), I went to dinner with Kaitlyn, Andrea, and Lauren.  As you walked in they gave everyone a free glass of champagne because they did a group voyage toast which was cute.  And the area walking into the dining room was all decorated with photos so it reminded me of a mix between prom and the senior party.  They brought out all the amazing food at dinner – shrimp cocktail appetizer, French onion soup, salad, and I had filet mignon for my entrée (you also had the choice of chicken or fish).  I was afraid the food wouldn’t be all that good but it was actually delicious and I ate every bite.  Then there was an awkward time period of a few hours with nothing to do while the 8:00pm dinner seating went on so we took some pictures on the deck and then watched National Treasure in my room.  Then dessert was served at 9:30pm and it was so amazing!  They had giant chocolate replicas of all the monuments we visited like the Sphinx, Coliseum, and Parthenon – and that was just to decorate the tables!  The dessert was a huge buffet like when we were eating in Egypt with tons of finger food pastries and cakes.  After dessert it was time for the dance where they turned the Union into a hopping dance party.  One of the kids was the DJ and he was playing all the requests that they took from people earlier in the day.  We thought it was going to be kind of lame and weren’t planning on staying very long but it actually turned out to be fun and we stayed until midnight when it ended.  It was pretty entertaining to watch everyone dancing and making fools of themselves while we were all shoved in the tiny union.  After the party we hung out in the piano lounge with people and now I am headed to bed.  I have to have all of my luggage packed by 1:00pm tomorrow so it can be taken off the ship, so I better wake up with time to pack.  Only one more day left until I’m back in the USA!

P.S. On another exciting note, my Cross-Cultural Psych teacher emailed out our grades and I got an A+ for the course!  Yay!!