Neptune Day

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Quick update: today was Neptune Day which means we passed the Equator and are now in the Southern Hemisphere. There is a ceremony for the holiday with a bunch of people painted and dressed up running around playing drums and chanting music. Dean David made a bunch of jokes and read some ceremonial speech and then all of the “pollywags” became initiated as sea-worthy by dumping this gross liquid (made from all the rotten food from the last 2 weeks) on our heads and then we got thrown in the pool, had to kiss a dead fish, and got our heads shaved after which we were officially “sea-backs.” Not everyone had to have their heads shaved, but now there are a bunch of people with shaved heads and Mohawks running around. I had a friend shave my head with my Mach 3, so now I have a squeaky head again. Classes tomorrow and everyone has a ton of papers due, then on the 5th we get into Ecuador where I will be for one day before I fly to the Galapagos Islands. I CANNOT WAIT!!
Love,
Stewart Ryan

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[Mom]

c-card
Do you have any idea where you c-card is? I found lots of other interesting IDs, but not that one....

[Mom]

c-card 2
Found it in Dad's wallet. Will send somehow to either this site or your school email, probably about 11 am VA time today.

[Mom]

c-card 3
I sent it by fax. Will cost $5 to pick up, but it's there at the office on the boat and already printed for you. Have fun! Love you, Mom

[Dad]

You've won a penis enlarger!
I'm totally enjoying your blogs, and the trip is a vicarious adventure that makes me 1/2 my age. Keep it up! I'm going to NJ tomorrow and meet with Baba and her doctor. right now there is as much confusion as fact. It will probably take a while to sort things out. Mom, Greg, Shawn and Susannah and I are going to Grand Cayman for a long weekend in July. The way it works out is we'll drive up to D.C. the night before and we'll be next door to an IMAX theater showing the new Harry Potter movie, so we'll see it on a 6 story screen. NOt as cool as turtles on the Galapagos, but you gotta take what you can get. We're getting big into bicycling. Mom is getting a new road bike tomorrow - carbon fork, aluminum frame - pretty sweet. I am riding my Dad's road bike, but I'm not sure if its my long term bike or not. Last Friday we had dinner with Zach Perdue and the Lepley's (book club) and popped up with the idea of going for a bike ride, so Shawn bought a 600$ bike the next morning, and then two days later so did Susannah. It is fun to be a juvenile adult. anyway, we love you, we miss you too, and keep up the blogs. Dad p.s. I told the story last night of pooping in the top chamber of the toilet at a conveneience store and really cracked up thinking about it.

[Tori]

Ahh, no more hair again! I'm pretty sure it grows there for a reason, Stewart :P Hope your scalp doesn't get too burnt in the galapagos