Ah today was such a long day. It was so hard to get out of bed this morning after our busy and exciting day yesterday. Everyone was dragging this morning, especially when we had class at 8:30. We got our first taste of field work today though when we had to divide into 2 groups and each build weather stations to collect data. One station was going in a completely covered place under the canopy of the rainforest, and the other was going in a place where some of the trees in the forest had blown over so there was no cover over them. After building the stations in the classroom, we had to carry them while hiking through the forest which wasn't the funnest thing that we have done while we have been here. It was fun to actually get out in the forest and take a few readings... but we weren't there for too long. We came back around lunch time, and from then until now (11:15) I have been working on my assignment that was due today. They SUCK. Even though we are allowed to work in groups, they are very long and tedious and everyone kept messing up which caused us to have to start over numerous times. These days where we have to do school work all day long are not very fun at all... but I guess the reward comes when we get to go on excursions and explore new things every couple days.
Luckily Dr. Quiring is with us while we are here at the Soltis Center. He is one of the coolest professors that I have ever had, and he is an all around awesome guy. He is always around to help us if we have any questions, but he also hangs out with us when we aren't working and plays card games with us or just sits and talks with all of us. It's almost as if he is one of us (a student) studying abroad and enjoying himself. He ALWAYS has a smile on his face and has definitely made the trip so much better. These few days have convinced me to change my class schedule for next semester so that I can sign up for his Intro to Hydrology class!
Not too much else happened today. Actually nothing else happened other than our adventure to the forest with our weather-meters and working on our assignments all day... but I did get to talk to Kristen Diou today on skype!!! It was so much fun being able to talk to someone else and tell her all about the adventures that I have had.
Here are a couple random pictures from yesterday and some of the other days. Other than that, I have nothing else to really say. I am wiped out so hopefully I can sleep through the birds/bugs that are waiting to start screeching around 5 every morning.
Pura vida!
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