Just a warning, this post is going to be more of a venting session. Today was probably my least enjoyable day of the trip so far. It started going poorly... right when I woke up. I woke up with my stomach hurting super badly but I pushed through that for most of the day. And then today was completely devoted to our projects. We collected data 3 times today which meant that we had to hike down to the river, which is down a super steep and long road. Walking up and down that road 3 times a day is not fun at all! My legs and butt are so sore from all the uphill and downhill walking. One of the times we went to get measurements, I guess I wandered through some chiggers because my legs and arms and parts of my back are COVERED. I itch so much and there isn't really anything I can do about it. When we weren't collecting data, we were writing our paper... which I am so tired of doing. Everyone today was on edge because we were all stressed/tired/sick of working on our papers. Also, about 20 more students/professors got to the Center today. There are enough cabins for all of us, but the main academic building is not the biggest place ever, so it was really awkward when they got here tonight because we haven't been used to sharing our space with other people. I'm not too sure how well it's going to go down, but we will manage. The other group seems like they will be pretty cool... if we ever actually interact with them. It's awkward like a junior high dance. Ok I guess that's enough venting for now.
I am really excited for tomorrow though! We are going white-water rafting! I have never been before so I'm stoked to go. It will be a nice break from the Center and all of the work we've been doing.
Sorry there's not really any more to this post. It has been a long, rough day and I'm about to pass out. Don't worry, I'm still having tons of fun, today just hasn't been my favorite day.
PS I miss Camp Edwards SO MUCH. It was really hard to be here this weekend and not with y'all for workday 1. Getting to skype with y'all was awesome, but seeing all of the pictures and all of the messages/emails/facebook posts made me feel like I missed out on so much. I hope y'all know that I feel really bad for not being there, and I miss y'all more than ever. Edwards love!
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