crunch time...

well hello everyone...im super tired right now, but im writting anyways because the slurring of my type and mental state will be able to help everyone understand what i've been going through. so have fun!

if there was ever a crunch day, this was it:

i guess it started monday when we had to set up two experiments simultaneously, the first experiment which was supposed to start that day, and the other for the next day. by dinner time we were able to complete our first, and complimented that the layout resembled that to a sushi bar (we had different species of algae growing together). the second required that we create cages for an "in-situ", that is, an in-field experiment. by the time we finished creating all 10 cages it was already 2:30 AM in the morning.

by 6:30 AM we were up and running, placing algae into the cages, and by 9, set out to do our experiments. funny thing, halfway completing the 1st part of the experiment, we began to question our methods and everything fell apart into rubble. by the time lunch arrived, we had nothing accomplished except being wet, tired and confused.

by the Grace of God, we were able to pull our act together over some coffee and by 1 set out to do our experiment, which required us to bring 10 pound weighted transects up and down all over the bay. i nearly died the first time i did this but somehow was given the strength to not only do the same distance but swim further up the bay.
we were able to finish what was required of us by the time the sun set.

im sooooo happy its over. although im happy also that i got darker throughout the day. i hope i dont get melanoma. :D