Bloody hell. This place is ridiculous. In the past week I've spent almost every waking moment studying, taken 2 final exams, written (yet another) project proposal, wading through journal papers, and preparing to set up and start our projects. Gahhh. If you can't tell, I'm not exactly loving this place. The weather has been incredibly nice in the last few days, gorgeous sunshine and temperate weather. I wish I had the time to enjoy it. The best part of my day is the my bike ride to the research station, seeing the waves roll into Horseshoe Cove, whatever color the ocean may be that day -- anywhere from grey to deep, deep blue, to light green. And then about 30 seconds later I lock my bike up outside the building and the long day begins, sometimes not ending until 10pm or later. Yesterday was slightly more interesting since we went tide pooling in the afternoon and got to chase fish out of algae with nets and put them in buckets. What wasn't fun was dissecting them later on and looking for parasites. Leeches, fine, they're on the outside and they wiggle, so they're easy to find (if not to get off the fish). What's way LESS fun is trying to find leeches on a fish that's still flopping and struggling for life, even though its spinal cord has been severed. What else isn't fun? Poring through a dissecting microscope searching for itty bitty (and I mean seriously tiny) trematodes, nematodes, and cestodes. That's right -- a real good ol' gol'danged worm hunt! Yeee haw!
I have got to get out of here.
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