Ido

Where to start… Had my first casually late breakfast in a while, stocked up on eggs and got ready for the day that, frankly, didn’t have much going for it. No Amanda, no Debra, no Tinny, just me. Did the computer thing all morning, and as much as I enjoy doing it and producing something from the data I’ve taken, it doesn’t hold a candle to being in the forest every morning.

Briefly coffeebreaked before lunch, I can’t even remember what we had. Oh yea, so before lunch and during my coffee break Tinny showed up at the comedor to tell me that she’s leaving La Selva for good. Didn’t bother trying to talk her out of anything and saw her off after lunch. She’ll spend the rest of her internship in San Jose.

Hung around the comedor for an hour or so chatting with Karen and then returned to the boring things I was occupying myself with. Resolved that I wasn’t going to do the same tomorrow. I’m taking off on a hike to explore La Selva, close to the field, but not quite. Through the rest of the week, I’m going to see what kind of field help I can get, as much as I hate asking people for help…

That’s pretty much my day, not as exciting as yesterday and arguably a little more depressing. I figure the plot I have left can take me as little as five full field (ah, alliteration) days, so every time I’m out there, it’s on. Might try to make next summer’s project a little less dependent on an assistant.

Completely ready for bed, looking forward to some solo adventuring tomorrow, ought to cheer me up. Sorry for being so down…dealing with crap takes a lot out of me. Hasta luego.

BP