That's what the commute to work looks like every morning.
Things have been quite routine lately. We were in the field yesterday setting up plots until noon-ish in both LEPS and LEPP. After the hike and bike back to the station I showered up and had lunch. In the afternoon I dealt with some tree coring permit/approval issues, which should be resolve early next week.
Around 4:00 p.m. I took a good traditional coffee break with Taylor and Diane. Read a little more of “1776,” which is easily one of the most intriguing books I’ve ever read. At five, we played ultimate with some guys on a course from Humboldt State in California. Got super sweaty and dirty, but my team won making it worthwhile.
Changed and had dinner. Began to coordinate the soccer game with some folks at dinner. Things are pretty straightforward with the exception of ticket availability, which we will resolve tomorrow afternoon. I missed lunch yesterday due to being in the field. They had patacones at the comedor and it was a consensus that mine were better. Yay! Watched “Knocked Up” in the researcher’s lounge last night with Gil, Taylor and Fei. Quickly becoming weird TV people.
I spent this morning reworking the Outing Club website. You can check out what I’ve done so far by clicking the link to your right. I also did laundry and started working on a sheet I need to do for project approval. In an hour or so I’m going to mass all of those beautiful wood samples, but first I feel it’s time for some war and coffee.
La Selva has been super busy over the last couple days with the arrival of the 12 REUs and mentors as well as more and more courses coming in and out. Tomorrow is the REU mentor symposium where each mentor (Profs, post-docs, and grad students) gives a talk about their research. On Saturday the REUs present their proposals. I might catch some of that before zipping off to the big city. We’ve also had really clear skies lately evidenced by the title and picture.
More updates tomorrow. Also rode the bike into the field for the first time yesterday and it felt like half the ride it used to be.
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