Houston, We Have A Drought

This time last year the river had flooded and it poured at some point almost every day, but as of now we haven’t had any rain in well over 48 hours.  Every thing is really dry and the grass might start going brown.  Also for the first time I can remember the Yankees last three games have been on TV and they have all been awesome including Sunday night’s tenth inning Brett Gardner walk-off single.

Monday we were all really laid back, probably still recovering from the Fourth more or less.  On that note, we coffee-breaked early morning until 8:30 a.m. when we gathered motivation to get off to the field.  Went out to Lindero Sur near the back of the property and flagged out some tree coring plots.  Went pretty quick and easy and we made it back for spaghetti lunch.

Monday night we had a crazy whack party for Nicole, Julie, James and Diane’s departure to Nicaragua.  I provided some bumping music and a bunch of people brought a bunch of alcohol.  We had a girl vs. boy fight and Gilbert and I agreed that drinking is hard work and the lounge with its two broken fans becomes a sauna when 25 people stop by.  All in all a good night, I might try to track down some pictures.

I got a new roommate, Shea from Washington (the state), and a new credit card, so I can finally buy stuff and stop mooching my butt off.  This morning, I was “dragged” to the field by Taylor to help move flags, which was billed as an obligate three-person job.  I was 100 percent not in the mood for the field after the preceding night and we ended having four people including Robert helping out.  Rather than being “needed” Robert and I served as extra sets of eyes and arms.  Felt like crap most of the time, but persevered.

The rest of the day was an amalgam of coffee, lab work, soccer and the Yanks game, which is in bottom eight as I write.  Tomorrow we’re in the field with Enrique identifying and tagging trees for the last time.  Friday is off as the girls will be in San Jose.  Sometime next week we’re (the manly men) setting a trip to San Jose to hit up Hooters of Costa Rica for wings and to see the new Batman.  I’ll try to post a bunch of pictures soon.  Thanks for reading!

BP