And it's time to get social.
I don't have too much to blog about, but I'll just provide a quick update for my faithful readers; hopefully I can keep my eyes open for a few more minutes.
Today wasn't very eventful. Aylesse, Kaitlyn, and I woke up at 7am as usual to go for a run, but we were quickly deterred by the pouring rain. I managed to fall back to sleep and didn't wake up until Julia poked me at 8:45, so I missed breakfast and barely made it to class on time for our quiz. Luckily, the rain stopped by mid-morning, so we were still able to do our lab exercise in the field. Unfortunately, my clothes--which were almost dry--are now soaked again. We put out our laundry on Monday mornings and it's returned a few days later, after being washed and line-dried by some of the local women who work at IPE. If only the clothes lines were under some sort of cover. I'm tired of going commando. (And I want to wear a skirt to the social tomorrow...we'll see how I manage that one.)
For our field exercise, we divided into two groups: ten of us went to the forest and ten of us went to a eucalyptus stand. We measured out 50 meter distances and used random number tables to place small wooden frames on the ground. Then we started collecting BUGS. Lots and lots of bugs hiding in the leaf litter. We brought them all back to the classroom, sucked them then into a vial with an interesting (gross) tube contraption, and classified them.
Tim--our professor--followed with another statistics lesson. It may have gone over my head. I guess we'll find out after the quiz tomorrow.
I think I'm going to go to bed. I ended up going for a run this afternoon and then did a lot of calisthenics. I can feel the soreness creeping up my thighs. It feels great. But tomorrow morning will probably be a little rough.
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