It's Wednesday night and I haven't had a single chicken wing. What the heck is wrong with this picture?! I have to say that hearing about Karina and Reggie's night at wings has made me a smidge jealous so I will be trying my best to play up the day in an attempt to make them jealous in return. (As if anything could compare to an epic bug killing high five and cheap wings! Come on!) I will say that supper tonight was actually delicious (shrimp fettucini alfredo, YUM) so I wasn't too bummed about missing wings again.
Bright and early this fine foggy morning we gathered our ridiculous amounts of snorkelling equipment and headed down the Bamfield inlet to a small bay. We hopped out of the boats and spent the better part of half an hour donning our wetsuits. Once we were covered head to toe in 'penguin gear' as one of my classmates so rightly called it, we all got into the water and started exploring. It was such an amazing experience! I got to see so many things up close and personal! There were giant sea anemones, sponges, a sea cucumber that reminded me of Desmund (see my post from yesterday if you don't get that reference) and an angry crab defending his territory. The water was a little murky though and that kind of freaked me out. I didn't like not being able to tell what was going on around me. Also I will note that breathing only through your mouth while snorkelling takes some getting used to! I was freaking out at the start of the morning because I felt like I was hyperventilating. My body was basically freaking out because it thought I wasn't breathing normally. Either way I got used to it eventually and spent at least an hour and a half just swimming around (Reggie, that was for you).
We got out of the water and it took just as long (if not longer) to get the wetsuits off. It was indeed an effort but the wetsuits were removed and we made our way back to Bamfield. We had two hours off this morning (after the snorkelling excursion) which was so nice! I actually got to do my hair for the first time in about two weeks. Before I knew it though, we were back in lab. Today we had a guest professor come in to teach us about neurons in snails. It was a bit random (since we're no where close to molluscs yet) but it was SUPER interesting. We dissected a snail and found its 'brain' and removed said 'brain' from the animal. We then got to look at its actual neurons because they're so big that you can see them with the naked eye. It's so strange to think that organisms like snails can have such amazing structures! Who knew?!
Ah Reader, I can't begin to describe the way I'm feeling at the moment. We actually get to sleep in tomorrow until 8:00am! Can you believe it?! I'm so pumped to get some rest for a change! No field trips for tomorrow though which is sad but next week we're out and about again! I can't wait! As always, keep reading and keep thinking of me! I miss and love you all!
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