Yo Reader how's it going today? I hope it's going well! Today was one of those typical Bamfield days. It flew by way too quickly but SO much was accomplished! I feel like it's a paradox living out here. The time flies but at the same time it goes by so slowly! It's hard to explain... I guess you have to experience Bamfield to understand. I got a little homesick today at lunch but I felt better just knowing that you guys are reading this blog and thinking of me. Thank you for that! :)
We went out to Grappler Inlet (the same place that we went nightlighting) this morning to see a mud flat at 7:00am (yes today was a sleep in day). It was SO muddy! My boots got stuck several times! There were lots of clams and worms but aside from that nothing too exciting. We didn't really stay very long because we're a bit behind in our lecture material so we headed out to be back for lunch. The rest of the day was spent in the typical lecture/lab format. But it's getting to be crunch time around here! Our lab books are due in about 8 days so we're all scrounging to finish our lab pages on time. Not to mention I have a presentation on Thursday! We also have our final term projects starting up next week so we've got that on the mind. I did get a lot accomplished in lab today though! I spent roughly an hour sitting and poking a hermit crab and watching what he did. It was actually pretty fun. I named him 'Crazy Eyes' because his eyes literally looked crazy. They were black with yellow spirals! Crazy!
Now Reader, I'm a seasoned dissectioner (that's definitely not a word). I have done too many dissections in my post secondary (and secondary) to even count. I can normally tolerate the smell of formaldehyde or rotting flesh but today we dissected a crab (that was freshly prepared for dissecting). It was the grossest smell I've ever encountered while dissecting! I took one smell and gagged instantly. I actually had to pull my t-shirt up over my face so I could breathe! I was a little embarassed though because no one seemed to mind the smell that much! I think my reputation as one of the best dissectionists (still not a word...) in the class has been tarnished! Oh well, I got it over with and put that crab away as soon as I could! Unfortunately the entire lab smelled like that for the whole afternoon.
Well that about wraps it up for me today! I'm sorry there isn't more to report! I feel like I haven't been sharing very much lately! It's not that I don't want to! I just can't for the life of me think of anything else to say! But tomorrow is our final snorkelling excursion of the term so hopefully there'll be more to share in tomorrow's entry! Thanks again for reading everyone! Have a great rest of your Tuesday!
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