Long day of training

Last night wasn't too bad
Most people were okay
No crazy calls or horrible incidents
And door checks were kind of fun, but cold


Today was a day of training
Programming stuff, review of protocol stuff
Fun games
Surprise activity which ended up being curling which was surprisingly fun, considering I hadn't ever done it before. I fell a few times

Then we had an iron chef potluck thing where in teams we were given secret ingredients and a course and $50 to buy food
We had apples of the earth aka potatoes

We made turkey shepards pie
Other people made sushi, tempura, salad, stuffed mushrooms, fondue, dips and other delicious things.

I ate so much and then we had a break from each other which was nice

And then we jut finished watching the movie crash, which was good, but a bit depressing

I'm tired, and all I want to do is sleep.

Time to brush my teeth as go to sleep


Night!

Writing early!

I am writing this entry early because I am on call tonight and it's jump back to new years tonight so it is likely to be a late busy night.

Today had an early start. I was up at 6;15 to get ready for my panama meeting/class and it was good excluding the fact that it was so early.

After that I had a meeting with Russ to discuss my progress on the nests which has been slow, but I have scheduled in time for the next few weeks and I hope that I will be able to to make a dent in the nests. I also still have the opportunity to work with the data and even to write something which was exciting to hear.

After my meeting, it was back to res as I did some summaries, found some articles and tried to be productive and come up with plans for next week do that I spend less time doing nothing

After lunch I went down to the school to sort out the registration issue that needed to be figured out before I can enroll in the Panama field school and it is looking like everything is good.

Once back in res I lost al productivity
I picked up the on call stuff and I have has 5 calls since I picked it up at 230
Question
Lock out
Guest question
Move in package
Resident moving in
So I guess all in all the calls could have been worse
I hope the rest of the night goes smoothly. And I likely won't update this until the morning since j am expecting to have a late night and I would like to go to sleep as soon as possible.

Night!

I think theres some thing wrong with me

This morning I woke up before my alarm went off, and got out of bed when my alarm went off at 7:30

I went to my biological anthropology class, which ended a bit early for no apparent reason, and then I had my women and the environment class. It's not a very exciting class, we have our first assignment next week, which we will work on independently and there will be no classes next week.

I went back to res for lunch, and then back to the school for my conservation class, which was ok. After class I had to sit in the winter garden at a table that was promoting people to join the RLT team next year, I was there for 30 minutes which was okay.

Then it was back to res.
I worked on some stuff, read a paper. Found a finding agency for my PVA assignment proposal for conservation bio which is due in just over 3 weeks, but I figured I should get a head start.

Eventually I hit a wall.
I've been feeling so tired and groggy and my headaches are more frequent and ugh, it's just so frustrating. I should not be feeling this way, I only have 3 classes, 2 days a week.
Maybe I have too much free time resulting on my body shutting down, but I have no idea, I think I need to go see the doctor or something. Between the headaches and grogginess and dizziness and blurred vision, there must be something wrong and hopefully
It's something that can be fixed

Katie went to kris' for the night so I think I'll just go to bed, I have nothing better to do and I have my panama meeting tomorrow at 7am

Night!

So much snow accumulation

Today was a day with no class.
I was going to get up at 730 to watch the magic school bus, but I didn't get out of bed till 8:30.

I had breakfast and tea and relaxed a bit
Eventually I did my women and the environment assignment and read the first chapter of my tropical ecology text and I started reading my conservation bio papers for next Tuesday.

At noonish I did yoga with Elaine and I found that I was string light headed and dizzy a lot and occasionally my vision blurred, I should probably look into that.

After yoga I had lunch, did dishes and such.
I wasn't all that productive in the afternoon, I showered and that was about it.

After dinner I won't down to the school and finished one of my conservation papers and then I went into the lab and did two nests.

I then talked to my daddy and my mommy for a bit and caught them up on my few days up in PG.
My plan is to go to bed early again in preparation for my classes tomorrow.

Night!

And the snow falls...

Today was my first day of classes and it started bright and early at 8:30 My first class was biological anthropology, and it seems like it will be an easy class. The marks are all based on 2 midterms and one final. Biological Anthropology was followed by my women and the environment class, and it seems different. Lots of thinking and discussing, no midterms and a take home final. And based on today's lecture it seems like a women in history class, but I'll see how it goes. After that class I had a one hour break. I went back to res, and sorted out the plane ticket thing for reading break, and I am now going home on the 16th, since Susan is taking my shift on the 19th, which means I get to be home 9 days instead of 5, which will be nice. After changing my flight, I went down to the school to pick up a package containing my tropical ecology text, and then I went to my Conservation Bio class early, since I was told that it fills up fast. My conservation Biology lecture was okay, it seemed to be straight forward. After the class I had two hours to kill before my tutorial. I decided to have lunch and copy my money management poster series. The tutorial was ok, but I wish it was one hour instead of two. In the tutorial we learned about our major assignment that we will be doing throughout the course and we formed groups and picked species. I ended up in a group with Ciera and Mike and we picked Asian Elephants. After that we discussed the 3 papers that we had to read and summarize and it went better than expected. After the tutorial, I was done for the day. I came back to res to make dinner. I made salad and potato wedges, both of which were delicious. After dinner I watched the first episode of misfits with Katie, and it made me want to continue where I left off over Christmas break, but I told derek that we could watch them together so I am holding out watching any more episodes, other than ones I have already seen. Then I decided that I should tidy up my room and write down all my due dates and such on my calendar, and i successfully made my room tidy and then I took a shower, and I am now cleaned and relaxed. I plan on going to bed early, I have been wondering if my sudden influx of headaches is due to the fact that my sleep schedule has been so messed up lately. I'll be off to bed at 9:30 Night!

Need to get back in the habit

It's late, I have class in the morning and I almost forgot.
So a quick summary will do
Woke up
Grooved :)
Over exerted myself at groove
Got bus pass
Went and got groceries
Made delicious Mexican soup type item
Picked up on call stuff
Summarized 3 conservation bio papers
Booked flight home
Had RA meeting
Found out Susan would take my shift in reading break so I am now going to try and mow my flight, I hope it can be done for little money
Did rounds
All is quiet
First classes tomorrow
I miss home already

Night!

Back in PG!

So not much to say!

Today is the day I came back to PG, my flight was at 3:30, but it was delayed, which was okay I guess since there was traffic on the way there.

I said goodbye to my daddy and went through security and waited to board the plane which didn't end up leaving until about 4, and it was bouncy flight, they almost stopped serving drinking because the turbulence was so bad and the landing was rough

When I landed I received a text from Erica saying he was delayed in PG for two hours so I ended up getting to see her.
I was saddened when I found out that there were no spots left on the air port shuttle :(
I had to find an alternative way home, I texted Adam first, but he was at a dinner so I didn't want to bother him.

My next option was I texted Derek asking if he would come and pick me up, and after some convincing and almost having to get kris to to come and get me, Derek came. While I was waiting I got to hang out with Erica which was nice.

I bough Derek dinner in exchange for the ride, we went to subway and then we went back to res and played settlers of catan with kris, Katie, Elsa and Joey

Joey won, I said goodbye to Derek and thanked him again for picking me up and now I am thinking I should do some unpacking

No class tomorrow, but I'm going to go to groove with Elaine at 9 and then I'll go grocery shopping and I have an assignment to work on.

Tomorrow will be an eventful day

Night!