Accomplishing stuff, whee!
So, like, today was actually really really fun in a very generic and productive way. So now I'm going to ramble about it.
It started eeeearly this morning (okay, so 7:20 isn't super early, but earlier than I usually get up) when I got up to get ready for a meeting at the YMCA. The meeting itself was at 8:50, but I may have kind of sorta forgotten to print out and fill in all the paperwork that the Human Resources Girl Tiffany sent me a few days ago for that whole "Congrats on getting a job here! Now give us all your personal information and background so we can start the process of owning your soul!" thing, so I had to get up early-ish to fill that out and be ready to leave here by 8:30 or there abouts. Meeting went well, and Tiffany was super friendly, and now I have a YMCA parking pass so I can park in the Y lot whenever I want too without getting a ticket! Since the Y is all of a block and a half from the Science Building, this is a very good thing.
Then, of course, I had Biogeography lab at 10, in which we went outside in the BEAUTIFUL sunshine and windless 20 WHOLE DEGREES FARENHEIT weather that we were blessed with the entire day, which rocked beyond belief after more than a week of FRIGGIN COLD and even more snow (current snow depth - probably around 3 feet NOT in the drifts, and of course that has settled quite a bit, so total snow fall for this year is probably somewhere around 4+ feet, give or take a few inches). Anyway, we were out in the parking lot in front of the Science Building playing with compasses. It was actually way more fun than one might think.
After Biogeography, there was Statistics, which still sucks and which we had a quiz in (think more test-like at 20 questions taking on average around 15-20 minutes to complete. If the quizzes are that long, I'm not really looking forward to the testing), BUT I'm pretty sure I nailed the quiz ::knocks on wood::, so yay for that.
Now comes the fun part! Okay, so next week Thursday I'm going to actually be going *out in the field* to do some cool geography field-stuff - in this case, we'll be taking sediment cores from the bottom of a lake to do some cool-sounding investigative on the climate and what not these last 12,000 years (basically, since the last ice age). So, I'm going to be standing on top of a frozen lake lowering and highering tubing into the friggin cold waters getting all DOWN AND DIRTY, BABY! Literally, even... Ha, I crack myself up.
Aaaanyway, I'm going to be spending the entire day standing in the middle of a frozen lake with my teacher and two or three other students, as well as one of her fellow Geography Teachers from down in Florida is it? with two or three of his students taking lake sediment samples without any form of shelter for at least a quarter mile all around. Therefor, I need to bundle my ass up but good or risk turning into a frozen Marensicle. So, today after class I headed to Marshfield to meet my parents, who had graciously dug out some of their old Cold Weather Gear from their college days to loan to me. I'll be bundled up in my dad's old insulated kinda drab olive green coveralls which he used to use when he was working construction in the Wisconsin Cold of Winter, lined leather gloves (two pair of these, cause we'll be handling wet tubing all day, and spending the day wearing cold, wet gloves does not sound at all appealing), and some thick wool socks.
And, since I was going to be in town and they were going to be in town and we needed to meet at some point anyway, we all decided to go have a very late lunch at Gramma's (it was around 2:30 by this time, and I hadn't eaten anything more than a cereal bar around 12:00 all day. Mom was in pretty much the same boat, so we were *huuuungry) where I could try on the coveralls to make sure they fit (which they do! In fact, they are kind of huge, but that's okay cause I'll be wearing at least two layers on the bottom and three on the top underneath them, so the bigger the better) after we finished eating. Mmm, rotisserie chicken and potato salad. Also, it meant I got to see Gramma! Which is good cause I hadn't seen her in almost a month.
After food and the Smokin' Hot fashion show, there were still a few things I needed to pick up to be fully prepared to face Old Man Winter head-on - such as, I don't know, a *hat*, as well as some Super Warm Polypropylene (sp, I'm sure) long johns, so Dad and I headed over to Fleet Farm while Mom went to back to work. There I got the hat and long johns, as well as some of those little open and shake thermal packets they use in hunting and what not that you can stick in your pockets. Dad also decided to take it upon himself to buy me a pocket knife and one of those handy All Purpose Tools that I could carry with me. Wheee, sharp pointy objects to play with!
Buy the time we finished with all the shopping, it was getting close to 4:00, which was about the time I wanted to head back here to Plover, so Dad dropped me back off at the Marshfield Y where I had left the car. After thanking him again for all the new toys he got me, he drove off, and I went inside to catch a few seconds with Mom, give Katie a hug cause I hadn't seen her in forever, and *hopefully* get a chance to talk to Amy before she moved on to her New and Improved place of Employment somewhere... not in Marshfield. Alas, I did not get to see Amy, but I was able to hug Kristin - the girl who will holding Amy's former position as Aquatics Director until someone else is hired - who I also hadn't seen in forever. I also got a hug from Mom and Katie, so yay for two out of three!
Now I'm back at Plover with a bunch of stuff and as prepared as I believe I can possibly be to spend a day on a frozen lake. Forcast suggest that the weather on Thursday should actually be pretty nice, with temps hovering around 20 degrees F. Hopefully there won't be too much wind, but only time will tell. I'm actually really excited. I think this whole coring thing should be fun. Lots of hard, muddy, and probably cold work, but still fun.
So! That was my day! YAY accomplishing stuff and seeing the family and getting new toys!
Now, however, I go OMG, SO TIRED!
It started eeeearly this morning (okay, so 7:20 isn't super early, but earlier than I usually get up) when I got up to get ready for a meeting at the YMCA. The meeting itself was at 8:50, but I may have kind of sorta forgotten to print out and fill in all the paperwork that the Human Resources Girl Tiffany sent me a few days ago for that whole "Congrats on getting a job here! Now give us all your personal information and background so we can start the process of owning your soul!" thing, so I had to get up early-ish to fill that out and be ready to leave here by 8:30 or there abouts. Meeting went well, and Tiffany was super friendly, and now I have a YMCA parking pass so I can park in the Y lot whenever I want too without getting a ticket! Since the Y is all of a block and a half from the Science Building, this is a very good thing.
Then, of course, I had Biogeography lab at 10, in which we went outside in the BEAUTIFUL sunshine and windless 20 WHOLE DEGREES FARENHEIT weather that we were blessed with the entire day, which rocked beyond belief after more than a week of FRIGGIN COLD and even more snow (current snow depth - probably around 3 feet NOT in the drifts, and of course that has settled quite a bit, so total snow fall for this year is probably somewhere around 4+ feet, give or take a few inches). Anyway, we were out in the parking lot in front of the Science Building playing with compasses. It was actually way more fun than one might think.
After Biogeography, there was Statistics, which still sucks and which we had a quiz in (think more test-like at 20 questions taking on average around 15-20 minutes to complete. If the quizzes are that long, I'm not really looking forward to the testing), BUT I'm pretty sure I nailed the quiz ::knocks on wood::, so yay for that.
Now comes the fun part! Okay, so next week Thursday I'm going to actually be going *out in the field* to do some cool geography field-stuff - in this case, we'll be taking sediment cores from the bottom of a lake to do some cool-sounding investigative on the climate and what not these last 12,000 years (basically, since the last ice age). So, I'm going to be standing on top of a frozen lake lowering and highering tubing into the friggin cold waters getting all DOWN AND DIRTY, BABY! Literally, even... Ha, I crack myself up.
Aaaanyway, I'm going to be spending the entire day standing in the middle of a frozen lake with my teacher and two or three other students, as well as one of her fellow Geography Teachers from down in Florida is it? with two or three of his students taking lake sediment samples without any form of shelter for at least a quarter mile all around. Therefor, I need to bundle my ass up but good or risk turning into a frozen Marensicle. So, today after class I headed to Marshfield to meet my parents, who had graciously dug out some of their old Cold Weather Gear from their college days to loan to me. I'll be bundled up in my dad's old insulated kinda drab olive green coveralls which he used to use when he was working construction in the Wisconsin Cold of Winter, lined leather gloves (two pair of these, cause we'll be handling wet tubing all day, and spending the day wearing cold, wet gloves does not sound at all appealing), and some thick wool socks.
And, since I was going to be in town and they were going to be in town and we needed to meet at some point anyway, we all decided to go have a very late lunch at Gramma's (it was around 2:30 by this time, and I hadn't eaten anything more than a cereal bar around 12:00 all day. Mom was in pretty much the same boat, so we were *huuuungry) where I could try on the coveralls to make sure they fit (which they do! In fact, they are kind of huge, but that's okay cause I'll be wearing at least two layers on the bottom and three on the top underneath them, so the bigger the better) after we finished eating. Mmm, rotisserie chicken and potato salad. Also, it meant I got to see Gramma! Which is good cause I hadn't seen her in almost a month.
After food and the Smokin' Hot fashion show, there were still a few things I needed to pick up to be fully prepared to face Old Man Winter head-on - such as, I don't know, a *hat*, as well as some Super Warm Polypropylene (sp, I'm sure) long johns, so Dad and I headed over to Fleet Farm while Mom went to back to work. There I got the hat and long johns, as well as some of those little open and shake thermal packets they use in hunting and what not that you can stick in your pockets. Dad also decided to take it upon himself to buy me a pocket knife and one of those handy All Purpose Tools that I could carry with me. Wheee, sharp pointy objects to play with!
Buy the time we finished with all the shopping, it was getting close to 4:00, which was about the time I wanted to head back here to Plover, so Dad dropped me back off at the Marshfield Y where I had left the car. After thanking him again for all the new toys he got me, he drove off, and I went inside to catch a few seconds with Mom, give Katie a hug cause I hadn't seen her in forever, and *hopefully* get a chance to talk to Amy before she moved on to her New and Improved place of Employment somewhere... not in Marshfield. Alas, I did not get to see Amy, but I was able to hug Kristin - the girl who will holding Amy's former position as Aquatics Director until someone else is hired - who I also hadn't seen in forever. I also got a hug from Mom and Katie, so yay for two out of three!
Now I'm back at Plover with a bunch of stuff and as prepared as I believe I can possibly be to spend a day on a frozen lake. Forcast suggest that the weather on Thursday should actually be pretty nice, with temps hovering around 20 degrees F. Hopefully there won't be too much wind, but only time will tell. I'm actually really excited. I think this whole coring thing should be fun. Lots of hard, muddy, and probably cold work, but still fun.
So! That was my day! YAY accomplishing stuff and seeing the family and getting new toys!
Now, however, I go OMG, SO TIRED!