The last few days in bullet points
Friday
* Biogeography - we finally got up into Schmeeckle to do some field stuff. No actual data collection yet, but I did spend an hour and a half walking around the reserve looking for the two places I'll be doing the data collection. I seriously do not think it could've been a nicer day, and the fact that I spent an hour and a half walking around the woods at a pretty good clip made me not feel guilty at all for not swimming laps on Saturday morning. Yay for work and exercise all in one fall swoop!
* Statistics - we finished watching one of those biography movies on ... Robert Kinsey is it? The guy who was slightly obsessed with collecting data on human sexual activity in the 1940s and 1950s. It was quite interesting, actually.
* I think I did something else in the afternoon, but if so, I can't remember what it was.
Saturday
* Worked in the morning teaching swim lessons from 10 until 11:30 or there abouts
* Attempted to take a nap in the afternoon. Failed. Why is it that I can doze off (as much as I ever do, that is) pretty easily when I'm really not all that tired originally, but I cannot for the life of me actually do more then lay there and *try* and doze of when I really am insanely tired and want a nap? It is so totally unfair, yo.
* Went to JB's to watch a movie. He just got a new flat screen TV and he wanted to show off his new toy - super high def, paired with a Blue Ray DVD player. He was insanely pleased with how "it looks like you can walk into it!" - I was more "Dude, it's a *TV* - I mean, YAY clear pictures, but did you really have to spend a few grand on a new TV?" and he was "But you can almost *walk into* it!" and then I gave up and we watched Curse of the Black Pearl and ate pizza, which is fun no matter how clear the picture is.
Sunday
* Went to the art fair at the Fine Arts center on campus with Dustin, Mandy, and Dustin's mom Deb and brother Derick. There were lots and lots of very cool things I wanted to buy, but I was a good girl and didn't.
* Had my very first ice cream treat from Stevens Point's big ice cream spot, Belts. Little place on Post Road about two blocks from campus that serves soft serve, but apparently it's popular enough that people were *camped out* in the parking lot over night when it reopened for the season. I had a chocolate chip cookie dough blizzard which really wasn't all that impressive, honestly. I'm still not sure what the big fuss is about, but hey, I'm all for supporting the little guys.
* Went to Hudson's Grill at the Crossroad Commons for a very late lunch/very early dinner around 3:00. I was the only one who actually *got* lunch in the form of a sandwich - everyone else just got soup. Dustin and Steve also got appetizers, though, so I didn't feel as guilty as I might've otherwise. Oh, there was still guilt - I totally can't afford eating out at the moment, and Mandy ended up picking up the bill for everyone, but at least the guilt wasn't as extreme as it would've been otherwise. Aka, I didn't call the waitress back to cancel my order, even though I was sorely tempted too.
Today
* Statistics this morning/afternoon. We actually did statistic stuff today, because alas, we finished the sex movie on Friday. It wasn't nearly as fun.
* Had lunch with Dustin and Melissa at the University Center. Again with the "I totally can't afford this!" (this being a three piece chicken tender that cost $2.85 or there abouts), so I really do feel guilty about that one.
* Worked from 4 until 6:30 teaching swim lessons. Actually was a good girl and swam laps today, woo.
* Over the course of the entire day - Got Very Wet. It has been non-stop rain since I got up this morning, and the local news is saying that we got about 1.2 inches, give or take. It was cold, it was wet, and walking too and from my car at school was not much fun, but I can only be grateful that it was *rain* and not snow. We're finally getting rid of the gigantic snow pack that built up these last several months; thinking about how much we would've accumulated if it *had* been snow instead of rain is just depressing.
* Biogeography - we finally got up into Schmeeckle to do some field stuff. No actual data collection yet, but I did spend an hour and a half walking around the reserve looking for the two places I'll be doing the data collection. I seriously do not think it could've been a nicer day, and the fact that I spent an hour and a half walking around the woods at a pretty good clip made me not feel guilty at all for not swimming laps on Saturday morning. Yay for work and exercise all in one fall swoop!
* Statistics - we finished watching one of those biography movies on ... Robert Kinsey is it? The guy who was slightly obsessed with collecting data on human sexual activity in the 1940s and 1950s. It was quite interesting, actually.
* I think I did something else in the afternoon, but if so, I can't remember what it was.
Saturday
* Worked in the morning teaching swim lessons from 10 until 11:30 or there abouts
* Attempted to take a nap in the afternoon. Failed. Why is it that I can doze off (as much as I ever do, that is) pretty easily when I'm really not all that tired originally, but I cannot for the life of me actually do more then lay there and *try* and doze of when I really am insanely tired and want a nap? It is so totally unfair, yo.
* Went to JB's to watch a movie. He just got a new flat screen TV and he wanted to show off his new toy - super high def, paired with a Blue Ray DVD player. He was insanely pleased with how "it looks like you can walk into it!" - I was more "Dude, it's a *TV* - I mean, YAY clear pictures, but did you really have to spend a few grand on a new TV?" and he was "But you can almost *walk into* it!" and then I gave up and we watched Curse of the Black Pearl and ate pizza, which is fun no matter how clear the picture is.
Sunday
* Went to the art fair at the Fine Arts center on campus with Dustin, Mandy, and Dustin's mom Deb and brother Derick. There were lots and lots of very cool things I wanted to buy, but I was a good girl and didn't.
* Had my very first ice cream treat from Stevens Point's big ice cream spot, Belts. Little place on Post Road about two blocks from campus that serves soft serve, but apparently it's popular enough that people were *camped out* in the parking lot over night when it reopened for the season. I had a chocolate chip cookie dough blizzard which really wasn't all that impressive, honestly. I'm still not sure what the big fuss is about, but hey, I'm all for supporting the little guys.
* Went to Hudson's Grill at the Crossroad Commons for a very late lunch/very early dinner around 3:00. I was the only one who actually *got* lunch in the form of a sandwich - everyone else just got soup. Dustin and Steve also got appetizers, though, so I didn't feel as guilty as I might've otherwise. Oh, there was still guilt - I totally can't afford eating out at the moment, and Mandy ended up picking up the bill for everyone, but at least the guilt wasn't as extreme as it would've been otherwise. Aka, I didn't call the waitress back to cancel my order, even though I was sorely tempted too.
Today
* Statistics this morning/afternoon. We actually did statistic stuff today, because alas, we finished the sex movie on Friday. It wasn't nearly as fun.
* Had lunch with Dustin and Melissa at the University Center. Again with the "I totally can't afford this!" (this being a three piece chicken tender that cost $2.85 or there abouts), so I really do feel guilty about that one.
* Worked from 4 until 6:30 teaching swim lessons. Actually was a good girl and swam laps today, woo.
* Over the course of the entire day - Got Very Wet. It has been non-stop rain since I got up this morning, and the local news is saying that we got about 1.2 inches, give or take. It was cold, it was wet, and walking too and from my car at school was not much fun, but I can only be grateful that it was *rain* and not snow. We're finally getting rid of the gigantic snow pack that built up these last several months; thinking about how much we would've accumulated if it *had* been snow instead of rain is just depressing.