Flew in. Last flight was delayed, then cancelled; I got on a later (1am) flight to my home town and managed to get to bed at like 3 in the morning. maybe 4, I don't remember. My mom and sister completely surprised me with my guinea pig (I thought she was back in collegetown). Saw K. for part of a day (it was fun, and very relaxing), and R. for ( Read more... )

Well, this is it ( Read more... )

Arecibo Observatory, T minus five ( Read more... )

A week until I leave! and of course, the result is PANIC and FLAILING and TONS OF WORK LEFT TO DO ( Read more... )

Arecibo Observatory, Day 61 (I think ( Read more... )

And let's finish that off by having an amazingly productive day yesterday.

The end of my 7th week here. Everything still feels like it's a dream ( Read more... )

Today's officially the start of my sixth week, and I am just about half way done ( Read more... )

I've picked up the piping for my antennas and sent in a work order to get the ground plates cut. I think today I'll find a caliper and go in and measure the width of that thick copper wire and see what gauge it is, and then talk to Dana about starting to wind it. Hopefully there's a machine that'll make helices if I give it the right dimensions ( Read more... )

Well, last night our last student arrived (in theory... there are other ones scattered about who come at various times in the summer. But now the two cabins on top of the hill are full), so there was a mini party. Afterwards, the sky was so clear (usually it's quite cloudy at night), so Ethan and Ali and I trekked down the hill and up another hill ( Read more... )