Babbles of a Procrastinating Grad Student

Well, I've definately dropped the ball with posting again, haven't I.  :) 

The last 2 month and the next couple, in summary:

- Survived first round of field work.  Was relatively successful, and I'm pretty pleased with it's results.  Not so much with one of the labs dropping the ball with some of my water samples.  :P
- Oh my gosh so much writing this last month.  Term paper, report of activities, and a proposal (which will be finished tonight, I swear!).  I hate writing.  Why the heck am I doing a masters again?
- Reconnected with an old friend and going on an awesome road trip with them in September.  Am rather twitterpated, actually.  ;)
- Leaving tomorrow to celebrate/mourn a friend defending her masters thesis.  Wine will be drunk and good times will be had.
- Friday flying off to Nova Scotia to be a field lacky for a friend.  So excited, since I've never been to the east coast before.  Heck, I've never seen the ocean from the Canadian side at all.  Might even jump in!  Also, BAY OF FUNDY!  :D  Such a geo-geek.  Oh, also doing field work on arsenic-rich tailings.  Right.  Work.  ;)
- 4 days after getting back from Nova Scotia, will be off again for another round of sampling at Terra Mine.  :D  WHEE MORE FIELD WORK!
- Right after that, road trip to Manitoba, followed by a wedding and lots of friends and family!  YAAAY!

So so very excited for this next month-and-a-half!  :D

Arrived in camp at 11 am.  By 4 pm had seen 2 bears. 

And our bear fence isn't working.

FIELD WORK TIME!  Yep, tomorrow we drive up to Ottawa, and the next morning fly into Yellowknife.  WHEEE 10 HOURS OF TRAVELLING! 

Man, it's quicker to get to the UK from here.  Canada is REALLY BIG.  Of course, it doesn't help that apparently Calgary is on the way to Yellowknife from Ottawa.  I'll never understand airlines.

But!  I'm quite excited.  My bag is totally not packed at all and I have a stupid term paper due that doesn't want to be written, but that's fine because NWT, HERE I COME!

:D

O-kay, sleep time for me, I think.  Oh god tomorrow is almost here.  Bed time!

(I am not drunk, just over tired and over excited!)

3 1/2 weeks before take off. Soooo much work to do before then! ACK!

I'm currently prepping peepers (in-situ pore water sampling apparatus), and although the first set is percolating away nicely in nitrogen, the other set is being stubborn. Frustrating like whoa!

This is good experience, even if it is frustrating. I never realized just how much small stuff needs to be organized in something like this. If I get nothing else out of this experience, it'll be how to be and keep organized! :D

Okay, back to work.