I went for my morning walk and holy crap, the wind was absolutely howling. All day and night today, the wind was going crazy. After breakfast, Cat and I went for our high tide field observation and we didn't even swim because it was all white caps and 2 meter high waves. We just observed from the shore and we actually saw 21 shovel nose rays. Not a bad observation period but the wind was crazy. For those of you who don't know, wet suits are super tight so they are hard to get on and off. Today when I was getting out of my wet suit, one of those thoughts that shouldn't be said out loud but gets out happened. I said as I finally got my suit off, "Ah! My nuts are free!" Cat was laughing pretty hard. Lunch happened some time later and I didn't do much after. I took a nap on a couch in the library and then Cat and I went for our low tide observation. We didn't see anything. Today was pretty relaxed. I am totally fine with just chilling on a remote tropical island off the coast of Australia. Sweet gig. Cat and I wrote some stuff for our research paper, prepared a PowerPoint for presenting our research on Saturday, and chilled. I forgot to mention some small details from the past few days so I will do that here since the post would be super short. Yesterday, I found a blue sea star out of the water because the tide had gone so low. I said out loud, "wake up!" and threw it back in the ocean. I'm a real marine biologist now. When we saw the tiger shark on Tuesday, I was fine getting back in the water after it left and said, "I don't care, I'm going back out there, I will make love to that shark if I have to." Sometimes I just say things without thinking. Usually it makes people laugh which is bad positive reinforcement but I sound very silly. At dinner today, Trisha and Edd were worried because, "where are we going to find another lunatic like Sam?" Good to know I am loved.
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About MeI am the guy whose name is on the top there. I am a student who graduated with a BA from USU this year and finally gave in to Dr. Atwood's pestering to go on her Heron Island Class for coral reefs. People often call me really sassy and unhappy. What they don't know is that my resting face is angry, but I am usually pretty happy. ArchivesCategories |