Monday: Study, study, study
Tuesday: Took two exams; packed up life; attended last class on nuclear chemistry.
Wednesday: Packed up car; moved queen-sized mattress and box springs down three flight of stairs; drove 8 hours to Kansas; stocked up at Trader's Joe's St. Louis; crashed on Brandon's couch; created data sheets and equipment list while watching Beetlejuice; also discovered River Monsters on Animal Planet.
Thursday: Drove 9 hours to Colorado; caught up with Dean on the project; crashed at Dave and Sam's place; watched the Simpsons and Antiques Roadshow; fell asleep while watching Wild Pacific.
Friday: Spent 8 hours sorting through gear, checking traps, making a check list of items; took a tour of CSU (including necropsy lab); nursed a nagging headache with 6 advils (cause: absolute and total lack of coffee + my stubbornness that the headache would eventually go away even though that has never, ever happened!) Crashed at Dave and Sam’s place and watched Ghostbusters while reading about Mexican woodrats.
Saturday (today): Toured study site; tramped around looking for den sites on rocky ledges and sticks nests among sumac shrubs; tested and stuffed cotton in Sherman traps; tested and wrapped burlap around Tomahawk traps; got stung by a wasp; set up tent – temporary home for next three nights; more than made up for recent caffeine deprivation; bought apples for vole bait and ate some; created a field guide with photos of every damn rodent I’m likely to catch in my traps.
Sunday (tomorrow): Let the trapping begin…
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