This week has been extra warm and sunny which I really needed. It’s a nice change from the fog filled mornings we have gotten in the past few weeks. Things are picking up and I feel like I get more and more done each day. The open tank room is almost fully set up and then we just have to get the water chemistry down. I feel like I have learned more by this point than I do in a school year. We have now passed the half way point and its bitter sweet. I don’t know how to feel about being closer to this experience coming to an end. For now, busy weeks will keep me distracted from thinking about the end of everything. We have a busy weekend coming up with a full day Saturday and Sunday. Saturday we are going to the Newport aquarium and Sunday we are having a lake day with some of the University of Oregon students. I’m so excited to go to water we can actually swim in without having to wear a wet suit. I started to get a little homesick this week and think a weekend full of fun will help. Luckily my mom and grandmother will be here the following weekend and I will get all the family time I need. I wish they could bring my dog, but she doesn’t know how to behave so another month till I will get to see her. All the REU’s are planning on going to the Virgin Islands for spring break. I think it’s the perfect place for an intern reunion. It also helps that Mathew lives there, so we would have our own personal tour guide. I wish we had a week in Charleston where we didn’t have anything to do, but hangout with each other. This summer has been full of laughter and I am truly thankful that I was chosen to part of the OIMB family. When I came in to this program I had no idea I would meet so many new friends that I hold so close to my heart.
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