These last couple days have been quite fun and also a bit of an adventure.
On Saturday, I was a designated driver for my friend's 21st birthday party along with Pat and Shayna. Pat bought us cokes to keep us awake while we watched the shenanigans go down. It was hilarious to say the least. We went to a local bar that was full of townies and dead deer. not kidding. I think they were quite amused by all of us as well... the townies that is. We also saw a wolf on the way there. IT WAS SO COOL. It was the first time I had seen one since being up here. I thought it was a deer at first but when we got closer we realized it was definitely NOT a deer. at all.
Then last night we decided to have a little bonfire before classes started up again. We burnt a bunch of garlic mustard Heidi had dug up earlier. It is invasive so whenever they find a bunch they dig it up and then burn the plants to stop their spread. Then Menzie created what is quite possibly the best game ever. A bunch of people went to lie down in the field and look at the stars which were positively stunning last night. We could see the Milky Way. SO EPIC. Anyways, Menzie also has this beach ball thing so they started tossing it around while on their backs. This turned into all of us laying on our backs in a circle with our hands and feet in the air trying to keep the ball off the ground. Because of such the game was dubbed "Dead Horse Balls." It also was a very good ab workout because I had my feet straight up in the air and I was laughing so hard.
I also went to the doctor this morning. There has been pain in my hand/fingers for the past few weeks, starting with finals really. It started in the fingertips of my pointer finger and thumb and has since moved into the back of my hand and a little into my wrist. I have been icing/ACE wrapping my hand for the past couple weeks and it was still hurting so I finally went to the doctor. They said it might be a nerve thing in my hand/wrist. If it still hurts in a month I am supposed to go to a nerve specialist in either Rhinelander or Wausau but that would be super annoying so I REALLY hope that isn't the case. I got a new wrist brace too that really does stop me from doing much with the wrist so hopefully that helps my hand more than the ACE bandage did.
In terms of that whole school thing I have been doing up here, it has been going well. Our forest ecology unit started today and looks very interesting, even if it is going to be a RIDICULOUS amount of work. We are taking lots of field trips to different forests and as well we are conducting a research project and writing a paper. The research project is on lichens, which will be super interesting, however trying to figure out the logistics of a research project with 28 people is near impossible.
I have been watering my project and have run into some unexpected problems.... yay research....
My earthworms are being stabbed by the pin boards I made to look at root structure. I have found 2 dead nightcrawlers so far. I replaced both but its still a problem. The first one looked mildly mutilated and the second one today had a bad looking puncture wound. The plan right now is to try to fix the problem with plato and hope that works. more like pray it works.
stupid impaled worms. I'll keep you updated on the life status of my baby worms.
Claire
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