Frickin' Dorm Tours!

This post is dedicated to a tour of my new home here, plus some other exciting events from this week. I thought you guys deserved some pictures since I keep talking about things and you have no idea what they look like.

Outside our dorm. Home Sweet Home.

Here is my room. The top bunk is mine and there is another bunk bed to the right. Closets are on the left.

Downstairs/main room/Dining Room. Looking in from the entrance.

Balcony area with couches. A good place to study/hang out.

Basement with big TV. There is a ping pong and pool table to the right.

A pretty view out of the kitchen window onto Tenderfoot Lake. The other day we saw 2 bald eagles flying with a rainbow in the background. Amazing.

This is a view of the Hank Lab. It's where our classroom and lab space is and it is SUPER nice.

Other than that, I saw bear puke today. That was extra delicious looking. It was by the fish pit, which would be SUCH a pretty area if it wasn't for the fish pit.

The first research week is starting to wrap up finally. I have a project... I think. Assuming the maple seeds germinate and grow. That takes 10 days. So I will know if I have a project in 10 days. fingers crossed because I don't know what I will do if I don't have a project and I have to start one in the second research week. Probably cry. Let's hope these maples grow.

Also next week is our forest ecology unit, so to celebrate they gave us a massive assignment of a zillion (aka 38) plants to collect on property and identify. It was interesting to say the least but I have finally finished it as of tonight and it isn't even due until Friday at 10am. I feel accomplished and now I can relax while everyone else freaks out about getting their project in on time. Plus I know a ton of plants and how to id them now. Makes me feel like a pro. :)

Here is a picture of the purple pitcher plants that are out on the peat moss at cranberry bog. I had to take a picture of them for my project because I didn't want to pick them.

They are the really super cool plants that flies and things fall into and then the plant digests them in their juices. It's really exciting.

On a less geeky note and something even more exciting, CLAYTON CAME TO VISIT ME!!!!!!!!! :D

He couldn't stay for long because it was family memorial day weekend stuff but it was FANTASTIC to see him. I needed a bit of home. I don't think I realized how much I did need it but it was amazing, even if he could only hang out for a couple hours. Also, he got to meet our salamander babies we caught last week. They have since hatched and are swimming around in their larvae stage. I really hope they live to become actual salamanders. We named them all too but one of the TAs erased the board before I got a picture... :(

The precious babies before they hatched.

Enough rambling for now. I miss you all. I also have no idea where my phone is so if you have called/texted me and I haven't responded that's why. I know it is somewhere around here but because of the bad service I don't pay much attention to where it is.

Until I blog again,

KLAR