BabyShad

got to Pearson about 10 minutes before 8pm. Then we headed out to the ERC. Claire and I ended up in the same canoe as the new REU student in a diff lab, Alex. It was sorta fun, tho tiring and gross. The usual larval fish stuff....net in water, limit where baby fish can go, take cups, scoop em up, put em in big bin that gets transported to mesocosms to get sorted and distributed, etc...hundreds and hundreds of fishies.  We got over half of the stuff done tonight which is amazing.  It was amusing for the most part.  Claire and I were pretty sarcastic towards Alex but he was just over the top sometimes.  Though he was a gentleman in the sense that he'd always say yes ma'am and stuff he sure swore a lot and liked to talk about ex girlfriends and drinking and he's not even 21 yet. Oh well. I am glad to have gotten to work with Claire.  My clothes were disgusting and I felt so gross....thankfully I got to take the truck back to Pearson so Claire and I could leave early...at 2:30am.  That's early? Yeah. I wonder if the others are back to Pearson now.  Drove Claire home. Anyway. my legs are all crampy and sore from the canoe and the awkward positions for scooping fish.  7 hours later I am clean and happy about that.  I am pretty worn out but at least I made some money.  Tomorrow I will probably work some in the afternoon and then head over to Josh's parents to help out with their new house.  I'm tired. I don't want to sleep yet either though...waiting for hair to dry.