(After slicing the mud, they are then put into either a Nalgene bottle or some flip wrap. Each sample is combined with one table spoon of Borax, 100ml of water, and 100ml of 8% mix solution of sea water and formaldehyde.)Slicing and rinsing of the sediments becomes an unbearable part of the day after many hours of doing it. It makes the nights drag after about 2 or 3 in the morning. We have found that listening to Michael Jackson, Def Leppard, and Gun's N Roses, aids in passing time while we extracting [these bands also make us revert to being 8 years old again.....and little giddy]. Elena is starting to get tired of all the country music, so she lets us listen to whatever, as long as its not country....although she doesn't mind "Hank the 3rd".
(This is a yeddi crab that was brought by Alvin's dive this morning)
Today was one of the better days I've had, as far as work loads are concerned. We didn't deploy the multi-core tonight because we are starting to run out of space and bottles. This made for a pretty easy night. We only had to process the cores from Alvin's dive this morning, measure worms, and pick some "forams". Not bad considering what we have been doing.
We had a nice dinner tonight, tuna and rice, which is one of my favorite meals. There was a little bit of butternut squash, which I passed on, but I had seconds on the cappaccino eclairs, topped with whipped cream...........oooohhhh buddy!!!
(Me at 5:00am in the morning after a long day)
(Good night)
we need some of thos cappacino eclairs here, dude!
ReplyDelete