Today was a day that was very, very full of a lot of different stuff. I started off the day in a very achy way on a cold tile floor with the bathrobe of the night before bunched underneath me. I stumbled down to breakfast only 10 minutes late, sore and groggy but greeted with some amazing pancakes. Fruit on the other hand is not really a huge thing here. Even mangoes and papaya can be scarce at times mainly because the locals don't want to tell the resort where the trees are because that's how *they* make their money. After a tasty breakfast I headed back up to change into my swimsuit that I spend most of the day in and then spent most of the day in the water swimming around. It was really good to start off the day with doing absolutely nothing as opposed to shifting from the breakfast bench to the work chair. I can now climb up to the very top of the rope swing, grab onto the board that it's connected to and drop from there. It's quite the work out and your hands, arms, and abs get incredibly tired after a while. Even Dr. Gillman turned out and climbed all the way up, made a squeak when he got to the top, and dropped down. Kona played and played with us as well, racing us and trying to climb up on us for a rest. That dog is a never ending, only-made-of-muscle, bundle of energy and fun. Keep up with her is like trying to keep up with the Energizer bunny on steroids. Her favorite thing to do is grab the rope and try and pull it down, but the best part is, is that she never cottons on and realizes that no matter how hard she pulls on the rope she will never ever get it to come down. The crew of us also spent some times jumping and flipping off the end of the dock. There are two hammocks that are near the cabana building where all the dive gear gets locked up that hand on the edge of the dock so when you swing you are partially over the water. At one point Olivia was relaxing in the hammock and the divemasters in training were coming out of their lesson in the water and they flipped her out of the hammock and into the water!! She was a good sport though and everyone had a good laugh. We must have stayed in the water for several hours because when we got out lunch was almost ready and boy were we hungry.
After lunch Adam and I worked on the Spirobranchus gigantus project. I don't know if I have mentioned this but Adam is now part of my research project due to some changes in plans and such. It's been really great to have another opinion. I got to teach some Excel to Adam which was interesting. I think I have always taken that skill or granted but a lot of people don't know how to use the program. Personally, it caters to my need to be hyper organized with my numbers along with being lazy and not wanting to do all of my calculations by hand. After crunching most of the numbers we realized there were still some pictures that were missing so we hopped back in for another short swim to take 2 pictures and collect the last of our data.
As a reward for our effort Adam, Austin, and I decided to take a break and hike over to the East End/Village where I met this adorable little girl who kept running around between her and who I guess to be her mom and grabbing onto our legs. It was good to get away and I can honestly say that I am kind of ready to get off the island but at the same time wish it could last for so much longer. After hanging out and cooling off in the cool, blue water we headed back. The moment we were back I dove right back into the ocean once again!
The erst of the evening was comprised of an overtire me taking sunset pictures while most of the rest of the group evening snorkeled. Dinner was a delicious affair of fish paella with fish that was caught earlier that day. This is when things started getting a little stinky. There was a large dispute of a fish that someone from our group had bought from the East End and wanted made specially for a certain group of people. I think, to my understanding it got given to the entire group? When you are in a large group setting what ends up in the kitchen gets cooked and fed to everyone (especially in a group setting where all of your food is getting cooked for you). I understand that the miscommunication would have been frustrating but in the end the day ends and life goes on. Burn the frustration and let it flow.
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