Back to my work-aholic ways

So it's Sunday and I'm in the office...actually beginning to think about my manuscripts from my Master's project (yes, Bob is probably both relieved that I'm working on it and unhappy that it's taken this long to start). But I'm now back to my normal routine of 10 hour work days, and I've even been bringing reading home in the evening...might as well since there's no tv and my talkative flatmate is gone for a few weeks. I am way excited about my first field day this week...I'll be tagging along with Clément as he's collecting for his research, and then I'll be using the same fish he collects to get started with figuring out how to correctly ID the larval stages of the few species that are in these fish. So field and lab work this week...I'm so excited!

It's been a quiet weekend. My fishing trip was cancelled yesterday...I was sooo bummed! It was rainy and windy and the water was just too rough for the trip. Hopefully we'll get it rescheduled soon. On the plus side, Asian food is popular and sushi is so cheap here! Robynne and I went out for Japanese last night and I was quite impressed. I had read that Asian cuisine was rare in NZ but the international student population is mostly Asian here so when you walk down the main strip of restuarants it is mostly Japanese, Thai, Cambodian, etc...one right after another...sometimes the same type of food in restuarants right next door to each other...maybe one Subway, a burger shop, and a seafood place mixed in. You can also walk up to a window and order sushi from the sidewalk for about $5-6 (3.50-4 USD)...and I thought I was going to be missing out on it! Tonight is Robynne's last night in NZ, so we'll be going out for dinner again tonight!