Wow, where does the time go?!

Well, I managed to infect 120 fish by Christmas, plus 2 because a couple died.  I think I'm getting carpel tunnel from squeezing a pipet bulb too much!  Thankfully Christmas came along when it did cause I was getting burnt out!  The holidays were great.  I had a party on Christmas Eve with about 25 other foreigners and we did a White Elephant gift exchange (where you bring a gift from home).  And for Christmas dinner I went to Rachel's...other than that I was lazy.  And I couldn't ask for more!  All I've done is come in everyday to feed my fish and clean tanks once in a while.  I'm cat sitting for some friends now.  And am back to running...I was working too much to even fit in a workout!  But no more, I say!  This damn cold town, with it's damn cold houses has allowed me to put on too much weight this year and I'm getting to the point of not fitting into most of the pants in my closet!  This is a problem!  But it seems summer has hit this week (who knows how long that will last) and I'm getting back to jogging on the beach.  This mornings jog was great...I went to a different beach than normal since it's closer to where I'm cat sitting.  And the horse farm nearby was exercising the horses with those tiny one person carts.  Well, I'm off to feed my fish and then home to do some gardening.

More infections!

So my next experiment is off to a good start! I've infected 19 fish and have only 101 more to go!  And I'm behind on every other aspect of my project!  Arghh!  Too much to do, not enough time!  Luckily I HAVE to leave the lab by 6 tonight because I'm babysitting for one of the lecturers...great kids and they spoil me with a fabulous dinner!  But my life is now revolving around my snails producing my parasites and me getting them into fish as fast as possible!

Thunder Storm and 007 excite me!

Yesterday was exciting...we had a thunder storm!!  They are rare here and this was the first one since I've been here!!  I sooo miss the lightening and thunder!  It rains here so much that you get sick of it, but yesterday it was wonderful!  Despite the fact that by the time I walked to my truck, I was soaked and had to sit through the entire James Bond movie with wet jeans.  The movie was great and a large group of us went...or several small groups met up at the theater.  And ahhh, Daniel Craig.....sigh...