I'm still really liking my job at the Marine Science Center (I'm here for my second year, with the term ending for good at the end of Augusy 2011). These coming month are going to be super busy with our long-awaited "Orca project" finally getting under way officially. This means that the skeleton, which has been undergoing an intensive cleaning process for years is finally going to be put together, or as the experts say, "articulated". We have this fantastic guy coming down from Homer, Alaska to help with the process for about a month (spanning from mid-January to mid-February). Sadly, the building intended to house this magnificent whale skeleton isn't constructed yet since funding is still trickling in... but the hope is that the construction of the skeleton will jump-start the donations. We'll also be teaching a lot more "Free Science Classes" this winter, of which I'm in charge of scheduling for the second year. I also teach and am involved in other classes that happen during the school year (covering all sorts of topics like marine birds and inter-tidal ecology).
My big excitement for the winter (besides going home for Christmas and getting to help a bit with the skeleton articulation here) is a trip to HAWAII! I'm taking off for 8 days in March and going to Kaua'i. I'm really flippin' excited about it. We're planning to camp, backpack and snorkel a ton.... My boss just came back from there and saw the most insane marine life.. including humpback whales and sea turtles!!! Needless to say, I'm prepared to pee my pants in glee. Oh and the "we": I'm going with my boyfriend, Rick. We've been dating for 5 1/2 months and it's going really, really well. I think you guys would really like him. Miriam met him early on and gave him her stamp of approval... which of course, was absolutely mandatory.
Gotta go climb under the pier and scrub the intake pipes! Just another day in the life of the PTMSC AmeriCorps! :)
love you all!
-jess
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