tidbits

We found 3 nests today, which isn't too shabby, but less than I was hoping. We did get one nest right as the mother was finishing laying it, so we captured her to take measurements and tag her (as we do with all live terrapins we find).

There were also an insane amount of mosquitos today. I literally could hardly walk for swatting them - I must have killed 50 on my arms alone in 3 minutes. One I got in the middle of a big, juicy bite. The prof doesn't like deet on the eggs, but we didn't really have a choice but to use bug spray (on ourselves, not the eggs). I did see a river otter, a muskrat, an eagle, the eagle being chased by least terns (which are maybe 6" long), and some very big horseshoe crabs.

The prof. and I have been talking a lot about setting up a side experiment regarding the terrapins. I'm definitely excited about this, and it may lead to masters' research material it seems. I definitely need to seek God's direction on what to do with that potential future step and where He wants me to go, as I'm still not feeling very strongly pulled in one way or another career-wise.

I've also been trying to find a church down here in MD. I went to the one church on the island 2 Sundays ago, and it wasn't a good fit for me: the people weren't very welcoming, and there were some statements that didn't seem quite theologically sound. I found a PCA church in the next decent-sized town (40 minutes away) this Sunday, which I like. The people aren't as friendly as in GA, but are fairly welcoming for a northern church, I guess. I'm hoping that I'll get to go there often enough to put down some roots; I'm still not sure when and how much I'll be working on weekends. This weekend I won't get to go because I'm going home for my little bro's high school graduation! Yayyyy! I'm really excited for him, and excited to go home.

Cool things I've seen the past few days:
- A hail storm while sitting inside a car with a sun roof. So cool!
- Another wicked storm blow out of the north last night, big thick black clouds.
- Black-eyed susans all over this barren island.
- Turtle nests, of course. Actually, I see those in my sleep, literally.