day 3 with no....some....caffeine? hehe

Ok so I drank a Diet Pepsi last night and I had some Vanilla Chai tea this morning. But neither of those have as much caffeine as coffee, both have less than half in fact. I don't feel like i NEED it to get through the day but i crave enjoying a hot drink or a cold drink at certain times of the day. So its mostly just habit breaking that i need to do. I had some dizziness and headaches on the first day and after those went away i experienced a lethargic and groggy feeling, but that also passed. That will be the only caffeine drink I have today and tomorrow I may not have any. I upped my water intake by a lot as well.

 my hang for the next year..and my microwave...should i learn to play foosball?

 classroom door over there

 loungey

 mmmm tobasco jalapeno hot sauce

 came home to a crime scene yesterday.

 SOMEONE (my cat Loki i assume) pulled all my pepper plants that took so long to germinate out of the pot...sigh

But some new ones have started! Not sure if you can see that, this was yesterday

 This is this morning!

 I had one surviving plant in this pot so I literally taped the saran wrap down. I hope that deters her.

My tulle covering my perennials (which are amongst grass and hard to see). Can't tell if it stopped the insect damage yet or not, it's still too early. Will have to find a way to prop it up higher soon as the plants grow

I have two major assignments due by Thursday and the preparations for my experiment are progressing. Going to be a busy two days. And then its the long weekend. I will be working and then going to David's Bridal in Michigan to buy a bridesmaid's dress with one of my best friends and the rest of the bridal party!

We sort of hit a road block with using glass beads as a substrate (the ammocoetes cannot burrow into them) so we have to use sand and maybe make the tank thinner so we can see their behaviour under the sand. It's sort of neat to be involved in something that's not really been studied before (I have seen studies about ammocoete movement under sand with tracking devices but never their reaction to "danger" chemicals)

"Your adventure has begun!"

 Had a snack while waiting to hear from my teacher. Dill havarti and italian herbed flat breads mmmm

 oh dear.... (piglet from winnie the pooh voice)

 And then I finally got to feed the sea lamprey ammocoetes

 They came in a box filled with sand

 Prepared a holding tank for them

 Covered the bottom with sand for them to burrow, since that's what they like to do. The water in here is straight from the river, unfiltered and untreated. It was soooo cooold

 Dissolved baker's yeast and sand

 There they are! The larger ones are only about 15 cm long

 

Put the yeast and an oxygen tube in and they are good to go until the morning. They will filter the yeast out of the water overnight as they are in a filter feeding stage of life

 Just since this morning these have grown over 1 centimetre!

The peppers have also gotten a bit bigger.

As my teacher said to me today, my adventure has begun! We will be making the small observation tanks for the sea lamprey Monday. I also have another test and an evening class. Better get lots of sleep Sunday night.