10 Jan AM – A Rainy day in Paradise










Today I woke up to an unfamiliar
sound. It was rain, and tons of it. I wasn’t too hungry so I decided to skip
breakfast and get some extra rest because we were going to have an
unprecedented 4 lectures today. After our first lecture at 9am we broke up into
teams to compete at naming some of the organisms found at the reef. The game
was lots of fun but very intense, luckily my team was able to come out on top
we were told that later on we would receive a mysterious prize. After the game
we had our second lecture of the day followed by a delicious spaghetti and
meatsauce lunch.

 After Lunch we had
about 3 hours until our next lecture, like many of my classmates I decided to
take this time to study for our upcoming test since the weather had made the
water a bit murky and choppy. Despite the less than ideal condition a few brave
souls did chose to venture out in the name of science, I decided to stay at the
dock where I found a large sea urchin. At 4pm we headed to our third lecture of
the day and then it was off to dinner where we learned that for our stellar
performance earlier we would be granted the honor to be first up for dinner
which was mashed potatoes and some delicious shrimp. After dinner I dragged
myself to our fourth and final lecture of the day and then I used the rest of
the night to study until I fell asleep. Despite the rain we were still able to
have a very productive day here in Jamaica; hopefully tomorrow will bring some
good weather so we can all get back in the water.

– Nick

Nick_A Sea urchin we found at the dock
A beautiful Sea Urchin we found down by the dock (we put him back)

2 thoughts on “10 Jan AM – A Rainy day in Paradise

  1. Be careful of these guys! Your profs have to dig out spines in students on every trip they’ve taken to Jamaica.

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