Happy Birthday to my awesome fiancée over in Chicago! Sorry I couldn’t be there to tell you
personally, but I’m glad to hear your students and peers made it a special
day! As fate would have it, today is
also the birthday of my roommate over here in St. Louis. We took Dan down town to celebrate after a complicated
day of spraying. We had some ice cream,
BBQ Pizza, a couple of drinks, and a lovely viewing of the fading light on the
river’s edge. On our way back to the
campsite the light had all but left us—in its absence though there arose
hundreds of fireflies to illuminate our path.
It was pretty cool.
As for that tricky work day, I can’t remember if I told you
or not, but due to the frequency and severity of the UTV mishaps earlier in the
year only 2nd years and Fellows are allowed to drive the vehicles
and use trailers. This leaves poor Dan
having to shuttle everyone around even though I am certified and—from what I
hear—one of the select few to not have had an accident. So when the UTV battery started dying out
today Dan had to pretty much do everything on his own. He did wonderfully, I give him major props,
but I think this current policy is really hindering the progress of this
project.
Big shout out to Team USA for tomorrow’s game against Germany! A win or a tie and we move on in the FIFA
World Cup—a loss and we’re not necessarily out of it, but our chances of advancing
would take a large hit. A Ghana/Portugal
tie or a narrow Portugal win would also do it, but I’m not that familiar with
the tie breakers. Regardless, go USA!
Now to retire to my oven of a tent. Talk to you all tomorrow.
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