{"id":2400,"date":"2015-01-09T12:13:47","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T19:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osuabroad\/?p=2400"},"modified":"2016-02-02T17:08:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T00:08:13","slug":"day-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osuabroad\/day-change\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day For Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>\u00a0Jenna Wiegand, a senior in the <a title=\"Home l University Honors College l Oregon State University\" href=\"http:\/\/honors.oregonstate.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">University Honors\u00a0College<\/a>\u00a0majoring in both\u00a0<a title=\"Finance l College of Business l Oregon State University\" href=\"http:\/\/business.oregonstate.edu\/finance\" target=\"_blank\">Finance<\/a> and <a title=\"Sustainability Double-Degree l Department of Horticulture l Oregon State University\" href=\"http:\/\/horticulture.oregonstate.edu\/content\/sustainability-double-degree\" target=\"_blank\">Sustainability<\/a>, spent fall term\u00a0in\u00a0the <a title=\"SFS: Turks and Caicos Islands l Divison of International Programs l Oregon State University\" href=\"http:\/\/international.oregonstate.edu\/education-abroad\/programs\/turks-and-caicos\/sfs-turks-and-caicos-islands\" target=\"_blank\">Turks and Caicos Islands<\/a>\u00a0studying marine ecology and environmental policy through <a title=\"Home l The School for Field Studies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fieldstudies.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The School for Field Studies<\/a>. During her time studying\u00a0in the South Caicos Islands, she wrote\u00a0this\u00a0entry\u00a0about her new, and sometimes out of the ordinary\u00a0life\u00a0abroad.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osuabroad\/files\/2014\/12\/Jenna-Weigand-SIT-South-Caicos-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2403\" title=\"Classroom l South Caicos Islands l Jenna Wiegand\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osuabroad\/files\/2014\/12\/Jenna-Weigand-SIT-South-Caicos-2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Jenna Weigand- SIT South Caicos (2)\" width=\"338\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/260\/files\/2014\/12\/Jenna-Weigand-SIT-South-Caicos-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/260\/files\/2014\/12\/Jenna-Weigand-SIT-South-Caicos-2-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/260\/files\/2014\/12\/Jenna-Weigand-SIT-South-Caicos-2-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Those that know me know that I sometimes have \u201ca day for change\u201d where I try something new. While this is usually food because I am a terribly picky eater, these last two months in South Caicos have witnessed me trying too many new things to remember\u2014things that are now so commonplace, but posed such discomfort only two months ago. I\u2019ve made a list of a few of those new experiences that are now a part of my daily life:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>My ears are always salty from the constant snorkels and research dives. Every afternoon we have a field exercise or activity in the water, so there is hardly a day where I go more than six hours without being in saltwater (either the ocean or our saltwater showers). There is no fix to this.<\/li>\n<li>My bed is always sandy. There is no fix to this either, unless I put a rinse bin at the base of my bunk since our dorm floor is perpetually sandy. Oh well. Consider it nightly exfoliation?<\/li>\n<li>I have a serious bootie tan line. This is from my diving booties and this winter it will look like I am wearing permanent leggings.<\/li>\n<li>I am now a vegetarian. This was mostly because we eat enough rice and beans anyway and the meat options are not that appealing; plus the black bean veggie burgers are much tastier.<\/li>\n<li>All of us here at the field center count the days until the food boat comes in, and a pan of brownies calls for a stampede.<\/li>\n<li>I tried tofu. (Shock of shocks) It was good.<\/li>\n<li>Showering every 2 days or longer (once a week?) is perfectly acceptable here. Snorkeling and diving are seen as \u201cpretty much showering\u201d so there is no need for more. Yes, this is kind of nice but it is weird to think that what is completely normal here would never be fine in the U.S.<\/li>\n<li>I am a pro at back-rolling off boats to go diving. And I\u2019m getting a little bit more arm muscle from hauling around my gear, weights, and tank (what\u2026 40, 50 pounds?? It\u2019s ridiculous).<\/li>\n<li>The best compliment you can receive here is \u201cYou look clean\u201d or \u201cYour hair looks clean\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Special occasions (or just evening cravings) call for a trip to town to buy a pint of ice cream.<\/li>\n<li>I can identify around 110 marine organisms\u2026 algae, corals, fish, sharks, rays.<\/li>\n<li>I have held a couple of sharks and have tried to catch a turtle (yes, \u201cturtling\u201d is a real thing).<\/li>\n<li>I have now spent 5.5 hours of my life underwater, and have dove to 73 ft!<\/li>\n<li>I will never underappreciate a washing machine again. I now do laundry the \u201ceasy\u201d route which means forfeiting my fresh water shower and using it to fill up a tote bin so I can hand scrub my clothes. And let me tell you, to decrease shower use more, the shower has a chain pull that you must hold down the entire time to continue the flow of water. So there is no way you will lose track of time and take a 20 minute shower.<\/li>\n<li>Four pm snack might possibly be the best time of the day.<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t even know what a sweatshirt is anymore.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">But clearly all is not bad in this place because I am loving it for the most part. Snorkeling and diving are indescribable, as are the sunsets. After dinner, the weather cools off and there is usually a breeze through the hammock area&#8211; then it is absolutely wonderful to be out. It is so nice to be a bit disconnected from technology and phones; a lot of the materialism and outward vanity of the U.S. is gone as well&#8211; you don&#8217;t have much, but it is so easy to be happy with what you have.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">So at the end of the day this place is pretty awesome, even with the cockroaches and the salt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osuabroad\/files\/2014\/12\/Jenna-Weigand-SIT-South-Caicos-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2402 size-medium aligncenter\" title=\"Scuba Diving l South Caicos Islands l Jenna Wiegand\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osuabroad\/files\/2014\/12\/Jenna-Weigand-SIT-South-Caicos-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Jenna Weigand- SIT South Caicos (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/260\/files\/2014\/12\/Jenna-Weigand-SIT-South-Caicos-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/260\/files\/2014\/12\/Jenna-Weigand-SIT-South-Caicos-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/260\/files\/2014\/12\/Jenna-Weigand-SIT-South-Caicos-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/260\/files\/2014\/12\/Jenna-Weigand-SIT-South-Caicos-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Jenna Wiegand, a senior in the University Honors\u00a0College\u00a0majoring in both\u00a0Finance and Sustainability, spent fall term\u00a0in\u00a0the Turks and Caicos Islands\u00a0studying marine ecology and environmental policy through The School for Field Studies. During her time studying\u00a0in the South Caicos Islands, she wrote\u00a0this\u00a0entry\u00a0about her new, and sometimes out of the ordinary\u00a0life\u00a0abroad. Those that know me know that I&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osuabroad\/day-change\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":646,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1163967,1163959,140585,1163946,1163951,1163948],"tags":[35111,200576,101481,1046,200575,1137],"class_list":["post-2400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-of-business","category-returnee","category-sfs","category-study-abroad","category-sustainability","category-university-honors-college","tag-college-of-business","tag-college-of-horticulture","tag-research-2","tag-study-abroad","tag-turks-and-caicos","tag-university-honors-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osuabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osuabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osuabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osuabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osuabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osuabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2461,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osuabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400\/revisions\/2461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osuabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osuabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osuabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}