This week was for lack of a better term; long. Diana and I agreed to cover for Brian this week while he attended a family reunion. As a result I worked on both Sunday and Monday. I was also still recovering from the exciting time that I had at Da Vinci days last weekend. The week was fairly typical however, once Thursday came around I found myself getting ready for a break (but of course I still had 3 more days to go).  Several interesting things did occur this week though. A man brought in some interesting “shrimp” that he had found on Saturday. Unfortunately, we could not find anyone to identify it (everyone was off that day). I also had record high numbers on nearly all of my Estuary walks this week (all over 17 people). We are still tweaking the tsunami tank.  This week we installed a protective case around the two wave engines to prevent people from messing with the motors. Additionally we also did yet another ineffective software upgrade to the system. I’m still waiting for my Legos. On Friday I did my most spectacular ocean quest yet. There were actually more people in the auditorium when the presentation ended than when it began (quite an accomplishment).

We seem to have had more volunteers that normal this week, perhaps I am just imagining things, but I probably met at least 5 “new” volunteers this week. The unusual length of the week has taken a lot out of me. Normally I go for a nice walk on the beach every day after work. I was not able to do that until Saturday night. There was also the fact that my half way progress report was due this week for my internship class. I was very happy once I had completed that assignment. Finally getting to the beach on that last day made it that much more enjoyable. I also had fun watching the Olympic opening ceremonies with some of the other interns I look forward to getting back to my regular routine and also my nice long vacation that is coming up in August.