A trip to Northampton to see
Right now I'm in the student center at the University -- yes, I'm a student again! My life has changed considerably and I wanted to tell you about it in excuse for my lack of correspondence. Oh, by the way, the reason why I sounded so dry over the phone when I spoke to you was that I was using the university watts line & I was sort of in a hurry.
Anyway, I have commenced my sojourn into the world of the scientist doing his preliminary studies. I am taking a heavy course load consisting of "Geological Oceanography", "Chemical Oceanography", "Statistics in Research", and Ballet (it's wonderful). I have also begun some research with good promise of it metamorphosing into a masters thesis. I have started to learn about the ocean plankton, (the little creatures which live on the ocean surface) something of which I know nothing about. I am going to take water samples in a few sites in an estuary around here, identify the zooplankton, and then, by next year, have a good idea of the seasonal variation in the community of the river. Then I will do somewhat of the same for bottom living animals at the same sites & correlate the two. Since I can't identify any plankton yet, it is a self-teaching experience -- just me & my gold ol' microscope. All of this, plus laboratories, reports, etc. makes for one pretty busy person. My only weekend not spent working was when I went to Binghamton. (Had a great time.)
Otherwise, things have been fine. My tirp was great -- went to Arizona, California (L.A. & San Diego), and Denver, Colorado. It was so nice -- I saw all of my close friends who have recently moved from the east, not to mention my closest friend from NYC. It seems that we did so much in 3 weeks - -we even hit Mexico for a day. Charlotte & I had a great time with each other, & all in all it was a fine break.
As you can tell from my recent trends, I just haven't been in a writing mood as of late -- I hope that you dont' take this to mean that I haven't been thinking of you because I have. You are right, it is time we renewed our friendship. It's so hard for me to plan on anything now though -- so hard to find time for anything except my immediate needs. I am going to have to get things together. Anyway, I am going to try to get away for a day or so next weekend to Boston. While I'm there, I'll probably see Tony. If you get a chance, maybe we could see each other there. If not, I'm not sure when I will be able to scrounging up another weekend before the spring other than to see my folks in NYC. Write or keep in touch -- I hope to see you soon.
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