The last time Taylor and I were together she had given me 2 different options, go on another survey or go on a different event that is similar to a survey. Well none of those ended up happening, before I went on spring break we both had a chat about what was going to happen next. We decided that taking a break from being in the field would be nice, to finally take a look at how it is to work in a office and working with the data you collected, and we did just that. Side note, I will be attending San Francisco State University in the fall, therefore I have been going to the campus often due to meetings and turning in important documents they've been asking for. Since I cannot drive I have been using public transportation A LOT more now and feel more comfortable wandering around the city. That being said, the FMSA is located on Crissy field and I would have to take a similar route to get there as I would if I were going to SFSU. We scheduled to meet at 10 A.M, so it is Friday morning and I am up at 7:00 A.M preparing to leave my house by 8:00 A.M. Lets just say that public transportation sucks! in the aspect that it takes forever to get to your destination, I mean who wants to be on a bus for 15 minutes, then take Bart for another 10 minutes, and then take Muni for another 45 minutes, twice a day. Not me! In reality it is all worth it in the end but for the mean time you gotta' do what you gotta' do right? Back to my day, finally I've arrived and I am 15 or so minutes early. Taylor meets me outside her office and we head on up to get to work. She briefly shows me the data base where they enter all information they collect on surveys and what not. Then she grabs the form of our survey, and uses it as an example to show me how to double check that all the information that is input already is correct. I am left to do that for a whole basket full of survey forms, about 2 hours later we decide to take a break and go on a walk. Mind you that it is sprinkling but we don't mind, we are on our walk about 10 minutes in and all of a sudden it starts raining a lot harder. We make our way back to the office completely soaked from our clothes and shoes. That didn't bother us though, we got back to work. It was really interesting looking at different survey forms, some has no dead animals on that beach, but others seemed like the list never ended. Some beaches had a wide range of animals, others not so much. The day is coming closer to the end so we decide to stop and help me with my presentation. Taylor was more than happy to let me use pictures from their data base to use in my presentation. I was super excited because the pictures were so cool! It got me thinking and how I've made the right choice in choosing this career. After giving me a couple more details and advice for my presentation she walked me out to head back home. In the end I really liked working in the office, maybe not 24/7 but every so often would be nice. I am super excited for our next meet up, we're suppose to go see Sea Otters! They are so dang cute!!! We're going to go to Elkhorn Slough down in Watsonville and go on a hike and just have a "Fun day" to reward ourselves for working so hard. The only problem is that we might not be able to get to see Sea Otters, either they're there or not. Hopefully we get to see at least one! or maybe not...
Time logged for this session: 5 Hours
Total time logged: 23 Hours
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