On the Road to a PhD: Update: Summer is finally here!!

Well, a lot has happened since my last post. As if it has been nearly 1 month!! Now, even though a lot has happened... I don't remember 90% of it. So I will do my best.

My field season has been pretty good thus far. It has been by far the busiest field season I have ever had. I have never actually looked for populations before so this has been an interesting experience. It is definitely way more time consuming than I had ever anticipated but it is quite fun! Some of the place we have been so far include: Lemoine Point, Parrots Bay and a bunch of other parks/areas in Kingston, Westport, Odessa, Belleville, Napanee, & most recently Picton. This was my first trip to Picton, I never knew it was such a beautiful place to be. We stumbled upon this lake... on a mountain... appropriately named 'Lake on the Mountain'. My cylinders are still going strong, you actually can't even see them anymore the grasses have grown up so tall! Currently we are planning a week long trip to the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington ON and the AG Research Station in Harrow ON.

Lake on the mountain - Prince Edward County, near Picton ON

Although my field season has kept me pretty busy, I have done a bunch of other fun summery stuff too. I have spent far too many evenings hanging out in the many beautiful parks in Kingston, having picnics, going for hikes or just lounging around. I have also done a few events including a Petsmart Adopt-a-thon last night and a Big Brothers Big Sisters night out on Thursday. I went to my little sister Becky's piano recital.. where she played Beauty and the Beast and did a stellar job! I also spent a night at Elbow lake which was great and tomorrow is the QUBS open house. I finished my poster just in time for that so will post about it soon.

I also published my first official blog as a blogger with Gradifying, the School of Graduate Studies blog. You can check it out here: http://www.queensu.ca/connect/grad/2013/06/10/feeling-guilty-well-dont/ .

Here are some pics. I get to sleep in tomorrow for the first time in 7 weeks. SO. EXCITED!