Today was not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. We spent the morning identifying and analyzing our samples. We looked at things like roundness, sphericity and rock type. I got through my half of the samples pretty quickly so I ended up doing a quarter of my partner's samples as well. That was my first indication that the afternoon may not go quite as smoothly as the morning had. We entered our data into the spreadsheet and headed to lunch. We started our presentation after lunch but we could only do about half of it because there was still data that needed to be entered into the spreadsheet. We were working on our separate computers (because, otherwise, we wouldn't finish on time and one of us would just be sitting there watching the other work on the computer) and my partner said something to the effect of hey can you stop working on other parts of the project because I feel like you are doing work and not letting me see it. I basically said that if we both didn't work on different things there is no way we were going to finish on time but she was welcome to look at things and edit whatever she felt needed work (I kinda felt like she didn't trust my work and wanted to basically hold my hand through the whole process. Just because I am not a geology major doesn't mean that I do not know what I am talking about). Then she got flustered and told me that she works better if only one thing is being worked on at once. I work better if I can actually do work rather than sit there. Great. So we work best in two completely different ways. We ended up deciding to split the work but take some time for me to explain things after I finished parts. I am fine with that. It cuts down on the amount of time that this project will take.
Tonight was pizza and wine sampling night. Basically, it was pizza night for me. The pizza was good but the way everything was happening I kinda felt left out but I guess that happens. Tonight was my first night where I actually felt slightly homesick.
Tomorrow is another day but if it anything like any of the other paper writing days it is going to suck. I would be very surprised if everything went smoothly and the words "I just don't get it" or "I'm confused" never get mentioned. I think that would make it a good day. Another good run may not hurt either.