Land Mermaid!

Debbie's Car

     I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I ONLY HAVE TWO WEEKS LEFT! It is crazy how fast this week went and I am sure that the next two will only go faster! This week has been filled with activities that are helping us produce our final projects. Each intern has to have a final report, PowerPoint presentation, and poster. Most of us are doing all of these for the first time so we appreciate all of the help we are getting! On Monday, we had another REU group come in and we did some collaborative seminars that taught us how to write elevator pitches and how to best make a resume. These activities were very informative and it was neat to meet more interns. Friday was anther seminar day. We had a two part communications seminar where we learned how to make a good PowerPoint presentation and a good research poster. All of the interns got a lot of work done at this seminar and it helped me a lot! Right now, I am about half way done with both my poster and presentation. The posters are due next Wednesday and the presentations are due as soon as we present. I still have a lot of work to do on those and hope to be very productive this weekend!

Waiting for the color to set.

     Last weekend some of the other girls and I went to the mall. We went in the afternoon and just wanted it to be a short little trip. Unfortunately, we have to rely on the bus system and their times do not always match with our ideal plans. We were supposed to get on a bus at the bus terminal on our way back to campus. As we sat and waited for 45 minutes we heard several other bus numbers called over the intercom. We put a lot of trust into the announcements and lost track of time as we were reminiscing over our first years of college. As we looked out the window at 7:15pm we watched our bus leave without us.  The next bus leaving for UMES was at 9:40 and one of the girls with us was from a different internship and she had a curfew that she had respect. Now we were in a real pickle. We called the customer service number that we had and talked to a lady named Debbie. Before we knew it she was telling us that she would take us to UMES in her personal vehicle just as soon as she got off work. We were surprised at first but clearly out of options so we graciously accepted the ride. Although it is not recommended to take a ride from strangers, we felt safe as a group and were ultimately just very grateful that we were getting back to campus!

All our hair dying mess!

"Land Mermaid!"

     As many of you know, last November I died  a chunk of my hair blue and since then I have changed the color a few times. My hair has been blue, purple pink, and red. I am willing to dye it just about any color and while we were at the mall we found a bunch of fun colors! I decided to go with green once we got back to the dorm a couple of the girls and I dyed our hair. I am still getting used to the green but as for now I like it a lot and my roommate back at home said I looked like a "land mermaid!"
      I had a really good week and will really miss this place and the people that I have met since I have been here. This adventure is quickly coming to a close but the next journey is about to begin at East Central University!