Tuesday, May 15th, 2001 Today was our first day at the lab this year, but it was like I never left... I remembered almost all of the hand signals and almost exactly how things were run around the place. I can remember my previous days here like they were yesterday, and not much has changed as far as the way the place is run.
My 'introduction' local was with Akeakamai, along with one of the other participants, Sophie. Unfortunately, my brother Geoff and I couldn't be scheduled together because they needed my help with one of the research paradymes in the next session. Sophie was very nervous, but I helped her to understand what she needed to do, and I think she enjoyed it that much more as a result.
I was working with Ake opposite to some cross-modal research with Phoenix, so jumps and high engery were unfortunately out of the routine. That's ok. I was happy to just sit there and give Ake some rubs, hugs and kisses for a while. I once again forgot almost all of the things I wanted to try with her once she looked me in the eye.
The new pump they installed at the facility is causing the water to be a little murky from the extra sand and stuff it is sucking up from the ocean, but it's nothing bad for the dolphins or anything. Actually, the cloudiness isn't bad at all, but it makes window pictures a little hard to make out from today, so that's why there aren't any up here. Tomorrow they've scheduled tank cleaning for the two tanks so the tanks are perfectly clean. That is one thing they've changed since last time I was here: they clean the tanks twice a week now. I'm sure it makes the job a heck of a lot easier if the algae hasn't had time to really start to build on the tank walls. If you ask me, the tanks really don't need a cleaning, but I guess that's the point. They needed a hand to get the cross-modal boxes out of the tank, and I was happy to jump in the tank and help out... no dolphins in the tank, but hey,
Maybe I'll go see what Ake is whistling at... =) |
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