Life at the Lab

I realize that I haven't been offering too much information about lab-or-atory going-ons. When I arrived back at Wesleyan saturday morning, Lauren and I spent most of the day collecting photosythesis data in the hot, humid greenhouse. I have decided that there are few things I hate more in the the world than collecting photosynthesis data. it is brutal. Imagine spending hours bent over a small plant, holding a heavy and awkward leaf contraption, waiting and waiting for the conditions inside of the leaf to stabilize. The sweat pours down your face, your legs start to itch, and it is hot, hot, hot. Today was momentous because I finished making the last of the leaf epidermal peels, meaning that I can move on to photographing and counting the stomata. I wonder whether there will be a significant difference between populations? I also have to begin creating my poster for the final, Howard Hughes poster presentation.