Have a day or two off between site surveys? Not sure of the best ways to rest your muscles, bugbites, and brain? Here are some suggestions from the mammal research crew in Chiapas:
- Do your laundry. Be sure to pick out the burrs first (there will be thousands). Borrow Tim's wizard staff to stir. Marvel at how brown just one sock turns the water. Sun dry on the somewhat inexplicable jungle gym in the backyard till crisp.
- Day off from hiking for work? Hike for fun! Or better yet, keep hiking for work, for fun! Form a scouting party to find the best way to your next sites. Map the entire area to scale.
- Exercise muscles besides your legs: try some yoga (in the afternoon it automatically becomes hot yoga), swing around on the jungle gym, complete the ab cruncher Chiapas special workout, chase some geckos, run from mosquitos.
- Write and illustrate with crayon a cookbook or Spanish storybook. Make Spanish homework for your friends. Improve your own language skills with trashy trashy Spanish romance novels.
- Job hunt for your next position. Bonus points if there is wifi available to check for job listings. Double points if you find tech jobs that pay. Triple points if the wifi and your will last long enough to submit an application!
- Take advantage of being semi-stuck at a resort in the mountains: go to the pool, drink a beer, watch a bad movie, make cookies for your neighbors and practice chatting.
- Study for the GREs. Discuss your 20-something conundrums with colleagues. Pressure boss to obtain tenure-track position and take entire crew on as doctoral candidates. Cross fingers, squeeze thumbs.
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