Well, last update I did I was still in Vernal participating in the wintertime ozone study. Since then, I have:
-Gone to Hawaii for the first time
-Went to SWE Region Joint Conference (hence the Hawaii trip)
-Spent time with both of my brothers
-Spent time with Dan's family
-Went to the zoo for the first time this year
-Celebrated Pi day with {Pi}neapple, {Pi}zza, oreo {Pi}e, apple blackberry {Pi}, {Pi} shaped sugar cookies and starcraft
-Played many hours of video games
-Went on a bike ride
-Played in the snow
-Taught nursery
-Avoided work on my thesis
-Worked on my thesis
-And spent LOTS of time with Dan because I missed him!
What have you been up to?
Monday, March 19, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Uintah Basin Winter Ozone Study
For the last week and a half, and will end up being two weeks, I've been in the Uintah Basin, living out of a lovely hotel room and spending long days working. I figured since most people don't know what it is I'm doing, I'll do a little post about it, and attach a video that another group who is out here made about what it is.
The Uintah Basin has a really bad ozone problem. Ozone is 3 oxygen molecules. It is also extremely volatile and will attack your eyes, nose, throat, etc. Generally, you see high ozone in areas with a lot of population and pollution. Think LA smog. Well, the Uintah Basin is very rural and has a lot of oil and gas fields running the economy.
What I am doing is helping study where the ozone is coming from and what other compounds are out there that help form ozone. I have been getting up really early in the mornings and staying until dusk taking samples of methane and flying a weather balloon that measures wind speed, wind direction, temperature and relative humidity. I have also been helping with particulate samplers by changing their filters.
It's been a great learning experience and I've got to see a lot of cool things, even if I've lacked on sleep and missed Dan a lot! Anyways, here is the video that explains it! Also, I'm in a picture on a blog post! :-)
The Uintah Basin has a really bad ozone problem. Ozone is 3 oxygen molecules. It is also extremely volatile and will attack your eyes, nose, throat, etc. Generally, you see high ozone in areas with a lot of population and pollution. Think LA smog. Well, the Uintah Basin is very rural and has a lot of oil and gas fields running the economy.
What I am doing is helping study where the ozone is coming from and what other compounds are out there that help form ozone. I have been getting up really early in the mornings and staying until dusk taking samples of methane and flying a weather balloon that measures wind speed, wind direction, temperature and relative humidity. I have also been helping with particulate samplers by changing their filters.
It's been a great learning experience and I've got to see a lot of cool things, even if I've lacked on sleep and missed Dan a lot! Anyways, here is the video that explains it! Also, I'm in a picture on a blog post! :-)
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Good morning!
For the last week I have been chillin in the Uintah Basin for work. It has been long days from before sunrise to after sunset. I have been lacking in sleep a little and missing Dan a lot. But! I get to see beautiful things like the sun rising and setting every day! I hope everyone has a beautifully fantastic day!
P.S. this picture was taken with FX camera on my phone with random toy camera edits, but it still really was that beautiful!
Friday, January 13, 2012
Last semester of the rest of our lives...
hahaha ya right! We're pure academia people in this household. But this semester should bring a lot of things to a close in our academic careers.
Dan will be finished up his bachelors degree! He will also be participating in a NASA rocket contest. And hopefully his team will take first place! He also is almost certain where we are going to grad school! (Which I will announce when we are certain with what we are doing.)
I will hopefully be finishing up my Master's program! I'm very excited for that too! If I don't get everything done by May, I will definitely have it done by August because I am ready for it to be done! I am definitely making progress on my thesis right now and will hopefully be having data soon! Once I get data, then its time to hit the ground running and write out that thesis and show what my data can do!
We are both excited for this semester and it should be a good one that we'll both learn a lot.
And because my last posts have been very boring and not including many pictures, here are some pictures that we had taken during Christmas break by a friend of mine, Ashley Day. She did a fantastic job! My favorite is the last one!
Dan will be finished up his bachelors degree! He will also be participating in a NASA rocket contest. And hopefully his team will take first place! He also is almost certain where we are going to grad school! (Which I will announce when we are certain with what we are doing.)
I will hopefully be finishing up my Master's program! I'm very excited for that too! If I don't get everything done by May, I will definitely have it done by August because I am ready for it to be done! I am definitely making progress on my thesis right now and will hopefully be having data soon! Once I get data, then its time to hit the ground running and write out that thesis and show what my data can do!
We are both excited for this semester and it should be a good one that we'll both learn a lot.
And because my last posts have been very boring and not including many pictures, here are some pictures that we had taken during Christmas break by a friend of mine, Ashley Day. She did a fantastic job! My favorite is the last one!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Happy New Year! Welcome 2012!
We've had a fantastic year. I would recap what we've done, but I did that on our anniversary post and on my birthday post so I think you've had enough of that in the past month or so. We are very excited for what 2012 will bring! Here are a list of things we are looking forward to and goals we have!
-Wendy going to Hawaii for the first time! (SWE conference!)
-Graduating! Dan with his Bachelors in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Wendy with her Masters in Environmental Engineering
-Celebrating our second anniversary!
-Attending the temple as much as possible!
-Getting in better shape! (This is a continuation from last year but it's something we are still working on)
-Eating better balanced meals!
-Exploring new foods!
-Going on more vacations and trips together!
We had a fantastic 2011 and are excited to spend another year together! We are very thankful for all the love and support we have gotten from all our friends and family!
-Wendy going to Hawaii for the first time! (SWE conference!)
-Graduating! Dan with his Bachelors in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Wendy with her Masters in Environmental Engineering
-Celebrating our second anniversary!
-Attending the temple as much as possible!
-Getting in better shape! (This is a continuation from last year but it's something we are still working on)
-Eating better balanced meals!
-Exploring new foods!
-Going on more vacations and trips together!
We had a fantastic 2011 and are excited to spend another year together! We are very thankful for all the love and support we have gotten from all our friends and family!
Friday, December 16, 2011
Christmas Letter
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
December Update!
Its been a fun past little while, so I figure its time for my monthly (ish) updates on what we've been up to! Obviously, since I posted a couple of things this last month, you know some of what we have been up to. But here is the list of things we've been doing for about the last month or so.
-Dressed up as Doctor Who and River Song for Halloween!
-Celebrated my birthday with my parents and on our own!
-Celebrated our first anniversary!
-Celebrated our first Thanksgiving with my family!
-I went Black Friday shopping with the girls! (And had a fabulous time!)
-We got callings in church! (Ward organist and chorister)
-Found out that many of my friends are pregnant and most know the sex! So far there is 1 boy and 1 girl, and we'll know at least two more in the next few weeks!
-Finished up the semester! (Well, not quite yet, but give us about a week and we'll be done! Yay! You have no idea how happy that makes me!)
-Decorated the house for Christmas! The tree looks fantastic, but it can't be plugged in because there are no outlets near it, so its not lit but it looks great!
We are very excited for this Christmas and to get to spend it with Dan's family! We have most of our Christmas shopping done already, which is very surprising cause usually it's last minute on some people.
We hope you have a fantastic December!!!
-Dressed up as Doctor Who and River Song for Halloween!
-Celebrated my birthday with my parents and on our own!
-Celebrated our first anniversary!
-Celebrated our first Thanksgiving with my family!
-I went Black Friday shopping with the girls! (And had a fabulous time!)
-We got callings in church! (Ward organist and chorister)
-Found out that many of my friends are pregnant and most know the sex! So far there is 1 boy and 1 girl, and we'll know at least two more in the next few weeks!
-Finished up the semester! (Well, not quite yet, but give us about a week and we'll be done! Yay! You have no idea how happy that makes me!)
-Decorated the house for Christmas! The tree looks fantastic, but it can't be plugged in because there are no outlets near it, so its not lit but it looks great!
We are very excited for this Christmas and to get to spend it with Dan's family! We have most of our Christmas shopping done already, which is very surprising cause usually it's last minute on some people.
We hope you have a fantastic December!!!
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