>7 days

One Week. Thats it. This whole summer has been leading up to this climax and we are climbing the precipice as the work load has quadrupled in the lead up to our departure next week. This week, while only working three days, I have worked over 40 hours, all spent making Corn Meal Dextrose plates for our samples that we will be collecting. On Tuesday, I made around a thousand plates, on Thursday another five hundred, and today i finished another three hundred. I think I have become a profession media pourer, and being in the hood for so long this week,  i still hear the buzzing of the circulation fan.  For those who haven't experienced the pain of pouring media and setting them out to dry, I envy them. While the media is the most important part of our preparation, it was not nearly the only part. We also have ordered our other supplies and need to begin packing our suitcases and preparing our other stuff for packing. My personal shopping agenda is almost complete, just a few odds and ends and i can pack my personal suitcase, which will probably be repacked in the lab to fit more lab equipment. My stress level has been so high, im so anxious about the trip and other stuff just on my mind, I ended up crashing my mom's car. Once I finish the packing and last minute stuff, I'm just going to relax and enjoy my last week before I leave.