All week I have had amazingly productive days at work. Everything has been coming together, or rather wrapping up, quite nicely with the Susquehanna project. All raw samples have been sorted, all light trap samples have been pinned, the beetle preparation should be completed by next week, all data sheets have been translated and entered, already half of the moths have been identified and data based and most of the beetles have been identified and data based as well--the count so far in my file is 5500 insects identified and entered, my fingers have been very busy this week! Still quite a few more to go! It feels so good to be so close to completion! The sense of accomplishment and relief is building within me, having been involved from the beginning of this survey, it has been my baby, resolving problems as issues were brought up, being in the field collecting every two weeks for the past six months and soon I will be able to deliver the final product. This has been a trial by fire. I have never done anything like this before, but I stood up to the challenge, exceeded expectations all around and have learned a great deal. It feels good to have a job that I love, to have this feeling of accomplishment and growth.