Well, the quarter has ended. Jack held evaluation conferences today. I woke up half an hour after my fifteen minute long appointment was scheduled to start, but it worked to my benefit because I had a chance to sit down with Jack after lunch instead, and we chatted for about a half hour. He is a good man. We are all lucky to have studied with him.

Presentations yesterday went exceedingly well. Without exception, each one of us got up and impressed upon everyone in the audience just how much we really learned this quarter. Our results were not always significant, but that didn't matter so much, because our enthusiasum was through the roof. Jack practically glowed as he stood at the front of the room and introduced us each in turn.

Tomorrow I'm bound for the beach, to drown my stress in the waves and wage sandy, salty, sunny war against the fungus eating my feet. Wayne and I plan to depart in the early afternoon for San Jose, and then down to Manuel Antonio, on the Pacific Ocean. We're thinking about revisiting Parque Nacionál Corcovado and hiking through the rainforest there.

Breakfast in T minus five hours.