A day in the life!

I have been working at the NESC for 3 or 4 weeks now and I really like it. I like the people I work with, I like observing their work routines (Fridays are casual and lunch is earlier) and working around all this snow has been challenging. I had my first meeting with my advisors (Mark and Sandra) and my editor for the Pool Water article (Natalie) to make sure I am on track. We decided to focus on the one article at a time, I am to complete the pool water safety article by the end of the month so that it makes the Spring newsletter- just in time for prime pool season. Both of the articles were coming along nicely, but I am glad I can focus on one at a time now, I kept interrupting myself to get the other caught up. I arrived a little earlier than usual today because I want to make sure i get in my hours in case this snow gets heavier, which is likely. I am seriously considering including a piece in the article that suggests a warning to children that is really effective for maintaining clean, safe pool water. When I was young my uncle told my cousins and I that if we peed in the pool water it would turn bright kool-aid colors! My editor told me she has used this technique during her son's birthday parties in their home pool.I definitely believed my uncle and formed a healthy habit of evacuating the pool for such needs, and believe this method is useful, so somewhere in the article I will mention it.