Day One:
    The first day was the toughest day of all.  I woke up at around 5:00AM after getting only 30 minutes of sleep because I had to pack for not only this trip but my trip to Carnegie Mellon University.  I have to fly directly from Albequerque, NM to Pittsburg, PA because the Earthwatch expidition ends on the same way that Carnegie Mellon Pre-College begins.  I made my way to the airport and attempted to get some sleep on the airplanes.  I was unsuccessful so I arrived at the Albequerque airport dead tired.  I was welcomed by most of the staff for our project and also a few alumni from previous years of Earthwatch.  We walked around airport meeting the rest of the students at their gates and then left the airport after a quick picture in front of the Sanvia Mountains and then left for a museum in Albequerque.  There was a ride called the Loadstar which was entertaining along with other exhibits about the number of stars in our galaxy and a computer program that let you create a system of planets rotating around the sun.  After the Loadstar, we headed over to the planetarium part where they showed some of the constalations and told about them.  We left the planetarium when  the museum was closing and headed over to La Placita.  I never really eat Mexican or New Mexican food so I had no idea what I would order.  It all sounded pretty nasty to me.  I finally decided on the Carne Asada which is grilled chicken strips with assorted Mexican sides.  It tasted alright, but I didn't particularly enjoy the pinto beans.  I was forced to smother them in red chile for some sort of taste.

Day Two: Finally, after getting sleeping arrangements worked out the night before, I woke up. I got up early enough to eat the complementary breakfast at the hotel. This would be the only day I ate the complementary breakfast. We had to get up rather early to get LANL(Los Alamos National Laboratory) badges. We got to the badge building, got our pictures taken, and recieved our security badges. These gave us no clearance but apparently allows us into certain areas because we are now personnel.

Day Three: We had to get up early (around 8:00 for the GET test. I, for one, had not even looked at the book, but some people had read through it. Don said that no one had ever failed the test, so it made a few of us a little nervous. After the test, everyone got red cards to go on our badges. I was relieved that I didn't fail and that I didn't get the lowest score. I got a 90 which, I think, was about average for the group.

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