Why why why am I up so early?

To study crabbies, that's why!  (Yes, the actual decapod-type crabs.)  Only only I didn't realize that it would still be dark now--why is it dark?  It was light by this time yesterday--so even though the tide is right, I am emphatically not not not in the marshes but instead sitting at home!  What a boo situation!

And Cute Boy never called me.  And it's now been a week since he said he would.  :(

But!  I do now have texting on my phone!  And so far I love it love it love it.  I am a really slowwww texter though.  If turtles had opposable thumbs and cared about communication, they would text at approximately the same rate I do.

So!  It is finally getting light.  Hello, morning!  Now off to the beaches with you, Salix!