Another day dawns at Lake Towuti. I'm writing this from the dock we built at the shore of Lake Towuti, where I've been since 5:30 AM waiting for the night crew to come back from the barge and trying to organize everything for the expected resumption of drilling operations this Saturday. Yes, you read that right- after two weeks of delay, new hydraulic pumps are almost here now, and we expect to be up and running again in two days! For all of us Towutians it couldn't come soon enough. I've been in Indonesia for the last 40 days (and about 80 days in 2015), and will be here for 33 more. I love this place and what I do: the research, the scenery, and the people I get to work with. But last night the hotel served us potato salad. While it was a great respite from rice (usually 3 hits a day!), to be honest it made me miss my wife's potato salad. And the woman herself. And the dogs. And summer in Rhode Island. So let's all hope that these pumps work and that we're back on track this weekend! (TDP on facebook)