The first thing I thought this morning when I awoke was "is it a good sign that you overslept by two hours on your first day?" But of course, one must take things like that in stride. The day turned out alright anyhow.
I guess I should begin with what I am doing. It is my plan to conduct research in the field of sensory and perception. My partner, Stephyn, and I are focusing on the short term physiological response to losing one of the five senses, in our case either sight or hearing. He will be depriving himself of sight for a week to see if the other four senses show a quantifiable increase in acuity. The second week he will be losing his hearing. Together, we have developed a battery of tests that allows us to determine if there is improvement and by how much.
But even this description does not cover the scope of the experiment. The other major function of the month (and possibly the more important part) is to examine the social, personal, and extracurricular ramifications of being sense deprived, or in my case, caring for someone who is sense deprived. I find this portion far more interesting and exciting because it involves improving oneself and learning how to appropriately serve those who may need help. Of course, the goal for Stephyn is to try his best to be as independent as possible, though we will do nothing that will put him at any risk.
So, all of that leads to lots of prep work. Today we managed to find a place to run our experiments, gather our necessary supplies, and lay our plans for the next few weeks. All in all a successful first day. Unfortunately today's activities are hardly exciting and bear no real story value, but the work now promises much to share in the future.
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