Bubbles in the Bathtub

As I was saying, seaturtle.org is a labor of love. It's not something I get paid to do. Most of the work I do in my spare time. It's not that I haven't thought about getting paid to do it. Since I am director I would essentially be paying myself, which seems a bit odd. Either way the funds just are not there for something of that magnitude and as long as I can get work done while maintaining another job the money that does come in is better spent on other things (like ISP fees, maintaining server hardware, software, etc). But I do like to imagine what I could get done if I was able to devote my full time to seaturtle.org :) Kinda scary...

What this basically boils down to is that obviously I need to maintain a "real job". It is not likely that seaturtle.org will become self-sustaining or be able to support me with a salary anytime in the near future. So, the current job I have held with NOAA, and now my move to Duke, are a must.

You could consider this the motivation, the deepest, darkest driving force behind this turtler's need to migrate. Not unlike whatever base instincts, genetic instructions, or whatever it might be that drives sea turtles to migrate.

tbc