Mom and the manatee

not too much has happened since thursday. I worked friday and saturday...and rhett hung out with the youth group at their car wash and then the guys in our small group for a couple hours.then we went to seaworld last night to see all of their summer nights stuff. the nighttime sealion show is superb.

also for the sake of being discrete, I will simply say that we happened to be at the perfect place at the perfect time at seaworld yesterday to witness a certain event (sorry if this is torture, you can ask me later if you want to know)...and then 3 hours later, when I ran into another educator, the story had already turned into a crazy monster of a rumor (almost nothing like what really happened). It was crazy to see the gossip chain in action. makes you wonder what you should actually believe when people tell stories.

the radio said that "on the list of top 20 angriest cities in america, florida and texas hold the highest number of cities." ha. which is funny because of all that southern hospitality and stuff. everyone down south seems pretty nice to me.

today is a billpaying house cleaning kind of day. yuck.

I had another chance to talk to an animal care girl with the bottlenose dolphins when I swept there (after the dolphin exhibit closes, we staff there to make sure nobody sneaks in). she was awesome and friendly and I loved learning about her job too!

It's weird to watch days and weeks fly by. sometimes it just feels like we are passing time to the future. and I don't even know what that is. Is it august 14 when my seasonal job ends? Is it October when we come visit texas? Is it 4th of july? Sometimes I forget to live today, and live from due date to due date. ah the plague of the planner.

my manly man of a husband changed my oil last week. and I got to practice jacking up the malibu (which I hadn't had to do yet) so now I know all that good stuff about this car.

and anyone who has had the pleasure of eating my family recipe chicken soup (and waiting unreasonably long to do so) I found a new, almost identical recipe that tastes exactly the same in 30 minutes. awesome. excited about eating that more often.

and oh the things you hear as an educator at SeaWorld. the grand finale.

"Mom, you're not as fat as that Mantee."

"Why is there caca in his butt?"

"do boats ever cut manatees in half?"

me: "does anyone have any questions about the stingrays?"
little boy nods: "yes"
me: "alright let's hear it"
little boy: "I saw a dolphin today."

little girl: "what's that shiny circle thing?"
me: "uhh. well, what goes in must come out, and that not its mouth."
little girl: "huh?"
me: "that's its pooper."