so it's been over a month. and, once again, I find myself with a daunting list of things to tell you. hopefully the entertainment value of these posts keeps you reading and not totally bored to death by longness. I don't even know where to start! I would also like to preface this post with: yes, there are a lot of links on here. no, I swear I am not on the computer all day.
pet things:
*I swear roscoe can sense when I am blogging. we keeps putting his face on the keyboard and typing. I also promised him a trip to the park today...I think he knows that too.
*we relinquished our kitty to the dermatologist. we know she will have a better life with the vet techs who wanted to keep her. the poor kitty. we had her for 7 months and she was on medication in a cone every day of it. I was upset when I dropped her off, and a man I had never met tried to pay our outstanding bills. I lost it.
*before she left, she made us laugh a few more times. she had a signature pounce move, just like in the lion king, where she would shake her hiney and pounce! she also appeared as if she might attack our dining room chandelier on more than one occasion. luckily, her judgement indicated that she didn't think she could make it.
*roscoe snores. loud.
*when rhett was out of town, I made roscoe dinner. sad. I made him his own scrambled egg with cheese. lonely much?
work things:
*just as a forenote: I have lately been feeling increasingly blessed by my job. I mean, in terms of the world, how many people have the privilege of saying "my name is Krista, this is my first big girl job, and it is my dream job." how many people begin their career in the job they always wanted? I wanted to be a zoo school teacher...and/or work for Seaworld. I am a zoo school teacher at Seaworld. how cool.
*I got a promotion, and got my training. I have done 2 field trips, and can now do sleepovers as well. I also have a REALLY early morning for a special field trip next week (awake at 4:45!!!)
*turtle trek is coming along nicely. due to the structure of the exhibit, we had to audition to be able to staff the exhibit. I found out yesterday that I made the cut! they picked 25 of us (out of about 100) to staff that exhibit. hopefully that doesn't mean that I will be stuck there all the time.
*I took a man and his chidren on a tour...and he does a lot of our taxidermying for us...like our education materials (turtle shells, polar bear pelts, shark jaws). it was cool to get to meet him.
*I get paid to:
-demonstrate how a flamingo walks to a gaggle of cracked-up guests
-watch an otter get an annual checkup
-eat manatee food
-see jack hanna and some amazing animals during my study break
-ride happy harbor rides with my kids
-make dreams come true (a girl cried on my tour when we met a penguin)
-sleep at seaworld (first sleepover in shark tomorrow night!!)
-play peekaboo with a bunch of kids and a beluga whale
*I laugh every day:
-while enjoying my lunch in the quiet of the oyster's secret, a woman asked if "this is shamu stadium." bless her heart. this seats 194 people and holds maybe 30,000 gallons of water. this holds 5,000 people and 7 million gallons of water. oh honey.
-when, bless their hearts, the trainers at dolphin cove hear of sunglasses astray at the bottom of the pool and send a dolphin to go get them. and then the dolphin doesn't. it just guesses what the trainers want. after 10 long minutes the keeper just jumps in and gets them herself. sounds like roscoe.
-when, little boy touches and feeds stingrays then puts his finger in his mouth to taste and mom gives him a digusted look "I am one with nature."
*my drive to work:
-I have discovered the beauty of audiobooks. I am re-"reading" a book on canine assistants because I love it so much. I love the library.
-I always pass a bread factory on my way home at night. it smells torturous.
-these cops on my way to work sometimes have a horribly mean system. 6-7 motorcycle cops sit at a tollboth (where they can hide). one shoots off a radar gun and then sends 4 or 5 out one right after the other to go get people, and then they all come back. don't they have anything better to do?
-before the beauty of audiobooks, I listened to news radio. I think my subconscious was just tired of hearing music all day every day. anyway, I got to hear stories like "a roller coaster in europe is delayed opening, because every cart they send out comes back with test dummies dead or missing limbs. park seeks air force to help resolve the g-force problems" now that you tell me that, I don't think you could pay me to get on that, no matter how many dummies came back alive.
*other reasons why I love my job? see for yourself:
-we care for seaturtle hatchlings.
-we have a penguin cam.
-I got paid to do this. have you ever been paid to get kissed by a walrus?
-we get to see the miracle of altricial marsupial babies.
-we are getting a tv show to show the world what we really do.
*other funny animal clips and videos.
-funny frog.
-animal tracks blog.
-unlikely pairs
-welcome to my life
-I love dogs.
home life:
*rhett went to texas twice for offsites.
*getting ready for easter.
*love this show.
*angie and james came to visit! and on my birthday! best weekend ever. we played tons of games, went to aquatica, downtown disney, ate cuban food, went to a science museum, saw a magic comedy dinner show (AMAZING) went to seaworld, and they stayed an extra day. so glad they came. angie lost her wedding band at seaworld, but was the luckiest girl in the world to find it! and they got me the shamu soundtrack for my birthday. love them very much.
*I love playing with rhett. in the grocery store we pretending like we were harry potter, because now the lights are automatic to come on with motion when you walk past the freezers. yess. then I just ran down the aisle. I also like to pretend that I can close the fridge door with my mind.
*I got a new engagement ring. and a new haircut. both which I love.
*you know you live in orlando when: it is a common occurence to see a clown driving a minivan around town.
*rhett turned to me the other day and said "I wonder where the name underpants came from-oh."
*we went with the thomas family to seaworld...because papa johns bought out the park for the pizza games. we love that family.
ok ok that's enough for now.
