Allright! So here's a quick update!

Since I wrote last life has gotten really busy because I have a social life now! :)
The 4th weekend I was here, I went out for my friend Ofra's birthday. We met at her apartment, went to Mader's, a nice german restaurant in downtown Milwaukee. I met her group of close friends: Dave, Cobus, Caleb, Mark, Kelly, James ( Read more... )

Wow! This has been a busy week!

Vickie (the staff veterinarian, the one who is overseeing my internship) doesn't work on mondays. I spent the morning helping Roberta (the senior staff veterinarian) and Joan (one of the vet techs) with two female impalas. We had to anesthetize them, do a physical exam, give vaccines, and do a TB test. These two ( Read more... )

Thursday was a busy day! :) In the morning I went with Christoph and Margaret (one of the vet techs) to help with a physical exam on a American Black Bear. I had never been that up close with a bear before so I was SUPER excited! :) Christoph and the keepers were very patient and willing to answer my kajillion questions. I found out that Bears are ( Read more... )

Today was day 2 of my internship at the Milwaukee County Zoo! I took a different route to get there today, I'm not sure which way is faster yet, I'll have to see what I think is faster after a few more days! When I get there I have to wait for some of the other staff to get there to let me in the building, And then I have about an hour before the ( Read more... )

Today I had to be at the Milwaukee County Zoo for my first day at 9:30am. Which is later than my typical day will be. I will normally work from 8-5. I got there, and met with all of the veterinary staff at the very end of their morning meeting. The drive isn't bad, takes me through a good bit of WI country to get to the highway, and a couple of ( Read more... )