its been almost a month here. i love it. we work six days a week from 8 am until 6 or 7 at night. i clean a different section every day so i get to do all of them. there are so many amazing animals. i already have several favorites. the other interns are all pretty cool. we all get along well. it gets interesting sometimes because we do ( Read more... )

I can't believe that its been over a year since i last posted anything. That seems a bit much, even for me. It's been a crazy summer. Graduating was awesome but then i realized that it meant that i was no longer in school and now was expected to be an adult. I experienced a road trip with my mother. I am proud to say that we both survived and ( Read more... )

so....we had dinner with our visitors last night. all i can say is that i really wish that matt was here because that would have made it an affair to remember. quote of the night "i dont know why people would hate our president. if they do its always because of stupid reasons that dont make anysense." that was just one of the many things that ( Read more... )

this summer is, apparently, the summer of weddings. i know 3 people who are doing it. one of my cousins who is only a couple of months older than matt, some kid i used to play with whose parents still talk to my parents, and Angela, the daughter of some people weve known since germany. angela is a little more than 2 years younger than me, which ( Read more... )

so...i should be getting the temporary contacts off tomorrow. once they came off i should actually be able to see, without it looking like im looking through vasoline or having to mess with all these drops. after all of this there are some things that i learned. first, my corneas are thin. this may not seem like a big deal but apparently all ( Read more... )

in about 30 minutes i will leave to go to denver to get eye surgery. im so exicted/nervous. if all goes well then in about 3-5 days ill be able to see well again and ill never have to wear glasses again, until i hit 40 and my eyes change bc that apparently happens to everyone... but anyway, i wont have to wear glasses until im 40 and then just ( Read more... )

Today was wonderful. It easily fits in there with the best days of my life. There wasn't one thing or moment about today that was great, in fact there were several that were downright akward, but today brought back many of the better feelings from childhood. I dont think it is possible for me to put it into words that would justify it. Today ( Read more... )

So...the internship that i applied for, and consequently got really excited about...i didnt get it. He said that i am extremely qualified but other applicants whose anticipated field is field conservation would benefit more. basically i got taken out of the running because i dont know what i want to do with my life or at least because im not sure ( Read more... )

last night was the wierdest night ever. it all started with an article in the school newspaper about an incident that took place at the apartment building next to mine, literally next to mine bc we share the parking lot, at about 4 am tuesday morning. anyway, what happened was a girl woke up to find a black guy standing at the foot of her bed. ( Read more... )

Now if youre wondering how i would get access to an alligator, let alone have one pee on me, ill explain. I contacted a grad student about helping out in her lab and today we had a meeting to talk about whether or not we could work together. So about 2 minutes into our meeting she mentions that they have approximately 250 alligators between the ( Read more... )