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So much to say....
Despite the football team falling to 7th in the Pac-10, we still get to go the second place bowl, which seems totally ridiculous to me. Just another sweet gig this year that just fell into our laps. And people are going to whine about the bus trip and whatnot, it's a different trip, to a different city, playing a different team, what's not to love about this? We shouldn't even be in a bowl game since we're 7th, and we get this....so grateful. And the way I found out, by Steve Sarkisian tweeting that UW was headed to San Diego, is exactly why I even have a twitter in the first place haha. for sports and more sports that espn simply can not give me.
Anyways, there's other stuff that happens before this though. Finals are next week, which is lame, especially because I have two on Tuesday morning, after a Monday night band rehearsal...yuck. Oh well. And the Icecats game against ASU is next weekend, and people are coming to visit, it's gonna be quite the couple weeks down here in Tucson before heading back up to that white place called Flagstaff for Christmas.
And back to the original purpose of this silly blogging thing, I go back to the zoo two weeks from today!! :) I'm so excited to be back there on a weekly basis, and to see what's changed over the last few months. I'm glad I can go in once before Christmas just so I have an idea of what's going on there before being a regular again.
It's time to not let anything that anyone says bother me and just live life the way I want to, and not let them hold me back or ruin the experiences that are about to happen.
I thought by now you'd realize, there ain't no way to hide your lyin eyes
Showing posts with label Flagstaff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flagstaff. Show all posts
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Smile Like You Mean It
Crazy week, mostly full of studying, and some more studying, but there was zoo time, so I did have some fun this week
Tuesday was a kitchen day, however, I made bird diets instead of tortoise diets, and we did giraffe feed again, when I saw the baby zebra on exhibit for the first time. But giraffe feed was different this week because Stacey decided that we should clean up the ledge of the exhibit and fill the hay feeders, so we went to the giraffe barn and she gave me the quick tour (it's really really cool), and then when into the exhibit with the giraffes and filled up the feeders. I wish they liked being petted, because it would be the greatest thing ever to stand there and pet them, but you can only get a quick little tap on the lower jaw before they pull away. But that was way cool, and one almost knocked me into the exhibit with his neck.
That was pretty much everything on Tuesday, so exciting. So today, Susie was late because her dog broke into her kitchen while she was in Flagstaff this week (yes, she went to Flagstaff), and so I was on my own to start getting the food and cart ready, but I didn't know if the rhinos were still getting special meds, so I didn't know how to make their food, so I got stuck early. But luckily she wasn't too late, and we were still relatively fine timewise.
We went and pulled the male zebra off exhibit since he was on overnight and fed him in the back. Then she dropped me off to clean up the exhibit while she went to go feed everyone else. I took a wheelbarrow instead of a bucket, but the wheelbarrow broke, so that was interesting. I couldn't get it back together for a while, so we didn't really make up much time since I didn't get much done while she was feeding.
After that we cleaned out the rhino exhibit, and then let the rhinos and gazelle out. I love petting the rhinos every time we do this. Then we went over to let the zebras and ostriches out, but we didn't know until after we put them out that the ostriches weren't supposed to be out with the baby, so we had to chase the ostriches back into the barn and rearrange everything in back so we could clean their area up a little bit. And poor Konan was back there by himself in this little area all day. I feel bad for that guy. So we cleaned a little bit of ostrich and then went to clean out gazelle and rhino. When we finished cleaning gazelle Susie let me hand feed one of the corey busters some fish, so that was kind of neat.
Then we put out the tortoises, fed them and took a short break before going to clean out the zebra barns. In the middle of cleaning the zebra barns, we had a birthday party for Sue the supervisor, so I got to eat cupcakes and hang out with the keepers. That was fun, they seem really fun and really cool, and most of them are probably in their early to mid 20s, so I feel like I can actually be friends with them, which makes this internship even more fun.
When the party was over we finished off the zebra barns and then it was time to go back to the real world. The zoo is definitely the best part of my week every week, and I really need to find somewhere to apprentice and then become full time, because getting paid to do this would be a dream come true.
Dreams aren't what they used to be, some things sat by so carelessly
Tuesday was a kitchen day, however, I made bird diets instead of tortoise diets, and we did giraffe feed again, when I saw the baby zebra on exhibit for the first time. But giraffe feed was different this week because Stacey decided that we should clean up the ledge of the exhibit and fill the hay feeders, so we went to the giraffe barn and she gave me the quick tour (it's really really cool), and then when into the exhibit with the giraffes and filled up the feeders. I wish they liked being petted, because it would be the greatest thing ever to stand there and pet them, but you can only get a quick little tap on the lower jaw before they pull away. But that was way cool, and one almost knocked me into the exhibit with his neck.
That was pretty much everything on Tuesday, so exciting. So today, Susie was late because her dog broke into her kitchen while she was in Flagstaff this week (yes, she went to Flagstaff), and so I was on my own to start getting the food and cart ready, but I didn't know if the rhinos were still getting special meds, so I didn't know how to make their food, so I got stuck early. But luckily she wasn't too late, and we were still relatively fine timewise.
We went and pulled the male zebra off exhibit since he was on overnight and fed him in the back. Then she dropped me off to clean up the exhibit while she went to go feed everyone else. I took a wheelbarrow instead of a bucket, but the wheelbarrow broke, so that was interesting. I couldn't get it back together for a while, so we didn't really make up much time since I didn't get much done while she was feeding.
After that we cleaned out the rhino exhibit, and then let the rhinos and gazelle out. I love petting the rhinos every time we do this. Then we went over to let the zebras and ostriches out, but we didn't know until after we put them out that the ostriches weren't supposed to be out with the baby, so we had to chase the ostriches back into the barn and rearrange everything in back so we could clean their area up a little bit. And poor Konan was back there by himself in this little area all day. I feel bad for that guy. So we cleaned a little bit of ostrich and then went to clean out gazelle and rhino. When we finished cleaning gazelle Susie let me hand feed one of the corey busters some fish, so that was kind of neat.
Then we put out the tortoises, fed them and took a short break before going to clean out the zebra barns. In the middle of cleaning the zebra barns, we had a birthday party for Sue the supervisor, so I got to eat cupcakes and hang out with the keepers. That was fun, they seem really fun and really cool, and most of them are probably in their early to mid 20s, so I feel like I can actually be friends with them, which makes this internship even more fun.
When the party was over we finished off the zebra barns and then it was time to go back to the real world. The zoo is definitely the best part of my week every week, and I really need to find somewhere to apprentice and then become full time, because getting paid to do this would be a dream come true.
Dreams aren't what they used to be, some things sat by so carelessly
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Walking in a winter wonderland
First and probably only blog from Flagstaff. It's so cold here. And there's still snow in some roads. I'm glad Tucson doesn't have this problem. It's kind of annoying. So, it's been a really crazy week with finals and driving to Flag and not having anything to do now that I am here, so imma blog a little.
Semester ended up being good, a's in everything except ochem which was a solid 79% B. Still need to do this physics correspondence thing done, but it'll happen. Tests were soooo stressful, but everything turned out to be ok.
5 movies watched this week, all three jurassic parks one night, Funny People, and The U this afternoon (and man do I need to get The Hangover so I can watch it a million times the rest of break). Jurassic park is always awesome, except for the middle one, which is just weird. Funny People was alright, I would've thought it would be better, but Adam Sandler is on the downturn so I guess it's not really surprising. The U though was absolutely incredible. So much that I didn't know about Miami football, and how college football is the way it is now (lame and boring) because of Miami football (exciting and awesome). And how Dennis Erickson went from winning two national titles in Miami to coaching the ASU Scum Devils I will never understand.
College basketball started for real this week. Great matchups all weekend, exciting finishes, it was just awesome. I wish football teams would schedule as tough as some of these basketball teams do. Even though Arizona basketball is faltering, February and March will still be just as great (just not in the Pac-10). Watched the volleyball championship game tonight, it was incredible. So fast paced. I feel that if word started spreading about college volleyball, more and more people would watch it and go to it. So awesome.
Only one week until San Diego!!! Gets more exciting every day
It's more than a feelin :)
Semester ended up being good, a's in everything except ochem which was a solid 79% B. Still need to do this physics correspondence thing done, but it'll happen. Tests were soooo stressful, but everything turned out to be ok.
5 movies watched this week, all three jurassic parks one night, Funny People, and The U this afternoon (and man do I need to get The Hangover so I can watch it a million times the rest of break). Jurassic park is always awesome, except for the middle one, which is just weird. Funny People was alright, I would've thought it would be better, but Adam Sandler is on the downturn so I guess it's not really surprising. The U though was absolutely incredible. So much that I didn't know about Miami football, and how college football is the way it is now (lame and boring) because of Miami football (exciting and awesome). And how Dennis Erickson went from winning two national titles in Miami to coaching the ASU Scum Devils I will never understand.
College basketball started for real this week. Great matchups all weekend, exciting finishes, it was just awesome. I wish football teams would schedule as tough as some of these basketball teams do. Even though Arizona basketball is faltering, February and March will still be just as great (just not in the Pac-10). Watched the volleyball championship game tonight, it was incredible. So fast paced. I feel that if word started spreading about college volleyball, more and more people would watch it and go to it. So awesome.
Only one week until San Diego!!! Gets more exciting every day
It's more than a feelin :)
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Walkin on sunshine
Finals are here, Christmas is soon, and bowl trip is right after that. I mostly just wanted to post a new blog so I could put off doing more o chem for now.
I wouldn't say anything too exciting has happened this week. Mostly just happy I don't live in Flagstaff and have to deal with all the snow. Today was 60 here in the great city of Tucson. That's awesome! I wish it was like that every day.
Classes are over, so that's fun. Went to a women's basketball game last night against New Mexico. Let's just say that rooting for New Mexico like Roy did would have definitely been a lot more fun. And just like Andre said during the game, could we seriously not be going to either tourney? Doesn't look great right now....
I'm gonna go back to that endless pit of ochem and ecology notes now, I'll come out tomorrow night, but that's probably it. Hopefully the Icecats keep on their winning ways and crush the 9th ranked Scum Devils tomorrow night. And please let band rehearsal not be freezing cold Monday night and the meeting short enough so I can actually study for a little bit that night for my most important final the next morning....
And Don't it Feel Good?
I wouldn't say anything too exciting has happened this week. Mostly just happy I don't live in Flagstaff and have to deal with all the snow. Today was 60 here in the great city of Tucson. That's awesome! I wish it was like that every day.
Classes are over, so that's fun. Went to a women's basketball game last night against New Mexico. Let's just say that rooting for New Mexico like Roy did would have definitely been a lot more fun. And just like Andre said during the game, could we seriously not be going to either tourney? Doesn't look great right now....
I'm gonna go back to that endless pit of ochem and ecology notes now, I'll come out tomorrow night, but that's probably it. Hopefully the Icecats keep on their winning ways and crush the 9th ranked Scum Devils tomorrow night. And please let band rehearsal not be freezing cold Monday night and the meeting short enough so I can actually study for a little bit that night for my most important final the next morning....
And Don't it Feel Good?
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