I haven't been scheduled to work for several Saturdays in a row now and I'm certainly not complaining! I'm struggling to fit in all of my volunteer hours at the zoo this year due to working two jobs, so this is giving me a good chance to try to catch up on some of that. I spent a lovely, yet extremely HOT, evening this past Wednesday at the zoo for Zoo Friends night. I hung out with my boys, Bebac and Mokolo, who were well behaved, mostly because it was too darn hot to do anything, and caught up with some friends I haven't seen in a while. It was also nice to have a lovely, intelligent, coversation with an older couple about the plight of gorillas and our two boys. I love those two boys dearly and it was a pleasure having an adult conversation about them with people who truly cared.
This week also started a new, yet old, adventure, moving back into a faux management role while my boss is on maternity leave. I had the opportunity to start easing back into that role after having been a manager years ago, and while it is very different this time around due to an evolving department, some things still feel comfortably the same. I'm looking forward to the change of pace and getting a second opportunity to do something that I feel like I failed at miserably the first time around. It's a clean slate and I'm confident that I can fill the shoes that I'm being asked to fill.
What do I have to be thankful for today? Let's see ...
1 - Spending time in a non-work setting with coworkers at Carrie's baby shower. That was a lot of fun despite the fact that at moments I sometimes don't feel like I always fit in with the people I work with anymore. It was nice being able to celebrate new life and hopefully someday I will be on the receiving end of that as well.
2 - Being able to turn off the air conditioning and open the windows. I hate having the apartment all closed up and it seems like the ants and spiders try to find refuge anytime you close the place up to turn on the A/C for more than 2 days in a row. Also makes for a much more pleasant sleep.
3 - Sheetz - not only do they normally drive down gas prices in the areas where they are located, they have a kick-butt Made-To-Order food selection/espresso bar.
4 - Not spending my entire weekend working. It's nice to have a weekend day off where you get to feel like you can do what you want to do, when you want to do it.
5 - Harry Potter movies. I'm looking forward to the final two but I will be sad when it's over.
Today I had a very old friend ask me how I met William as she said she was sure it would be an interesting story to tell. I'm still amazed each day at how our relationship has progressed and that we have managed to stay strong dispite the distance between us. I feel fortunate every day to have found him and I'm sure that someday soon the struggles we have endured will be over and we will be a stronger couple for it. That day can't come soon enough for me.
Night, peeps.
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