This last weekend was a super fun time. On Saturday, Chelsey and Sarah-Jane and I trucked up to St. Pete where Becky lives and we all went to the Clearwater Aquarium. It was pretty cool. They have a dolphin named winter who is missing her tail. A prosthetics company made her a sweet fake tail, we didn't get to see her swim with it but it is to help her swim normal because she swims like a fish without her tail which is bad for her vertebral column since she's made to swim up and down-like. Then we went to Madeirna beach which was really nice. The water was HOT! It was insane, it was also a really hot day, though. Then we all came back to my house and Sarah-Jane brought her Friends Scene-it Trivia game (I schooled them, they didn't even know what was comin'!) and we had pretzels, popcorn and Mike's Lemonade for dinner.
Sunday we went to Plato's closet in Bradenton and Becky and I got longer jean shorts on the cheap. Then we brought Chelsey to Mote for her meeting since she went to the Keys this week. Becky and I kayaked for a couple of hours while we waited and we saw 3 manatees!!! It was so so amazing! Then we met Sarah-Jane at Siesta Beach and lounged there for a couple of hours. Becky came home with me and we made pasta for dinner w/ garlic bread. I made dump cake for desset. Fun times.
Yesterday was a new week of camp and we have our bosses' 6 yr-old daughter in camp. She's so cute! She also has the exact same birthday as me. Today was a long day. My station to teach was snorkeling. The funny thing about kids is that they run around all the time but when they are changing and getting in and out of water, they do it soooooo sloooooowwwww! It's ridiculous. It was scorcher today, seriously, we're talking mega heat, so I was glad to be in the water.
That's all from here, I'm excited for this Saturday because Ryan is bringing me with him to go tag a turtle on the beach. All the other interns are jealous becuase I can't invite anyone else since it's like super special that I get to go in the first place.
A last exciting note, I called the scuba place today and I got all signed up to start my scuba certification and I can have it done before I go to the Keys because I can scuba with the kids if I'm certified. How cool will that be?
ps: baby sea lion on 880 yesterday? CRAZY!! Poor little guy!
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Great write-up about what was evidently a super duper weekend. Happy for you!! So you found a "closet"--you should be really happy now! Scott had us over for Father's Day and he, Brian, your dad and Grandpa went shooting in the AM. Then they came home to watch NASCAR contnuing their day to be truly red-necks! Ha--they all 4 slept the afternoon thru the race. Your mom got pictures of the big tough guys snoring away! Keep your write-ups coming. We love them!! Love, Grandma
ReplyDeleteshooting, that sounds like fun, although not as cool as seeing a dolphin without a tail! :) You'll really like the post I just wrote...wait till you read it! It's pretty crazy
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