Penguins and an OOPS!

Hello all! A week or two has gone by, but some stuff has happened. One is the zoo now has 3 penguins! They are black footed penguins and are 6 months old and ADORABLE! They waddle right over to you and love to play with their plastic ball, however run away when it bumps them in the rear. If you recently watched David Letterman and saw him have penguins one night...those were our penguins! In other news we do not however have a second baby giraffe yet...only time will tell I suppose, but I want it soon! I broke a drain at the birdhouse this weekend. Part of a wading pool drain plug got sucked down the drain and is blocking another drain and causing pool draining problems. If only I had stuck with cleaning the North side...but no I decided I should practice the South side since I never do it...oh well. This past week I went to the zoo for a lunch visit and got to hold a 6 week old baby bear. It was about the size of a puppy and made funny noises cause it was hungry. Definately a day I will not forget for a while. I say it because I did not peek to see if it was a boy or girl. The zoo was in the Dispatch newspaper this week for our training program. It's a local newspaper and just explained why we train the animals and how it works. If you go on youtube.com and look for Niabi Zoo you will find some of our training videos taken by our training consultant.

I do not have another part time job yet and its been 6 weeks since I have been scheduled at the sports grille 20. I have had some interviews and have a few prospects, so wish me luck. One is Biaggi's and the other is PetCo. It looks like I will be working weekends for a while as for now I have decided to stay part time through the summer and not take a seasonal job as long as I can find that 2nd steady part time job for during the week. That way I can start making money so I can visit all you people I miss!

Introduction

So I decided to start a blog about the daily happenings in my life. There were many reasons for this. Some including keeping in touch with friends and family and just a place to share. Also as many of you know I am a part time zookeeper and plan on making that my career. When I tell people this they are very interested. No day is ever the same at the zoo, something exciting is always happening. I want to write it all down and maybe write it in a book some day. So here it goes...

The idea all came from Sunday, Dec 27, 2009. That morning we walked into the giraffe barn like any other morning and food something that didn't belong there:a just born baby giraffe! Needless to say the day was not normal. We all ran around getting all the other animals taken care of while keeping a constant eye on the baby to make sure all went well. All did and he is jsut fine today. Once I learn how to post pictures I will. In case anyone wonders giraffes really don't sleep at night. We watched mom and baby for 24 hours and I was there overnight for a while. They get awfully quiet, but just sit there and chew their cud. We are now waiting on baby #2 from the other female giraffe which should happen any day now. However, we are a lil more prepared and will know what to do, but it will still be exciting when it happens. I can't wait til spring when they babies can run around in the giraffe yard together. I have a feeling I will be spending many minutes just watching them this summer.

In other news I am yet again looking for another part time job as the restaurant I work at, Twenty, is supper slow and I am not getting any hours at all. I am sick of filling out applications. UGH!! Other wise all is well. I am healthy and Spooks is just as snuggly and playful as ever.