Tiger in his pool/tube
tan lines...
Steven with yet another rescued Black Rat Snake
Zeus
Magic my love
I promise, this is her purr!
Detroit leaping out of his pool
He leapt out to come say hi to me
The summer is here and it is gross! I miss the marine layer in San Luis Obispo and I miss the 70 degree weather you all are having in San Jose right now! When I am feeling particularly parched I look up the weather back home. Let me tell you something, it is a horrible feeling to see 67 degrees pop up on the screen for San Jose when we are enduring 96 degrees with 87% humidity. It is almost like you are trying to breathe in the bathroom while the hot shower is running. You take a shower in the morning and feel the wonderful relief of being clean and cool, then you step out your front door and all you want to do is make a beeline for the shower. Your body is constantly sticky and the beads of sweat find places you didn't even know had sweat glands, like behind your ears! What is that!? I think I am going to buy a handkerchief just like my Padre because wiping sweat off your nose so your glasses don't fall down only works so well when your wrists are sweating too! Gross eh? When you are outside all day working hard in the sun you can almost feel your skin sizzle, but we have found ways to manage. One is the hose. The hose has become a very close friend. Very ten minutes of so someone blasts you in the back when you are not paying attention, or you spray it into the air for everyone to run through like a big sprinkler. Water fights are a favorite, not to mention it gets all the cats amped up because of all the excitement and because they want a turn to. We have scheduled bath times for the animals to help them cool down too. What other job has a sign up sheet in the break room that says " Bear bath rotation". Thats a good time to hose down yourself periodically while you are hosing a tiger. Also, otter pops. Do you remember those? Although here they call them Freeze pops, because apparently us Californians are weird and have named a frozen pop after small furry mammals. The packs of freeze pops are about 2.50$ at Walmart and Sarah and I bought about six of them. When frozen in the freezer at work, between the staff and interns...we go through about a pack a day. For most of you who know just how white I am will be surprised to see me when I get home. You may not recognize me! Haha! I don't think I have EVER been this tan before. My sandal tans are scary because it's hard to believe I was ever that luminescent.PS To Mom and Grandma who are coming in 5 days!!! Don't sweat it, this weekend is supposed to rain which is supposed to bring cooler weather! So maybe you will be lucky enough to visit and not have to experience this Arkansas heat.
