My ABC's

I borrowed this idea from Ahem., who borrowed it from someone else.

The ABC's of my summer:

A is for ____, my sister, who I have grown even closer to.

B is for blue Gatorade. I'm addicted.

C is for cookie. And that's good enough for me.

D is for dogs. I have four.

E is for epiphany. I think I had a few.

F is for fun. What's summer without that?!

G is for guitar. I learned how to play!

H is for Harry Potter. I can't believe it's over!

I is for iguana. "Question," the Green Iguana gave me my scars for this summer.

J is for joy. 'Nuff said.

K is for my new friend, ______. I love her a lot. May our friendship be long.

L is for love. It's my favorite thing to feel.

M is for moving. I am still in the process of moving into my dad's.

N is for Nemo, the bird I am now in love with at the zoo.

O is for optometrist, and issues with my contacts. I think I've seen that guy more than some of my friends...

P is for package. It took me about a month to put one together.

Q is for quick. That's how this summer has felt.

R is for rats. I watched a couple for the zoo.

S is for songs. Every summer, I find tons of new music and this summer was no exception.

T is for Toby, my mom's dog. He and I got pretty close this summer.

U is for Utah, and my awesome trip there. Best vaca ever.

V is for Vendetta. (Had to do it...)

W is for "Wow, this is hard." ("This" being this blog entry.)

X is for xylophone. I may have thought about one at some point this summer.

Y is for yawn because I've gotten increasingly tired as the summer has gone on.

Z is for zoo. DUH!

Daddy's Girl

So Gpa finally passed yesterday. I'm pretty much fine. It was his time to go. I had been to see him a few days before and he was just...not there. He had gotten worse and had to go to a hospice home. By the time I'd gotten there to see him, they'd had to sedate him to avoid sticky situations resulting from his being delusional. Anyway, he's in a better place now.

I've really been fine up until this morning. On my way to work, I began to think about how my uncles didn't have any kind of relationship with their father and how I would be SO SAD if something happened to my dad. I love my dad. I suddenly wanted to hug him, and it made me cry a little.

So yeah, I'm basically fine. I'll be feeling a bit strange for awhile because someone in my family just died, but it will be ok.

Fortune Cookies

I've been practically living at the Kahn's lately. I love that Lexi is home. Today, we were out exploring with FridgeBoy, and it just felt so good to be with them both. That feeling hit me all of a sudden, and I just sat back as a smile spread across my face--my whole face. To just be there with them, my two best friends, my siblings, was amazing.

Anyway, that is not the point of this post.

Last night we had Chinese for dinner. As I cleared my plate, I picked up a fortune cookie, cracked it open, and read my fortune:

You are headed in the right direction.

"Oh, that's nice," I thought. I put the fortune down and went about my evening. This morning, I saw the left over fortune cookies and selected one. Once again, I picked it up, cracked it open and read my fortune:

You are headed in the right direction.

I told Lexi about the repeat and said, "Ok, that is not an accident." It's nice to get a little affirmation like that. I'm not quite sure in which thing I am moving in the right direction, but I have a feeling it doesn't simply mean life in general. I think it's supposed to mean something more specific than that... *shrug* I'll find out eventually.

To Don't List

So at a zoo, there is a semi-unspoken list of things that should never ever happen: we're not supposed to feed animals things they can't have, be in an enclosure with certain animals, do something that could cause the death of an animal, or let an animal escape.

Today, we lost a snake. I think it was the most stressful thing that has happened to me on the job thus far. It was one of our ball pythons, and I'm not sure how long it was out. It could have been anywhere from an hour to overnight.

One of my coworkers and a volunteer walked in to the gift shop and came up to me:
One of the snakes got out.
What?!

We looked all around the education building with a flashlight, moving things, triple-checking possible hiding places--nothing. We found a few ways that it could have gotten out of the building, and that just made things worse. Just as we were calling our boss to tell her what happened, I lifted up the hedgehog cage, and nearly had a heart attack. There was our snake, curled up and quite comfortable. It and the hedgehog were just lucky it had crawled under the cage, and not between the bars.

I located a drill gun and fixed the snakes' drawer so it couldn't force it open again (which is how we assumed it got out).

Let me tell you, this is one zoo-happening that I don't want to have to take part in again.

Together again!

That's right, the Kahn clan and I will all be reunited and will be taking Maryland by storm! Well, actually, we're only missing one memeber, but Miss Lexi will be here in just 8 days!!!

Fear us, all. We have epic adventures planned already, and woe unto you who get in our way! *nods*

This summer has been way exciting so far. =D