Week 4!

I really wish something cool would happen so I could get some better titles for these things. I guess the big to-do of the week was the diversity test, and it wasn't that hard. There were several people I think were ready to pull out their hair, but afterwards they discovered that it wasn't as hard as everyone made it out to be. My area assignment this week was for parrots (my least favorite animals at the zoo). It was alright in that it wasn't hard and we really didn't get dirty. It was incredibly nerve racking for me though to be in and out of those cages with the birds as I'm not too fond of them and I'm not sure what they will look like when they try to eat me. But, I survived and the parrots did too, so it worked out. I only got trapped once, and it was no big deal. Currently, I'm busy pulling together my assignment for another class where we make detailed maps of the zoo. Can you say busy work?
The only other thing happening right now is all the people who want to work with Shmoo II (our one-and-only sea lion) are scrambling around to all these mandatory sessions to learn how much crazy hard work it is to be with sea lions. I'd have to say it's about 97% of the class that wants to be either a trainer or caretaker, and I'm one of those very few who really doesn't care. Shmoo is very cool and entertaining, but I'll let the people who actually have hopes, dreams, and a shot at working with marine mammals professionally go nuts over her. I personally don't think marine mammals will ever work out for me since I'm not too fond of the water and swimming, so I'll just appreciate them from afar and still get cool insider access from my buddies that do do the training.