Week 46: Making it Through

People started leaving on vacations this week, so the soupy-ness of this summer is starting. With fewer people, everything takes more time, especially area. I have more animals to feed generally and the heat is starting to get bad. It's really wearing me down. I'm starting to wish I had taken an earlier vacation, but I know it'll be very much worth it once I get to go just before the semester starts. I started a new training method with Kissu, and it's working beautifully! Now I think I'll get this done for sure!
I had another zoo day in LA on Saturday working the South American primates string. It was very awesome. I got to do lots of interacting with the animals and I watched the keeper do lots of training sessions with all of them. The spider monkeys were super adorable, but the howler monkey was my favorite. She was sad since her mate died a few weeks ago, but very cool. The leopard was very awesome too, but we didn't do a whole lot with him.
My philosophy for this month is really to just get through it as painlessly as possible. The heat is horrid, but I love my animals, and I love trying to keep them cool with good frozen things! So, hopefully we'll all make it through together and in one piece!