Manatee Mentors 2014--CLOSED (begging & bribes MAY work) (Page 45)

I am SO EXCITED!!!  I'm going to Lake Placid this weekend, one of my favoritest places!   Unfortunately my hamstring will keep me from doing some of the incredibly fun things that can be done there this time of year but it won't keep me from all of them.  Bobsledding, here I come!  Ice skating, here I come (after all, my ART guru did ask me if I tried it yet, right?!)  Trail walking, here I come!  I may ask the aforementioned ART guru if I may try cross-country skiing, you know, like a bunny trail.  I've always wanted to give it a go and LP would be the perfect place, if I'm 'allowed'.

In 2006 when I was there for an ice hockey tournament my team and I went bobsledding and it still stands as the absolute most fun thing I've ever done.  Grinned as big as Kate's Chesire cat the whole time!  Cannot wait to do it again!

Sounds awesome! Enjoy! (CAREFULLY)

Sounds FUN!!!  Enjoy!

That is kind of cool!

ooooohhhh--you guys have an evil streak....and I like it! 

Great news of my day, my ankle feels great and I took it for a run in the nifty new shoes--they feel okay--not uncomfortable, but not the best ever. They'll do.

Apart from that, work kinda sucked--someone called in sick, so they put me in the bird section...and I am untrained there....and the on call keeper they are training there kinda knows the routine; but she cant carry keys yet, so I spent my morning in the bird section literally unlocking locks for this girl. that. is. all. I was SOOOO bored, I ended up counting the waterfowl in the lake exhibit (at least we know they are all there now?) In any case, there is job opportunity I may try for--reptile OR amphibian supervisor at Ft. Worth Zoo in Texas---in their State Of The Art new Reptile/Amphibian house...with Bunches of crocodilians, Komodo Dragons, Chinese Giant Salamanders, AND Hellbenders....Clint said I should apply, (the only reason I balk is that it is Ft. Worth, not a city I would prefer to live in within Texas...) I am waiting on chatting with employees there to find out what its like there (pay, morale, etc...) so, who knows? 

Here's my pro-boy Freddie Croneborg with Jojo's pro-boy Macca. And the Hungarian men's national OW team. You're welcome

Melanie - Lake Placid sounds like a blast!  Safe travels!

Kate - I'm glad that your ankle improved and that you were able to get your run on.

Yanti - Thanks for sharing ;-)  Does this mean that you are feeling better or are you cheering yourself up with pictures of hunks on the beach?

David - How is your back?  Improving, I hope!

Monica - Can you shower at home again?

I hope that all of the Manatees are doing well!

Me - We had some snow.  Since we rarely get much accumulation, the area governments don't invest in snow removal equipment but instead depend on the sun to make it disappear.  NCSU has cancelled classes but employess are expected to make busy today so I am in the office.  I would like to lodge a complaint about Starbucks being closed!  It doesn't look like the sun will help us out much today and I am thinking that I may be bonding with the treadmill after work.  

Yesterday I stopped at the store on my way home (needed coffee beans!) and saw that they were out of kale.  Kale?  There was a run on KALE?  (ok, more likely they didn't receive the shippment due to modifiying schedules in anticipation of snow that might fall, yes, that's how we roll around here)

Yum! I lof Macca but it's funny when he's one of the "old guys".

^This.  They are yummalicious - can we keep them, please?  I'll feed them and water them and walk, er, swim them every day!

It's so great that you were able to make the Phuket trip!  What an experience!

I'm glad that you are getting the personal stuff sorted out.  Please know that we're thinking of you.  {{hugs}}

Don't melt!

Jo, don't melt,

Janyne, don't freeze

Chuckling at the extremes the manatees of the world are enduring right now.  105*F for a race?!  Yeah, that's crazy hot.

I went skiing in La Plagne in the French Alps a few years ago and one of the activities available was a go on the Olympic bobsled course.

They strapped you into a very heavily padded container and just pushed you onto the run.

I have to say it was the most incredible adrenaline rush of my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As soon as we hit the first turn everyone went silent and stayed that way until the end. I have huge respect for people who do this properly!