Its been a crazy few weeks lately. Most difficult is the passing of my PawPaw on August 7th (just shy of the anniversary of my grandmother's passing in August 11th). He was 88 and fought a long battle with throat cancer and the heartbreaking loss of my grandmother. I have so many fond memories of many summers spent in Florida with my grandparents. We spen Friday and Saturday nights running the dog books to the area gas stations for the local race track. Nights bowling, playing cards and marbles, eating at Friendly's and Stavro's Pizza. He was a WWII veteran, a great husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. I suppose I get my love of animals and absolute stubborness from him. I'll miss him dearly, but I am so thankful he is finally at peace and reunited with Grandmother, the love of his life, once again.
PawPaw at my wedding
On a lighter note, Summer birding trips are winding down. I went on the biggest trips BAS has which is the annual trips to see the Mississippi and Swallow-tailed Kites in the black belt of Alabama. I'll post some pictures and trip reports later. But they were a lot of fun as all BAS trips are.
We've been preparing for some incoming primates into the collection at the Zoo. We're also getting a Mississippi Kite and 2 Golden Eagles in the near future! Super stoked to care for some native raptors.
And the biggest news of all, I am preparing to begin Veterinary Tech school! I will be taking an online courses through San Juan College starting in January. Along with that, a volunteer helped me get a job with a veterinary dermatologist who sees patients at an emergency clinic on Wednesday nights. I'm very excited to finally be starting this next chapter of my life. I've wanted to do this since I worked at the wildlife rehabilitation center.
And I have one card to share. This was a birthday card I created for my mother-in-law.
Inspiration came from user Reddyisco on Splitcoast Stampers.
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