Tour de "Oh my God, my back hurts!"

[snapdragen]

/thread hijack

mp - what's Em going to do at the zoo? Which zoo?

[maillotpois]

SF Zoo; tiger bait.



She was accepted into this pre-internship program ("Nature trail") where kids work with animals (small at first, like geckos, snakes, etc.) and talk to the public about them. It's basically a full time job, 2 days week during the summer. They work up to working with raptors and larger animals and doing more conservation advocacy type stuff - once they're in the program, they're in for as long as they continue to perform adequately (in other words, as long as their family continues to drive them to work). It's a pretty amazing program.

She wants to be a vet and all she watches is Animal Planet. I'm really proud she got in (she had to do a written application and interview and in pre-tiger years it was a very competitive program), but honestly, I can't imagine a kid better suited for this. She loves animals and she loves to talk.

I'm very proud of her.

(thanks for asking!)

[Blueberry]

MP -

Very cool! That's a neat program - what fun!! (and what a great way to learn the "ways of the world").

CA

[Tuckervill]

I always wanted my kids to want to do that kind of stuff. One of them was a docent at a science museum for a little while when he was 14. (He worked in the Lego lab--perfect for him!) My youngest only wanted paying jobs...so he starts his Bat Boy stint for the new AAA team on next week! He's 14, too. It was very cute to watch him go through the application process. He said to the interviewer..."This is my first interview. Can my mom come in with me?" He answered the standard interview questions very well, as if they were literal questions, without trying to slant his answer to what they wanted to hear. I'm very proud of him.

Congratulations to Em!

Karen

[maillotpois]

Hey thanks guys. And good job smaller tuckervill!

V your litter is 32 more than I could ever handle!

[Veronica]

Wow! Congratulations Em!

You're a great mom MP, nurturing her in the direction she wants her life to go... Very cool!

Now off to my own 33... I don't remember giving birth to so many...

V.