Thank You and Goodnight

Well,...not really thank you, unless you want me to thank you for reading this blog. Maybe I should. But I probably won't. Ok, ANYWAY. I don't have much to say before I get ready for bed, so I will hit the highlights. I have a correction to make about the thing I called an "Egyptian Cricket"- I have been told numerous times that it is a "Camel Cricket." I am not so surprised that I got it wrong, because I really couldn't remember what Will was calling it, but I got it right this time. Also, they watched a movie tonight at Tom and Ben's house called Dead Birds. The reason I say "they" is because I decided about 45 minutes into it that I could NOT watch it with them. I am sick to death of scary movies and the last thing I needed was to go home and be paranoid in my own house. I already am paranoid going into the bathroom after I walked in and saw a green critter in the toilet bowl. So I stayed to hang out, but I did NOT watch the rest of the movie. I tried to lay there and take a nap, but I couldn't so I just laid there with my head on Tom's stomach listening to the movie, and annoying the mess out of Tom every now and then by asking what was going on. I just didn't want those images in my head, and being told about them isn't as bad. Here is the cover and stuff for the movie that I found online:

Dead Birds (2004)

Directed by Alex Turner Writing credits Simon Barrett

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Genre: Horror / Thriller (more)

Tagline: There are worse things than dying

Plot Outline: A group of Confederate soldiers who hole up in an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank, and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces.


Ok, other things....Today I got a new phone and I FINALLY caught up with everyone else. "Finally" because everytime I have a phone, it is behind everyone else, and every time I get a new phone, they update theirs. People I hang out with change their cell phones with their moods. I change mine every two years when the contract runs out. Anyway, so I bit the bullet and paid the extra cost to get a samsung camera phone with unlimited text and picture messaging, yay for me. *wink* It was only about $35 after mail-in rebate and the deduction for the upgrade from the renewed contract (it had been two years). Now that I have typed this, it is inevitable that everyone I know will go out and get newer, better phones in the next couple of months. Whatever.

Also, today I went to the pool with Lisa and her kids. Actually we were at her sister, Amy's, pool with several of their cousins and 13 kids in all. WHEW. I got to be good buddies with one of the girls there- 2 and a half year old Jillian. She is a cutie, and she cracked me up because she kept asking people "who's that?" everytime she looked at me. Around the 5th time she was introduced to me, she decided she should spend the rest of the afternoon with me, and when she would sometimes forget my name, she would call me "that girl." She, along with Tyler and Maddie, kept me pretty entertained. Most of the other kids just did their own thing, but it was a good time.

Wednesday, at Noah's Ark, Hugh (my supervisor) offered to pay me to work each Saturday. He said they really needed someone like me in front office because I could work with people well....to which I responded that I didn't mind working wherever he needed me so long as if Zoo Atl calls them someday for a resume check-up, they learn I can do more than answer the phone, page people, radio people, sell merchandise, clean-up, and take notes on animals that people are wanting to bring in. In other words, I do not want to look like all I learned was to be a receptionist. I think that there is nothing wrong with it, but it's just something I would not like to do the rest of my life, and I think the best I am going to get at Noah's Ark is a chance to learn enough information about all their animals to give tours to groups around Noah's Ark's habitat and to help with feeding the animals and transporting them, cleaning them, and anything else hands on (besides chasing ducklings and bunnies). But still, I want to be helpful, so I am a front-desk-girl for now.

Which brings me to now. I have to go make my lunch for tomorrow so that I am ready to go right away in the morning, because I am volunteering tomorrow. So I am off.
Goodnight!
Love,
Meghan