Fishing, zoo, and beach

Another great Thursday. We got up early to go fishing. Devin caught a trout and I almost caught a gar. I got the gar to the surface where I could see the fish in his mouth and see that he was almost 3 feet long and then he snapped my line. Devin said that was a good thing, apparently gar are pretty vicious. On the way back home we saw a huge rainbow from end to end.

In the afternoon, Devin and I went to the Brevard Zoo. We stopped in the petting zoo, now that school is in session there are a lot less screaming kids around, and petted the armadillos, alpacas, goats, and deer. The armadillos were attacking my feet and licking my toes. Devin fed the loris and we both fed Rafiki the giraffe.

After the zoo we got shaved ice (I had Tiger Blood/Mango and Devin had Strawberry Daiquiri/Pina Colada) and went to the beach. There were a lot of moon jellies on the beach which is something I've never seen before and there was another rainbow. It still seems weird for it to rain when it's hot and sunny out.

I'm a quarter of a century old today

So today I turned a quarter of a century old which makes me feel really old. Part of me really wishes I was home for my birthday; I really missed everyone. Devin told me I could pick any dessert I wanted for my special turning old day so he made me a key lime daiquiri pound cake which was overly delicious (I probably ate too much cake in the following days). We went to the zoo which was lots of fun. Devin was harassed by one of the parrots in the aviary and we got to see the otters being fed and they were, of course, unbelievably adorable. After the zoo I relaxed on the beach for a while and read a book I picked up at the library. That night I headed downtown with Meredith (Devin’s roommate’s girlfriend) and we had a couple drinks at Meg O’Malley’s (Tuba, Mollie, Jake – if you ever visit me I must take you here). Then we joined up with Devin and Noah and played a couple games of pool. Overall it was a very good birthday.

Mom came to visit

Mom came to visit me for the weekend (yay!). Yesterday I picked her up from the Orlando airport and on the way home we stopped at the Florida Wildlife Hospital and Mom attended an orientation session with me so that I can start volunteering there. I’m really excited about learning to take care of Florida animals like tortoises and pelicans. For dinner we picked a random restaurant on A1A, Enigma. It had really nice décor, a fish tank, and vegetarian food. On the way out we stopped and browsed jewelry tables that had been set up for a ladies night out event. I found a necklace that I liked so Mom bought the necklace for me for my birthday and also got the matching bracelet so we can have a mother daughter jewelry set. Then we headed to the beach.
Today we headed to the beach first thing in the morning and we searched for shells. After that we went to the Brevard Zoo. Mom got me a membership, which is the other part of my birthday present, so that I can go whenever I want for free. They have a really nice zoo, and since Florida has warm weather, the entire zoo is outside. We went kayaking through Africa and we got to feed nectar to the birds. My favorite animal was probably the bats. After to zoo we stopped by FIT so that I could check on my admission status and to check out the campus. The person there said that they were going to be reviewing applications in the upcoming week so hopefully I will be hearing from them soon.