later I finally am. We left first thing in the morning and made it there in time to meet up with my team for lunch. Only Denise and Pam were able to come but I did get to see Javi as well. It was great to catch up with them and hear how things were going. The team just finished getting up all of their ambulatory clinics, yay! Both Denise and Pam got married (and so did I) and I got to see some of their wedding pictures. Pam even gave me a mouse pad with their logo 
which they hadn't decided on in the year I was on the project.
After lunch Devin and I went to the Florida Museum of Natural
History to see the butterflies and other exhibits. The butterfly rain forest has somewhere between 60 and 80 different species and was awesome. My favorite one was shades of green, blue, and purple and I also liked the giant moth which I can't remember the name of. I had a butterfly land on me which was really neat. The other special exhibit the museum had was Wild Music which explores th ebiological origins of music. They had different instruments from around the world, different sounds from nature that are replicated in music, and different areas to make and record music. I recorded myself singing the theme from Fraggle
Rock, anyone surprised?
pped at the South Animal Care and Adoption Center (aka Animal Shelter). The place was overrun with kittens but we went to go look at the dogs. At first we didn't see the dog I had seen online but we asked about him and were taken to a back area. We visited with him in an outside pen and he ran right up to us, sat in our laps, and was such a loving dog. He also didn't bark at all the other dogs in the kennels so I was instantly in love and we adopted him. He still needs to be neutered and we have an appointment in August to remove his dangley bits. He was listed as a Shih Tzu but I think he might be a mix because he's larger than most Shih Tzus I've seen and also colored differently. The shelter thinks he's about 5 years old. I'm not sure what is back story is but he settled in very quickly at our house, is already potty trained, has been really good about not chewing things up (other than dog toys), and he seems to be getting along well with Grant. I haven't settled on a name for him yet but so far I'm considering Sprocket, Gizmo, and Riley. Yay for puppies!!!
brought me sushi for lunch and we went and ate together at a nearby park. When I got got back to the Wildlife Hospital they had a cookies 'n creme cake for me which was delicious. In the afternoon we got in four marsh rabbits which I decided were my birthday bunnies because I love bunnies even though most of the other staff don't like taking care of them. Someone also found a bagworm moth which looks like a bunch of tiny sticks stuck
together which was really interesting. After I got home from work I ate dinner and Devin had made me some amazing chili enchiladas. For dessert he made me a tequila key lime cheesecake which is one of the best desserts I have ever had and is what I will be requesting as my birthday cake for every birthday from now on. Julie came over after she got off of work and we lit off some fireworks which was fun. Julie didn't set off fireworks as a kid so it was interesting to see her reactions. After we lit off some spinners, snakes, and fountains we went to see the new Pirates movie, On Stranger Tides. I liked it but Devin said it almost made him fall asleep in the middle.
miss him. I asked Sue for a day off from the Wildlife Hospital and I got to take a Thursday off to spend with Devin. I have been wanting to visit St. Augustine again so we headed up there first thing after a late breakfast and spent the day there. It was 2 hour drive and when we got there we were hungry so we ate at the Old Drug Store and had some delicious root beer floats. Then we wandered around St. George Street and looked at all of the different local shops. We stopped at a winery and 
Devin tried some carrot wine and I tried some guava. I thought his was disgusting and he didn't like mine so we didn't end up getting any. After we wandered the length of the street we went to the 
dressed in Spanish garb did a fantastic talk about the reason behind the clothing of the time period. Next we were off to the St. Augustine Lighthouse where we climbed 219 steps up to the top. We had a good view and Devin gave me my birthday present, a gold ring that I can wear instead of my diamonds when I'm working at the wildlife hospital. We also went to the lighthouse's museum which had some old lenses and talked about lighthouse life. After that we grabbed a quick dinner and went on our ghost tour we booked earlier in the day. We didn't see anything supernatural but I did take lots of pictures and it was fun to hear the stories about the different haunted buildings and cemeteries. 
the beach but it started pouring outside. We finally got to meet Darcelle, the woman we are renting from, when we took out the recycling this morning. She has an adorable golden retriever rescue named Friday. Devin finished reading his book and I wrote postcards while we waited for the rain to let up. Then it was off to the post office. We also stopped by the 
to take pictures and went to the visitor center where we learned a little bit about the temple. Devin and I thought it was going to be more of an ancient temple but it was a Mormon temple. While we were there we got a call from Josh saying they had some openings for a helicopter ride so we hurried over to the Turtle Bay Resort again. After a brief safely briefing we flying over the island. Devin and I were up front with the pilot and there was another couple in the back seat. We saw a 1,000 foot waterfall, where part of Jurassic Park was filmed, Diamond Head Crater, and flew over the stadium. You could see all of the coral reefs when we flew along the coast and our pilot said he had seen whales out on an earlier tour.
spears (Devin did really well), and practiced the hula (only I did that). They had a demonstration where they showed us how they used nets to
waterfall with lots of botanical gardens and trails going through the different area. The valley also had some neat archeological sites and we got to see a fishing shrine and some remains of walls that once used to hold domestic animals. Some of the animals we saw included a really brightly colored lizard, peacocks, pigeons, some songbirds, and moorhens. The moorhens were my favorite because they are indigenous and they had baby chicks. Devin and I spent a lot of time looking at all of the different garden areas. I
think we both liked the hibiscus garden and the bird of paradise garden. We reached the waterfall and there was a small pool at the base of the waterfall that you could go swimming in but sadly neither Devin or I had our bathing suits. I waded a bit while Devin took pictures. I almost went swimming in my clothes but there was a cool breeze and I would have been freezing afterwords. 
rummy drinks including bahama mamas which they didn't but the drinks they did have were still very good. There were some stray cats wandering around including the most pathetic cat I have seen in my entire life. I asked on of the waitresses about him and she said that he has been at the resort forever, his name is Alien, and he was recently found in a hole after having been missing for a while. The sunset was beautiful and it felt very much like Hawaii with the tiki torches burning, surfers on the waves, and lovely sunset over the ocean.
