Quick update. Smallville is on in 5 minutes! Christmas was good. It was also sad because I was away from my family, but that is one sacrifice you have to make when you get married. The Zoo has been good. I am feeding dolphins everyday and loving it. They all have thier unique personalities and it is fun to learn about them. I'll write more someday when I have more time.

Today was my first day at the Minnesota Zoo. I kinda got thrown into some stuff, but I was perfectly fine with that. It meant a lot of animal feeding on my first day. There is one dolphin, Ayla who wouldn't eat. When I was working with another trainer with her, she would station by me, so the trainer had me feed her some. Then she went weird again and wouldn't eat. Then they had me try later, trying to feed her from the front of the pool. At the last feeding they had me feed Semo, a 43 year old male (that's a really old dolphin) without anyone even looking over my shoulder. At first it just entailed feeding him fish and ice cubes and making eye contact because Semo really thrives from eye contact. During the second part they let me play catch with him also. So I would throw the football out and he would retreive it. It was cool. I also did sound for the show and loaded and unloaded about 20 SCUBA tanks. I still stink like fish!

Well, it is finished. I am a college graduate, a CMU alumnus. I don't think it has really hit me. Even walking in the ceremony...it went by so fast and then it was over. Yesterday we moved to Minnesota. I am SOOOOO grateful for my mom and Ryan's parents for helping us pack, move, and clean. It was a bigger project then we expected. Even driving to Minnesota, I kept saying, "On the way home..." Then I would remember it was a one way trip and there won't be a trip home. Currently Ryan is cleaning out his old bedroom and throwing stuff away, giving some to goodwill, and organizing other stuff. As you can tell, I am working hard sitting at the computer. Just a minute ago I had a cute kitty sitting with me here. I should probably get some stuff done now. It'll be another long and hard day moving and unpacking.

Today was an emotional day. I took my last exam and turned in my last paper. So, I am done with college. I am really excited to be done. But, I also had to say goodbye to all of my friends here which of course was sad. There were so many people that meant a lot to me, so it sucks saying goodbye. Many of us ate a La Senoritas tonight which was fun. I almost didn't want to say goodbye. I wanted to sneak out...it would have been easier that way. It was cute; when I cried saying goodbye, my mom cried too. She is so empathetic. We were driving away from La's and I was just thanking God how grateful I am to have such an amazing group of friends. I will miss them dearly. To any of you reading this...I LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY TIME AT CMU UNFORGETTABLE.

P.S. If you want to check out where I will be the website is www.mnzoo.org. AND one of the dolphins is pregnant so maybe I can see another dolphin baby.

I am a blessed woman. I was just offered the internship at the Minnesota Zoo. It isn't paid and I have to commute about an hour, but I get to work with the most amazing animals again. Jenny from the block, I mean zoo, called me today and basically said, "We want to offer you the internship." It was the easiest job I ever got. No interview or anything. She was recently at Brookfield Zoo for a week acclimating a new dolphin so she knows how hectic it is there. She said MN Zoo wasn't nearly as hectic. There is a lot more time to hang around the pool and play with the dolphins. You won't see me complaining. I will be working 5 days a week for 8 hours a day. I am starting either Dec. 22 or the 28th. I will find out on Wednesday. Thank you all for your prayers. It's nice to know we finally have a concrete destination.

This is a time of "lasts". Yesterday was my last InterVarsity Bible study. Today is my last day of college classes. Tomorrow will be my last IV Open House, meaning it will be the last day I see a lot of people that mean a great deal to me. I guess this is what happens when you graduate.

This weekend Ryan and I went to Chicago with Allyn, her boyfriend Paul, Paul's sister Anna, and her husband Curtis. We looked at all the beautiful decorations and went into some stores, but nobody really bought much. We wanted to go ice skating at Mellinium Park, but the line to get skates was INSANE! It was a nice time, having my last horrah with Allyn before I leave.

Tomorrow I have my last mouth surgery before I can actually get my tooth back in. It's about time. Amy Brewster is driving me down at like 6:30 in the morning. It's like a 2 hour drive for a 15 min. surgery. Dumb. Then at Open House for IV I have to give my senior sendoff speech, where I instill my "wisdom" on others. Yeah right. What wisdom?

I did hear from Minnesota Zoo. That is for the internship, so it's the last one I want, but I will still be happy to take it if nothing else comes along. I have to talk to the woman again tomorrow so I'll keep you updated.

Well, I should probably go to class now. Last Psych. class ever! Woot woot!

I have officially been diagnosed with Senioritis. At least I only have a week and a half weeks of classes left. At least it didn't kick in weeks ago. I just don't want to do ANYTHING school related. I did finish one book and I am about 30 pages away from finishing Harry Potter 3 and I got some Christmas presents completed. So I'm not being a complete bum. Just a bum about my school work.