A to B's

Wow, its been awhile since my last post! This week has kept me super busy at work and everyday has been packed with things to do (but in a good way of course). I have almost put a month's worth in the internship and I can't believe it! This week, I have been working on A to B's with the whales. A to B's are when you send the whale to someone else in a different part of the exhibit. Once again, Inuks is fairly easy to pick up since it is similar to his point follow signals. Naku and Kelas are a bit different but I'm starting to get the hang of them.

I have been doing quite alot of solo feeds which have been going swimmingly. I get to bring out lots of fun toys to play with and I feel like I am keeping pace with the trainers as far as bucket levels go. The other day Kela was very spooked and easily startled during the day for some odd reason. When she was having a training/feeding session with one of the volunteers, she ended up swimming off for a minute. I was scheduled to have a session with her near the end of the day so I was a bit worried that she was going to do the same for me. But she ended up doing amazing! She was extremely engaged and vocal in the session and I tried to make it as fun as possible for her with props and variety in the feeding. Also the supervisor was watching me during that session and she said I have come a long way already and she can tell I am more confident and comfortable with things and was doing a great job. Sweet!

The weather here is crazy and unpredictable..much like Michigan! Monday it was like a monsoon with wind and heavy rains but it was super warm (a high of 52). Today the cold swept in bringing with it a small blizzard. Snow began to collect everywhere after it just melted away. But it looked pretty nonetheless. And tomorrow its supposed to be a high of 20. 20. My fingers may be suffer frost bite and freeze off during feeds tomorrow.

Well, this weekend looks like its going ot be a blast. My Aunt Gertie Bomb is coming up for a couple days for my birthday and we are going to check out Cape Cod!