Full Circle

As I've been busy with my new job at the zoo as an interpreter, I don't have as much time to dedicate to the lab. I have been making the equid study a priority though, so I get to take Mondays off to do it. A lot of what I'm doing now is primarily fox videos and training new interns. It's very strange to see friends leave and meet new people; the other day, I came to the lab and noticed a very confused guy looking at the intercom. Recognizing the confused look on his face, I asked what he was looking for.
"Oh," he said, blushing. "I'm a new intern with the research department..."
So I smiled and showed him how to be buzzed in.
Incredibly, this hit way too close to home. My first day as an intern, I had done the exact. same. thing. My friend who had shown me how to buzz in had just left the zoo two days prior to this event...so I feel like some things have come full circle.

Already two of my good friends have left that were both seasoned interns when I started, and frankly its a little sad. I was lucky to be able to work with a lot of people that I not only got along with but who became my friends here. I realize how cheesy that sounds, but its true. Its strange now looking back and realizing that I bonded with them while now the new interns seem so foreign.

We've had one last hurrah as a group; bowling for rhinos was a success! Well, none of us did too hot but we had a lot of fun and I got a lot of great pictures. Zoobots live on!

Yesterday we held a potluck for Lindsey, one of my friends that left. I had to peace out before I started crying. It's weird thinking you'll probably never see someone again. You'd think after all the people I met at Disney that I had to say goodbye to I'd be use to it.

Between working at the lab in the mornings and working as an interpreter in the afternoons I've got some long days ahead of me. It's going to be exhausting and more than likely will make me a little cranky at the end of the day, but it'll be worth it. I wouldn't give up the internship. It's been my first priority since I moved to St. Louis and I'll try to keep it that way.