Early Saturday #2 approaches

Ok, so last Saturday wasn't so bad. I ended up getting to sleep in till almost 8 before heading down to Denver for the zoo trip.

[Which, incidentally, was pretty awesome. It was only supposed to be an hour long but ended up running from 10:15-noon. Our tour guide was the "Curator of Behavioral Husbandry" -- isn't that an awesome title. We talked about a few exhibits from the front, where the public goes, then went behind the scenes. We met a cute little zebra who was isolated from the herd because he was growing up and his dad kicked him out. He really wanted attention. We went into the cheetah (or leopard?) house to see where the cats sleep at night and where they are trained. The coolest thing we saw was the inside of the large African predator facility, which houses the lions, hyenas, and wild dogs. It is apparently a state-of-the-art building and was totally awesome. We got to see a couple of the trainers working with two of the hyenas (which, note to self, are huge up close). All in all it was a really neat trip.]

I just got home from an organizational meeting for the One Health Club's 5k this Saturday. I volunteered to help out with physical exams and body condition score assessments on the dogs that are expected to come and run with their humans. The race starts at 9 am, and we found out tonight that they want all the volunteers to be there at 7:30 am (!). So I guess I will be getting up even earlier on Saturday than I usually do on Sundays, or on school days. But it should be fun, and good practice on doing PEs. We practiced exams tonight on four or five dogs, and Simon is currently giving my jeans and sweatshirts a thorough and suspicious scent examination.