Shark Lagoon at night...

Tonight Jeremy and I went to the Aquarium of the Pacific's Shark Lagoon Nights. It's free (well, except for the $7.00 we had to pay for parking) and is happening on Friday nights. We had a nice time walking around, looking at the little sharks, and then looking at the really big sharks. They had some rays as well; this little guy came up to say hello:

Isn't he cute? Some of the rays in the touch tank had curly tails. It was really neat. So, we walked, and we talked... oh and we got distracted by the lorikeets in the aviary that we were not allowed into:

They were so loud, we had to stop and see what all the commotion was about. They are cute little tricksters. There's a picture of me and Jeremy from 2001-ish floating around somewhere of us at the San Diego Wild Animal Park with the lories. It's actually a very nice picture, but Jeremy says it looks like he's a cradle-robber because I look about 15 in the picture. I'll have to see if I can dig it up. Speaking of pictures of me where I look 15, how's this?

Yeah, I'm a freakin kid. You'd never guess I'm going to be 34 this year.

Well, tomorrow Jeremy and I both have a busy day ahead of us. I am going to be spending part of the afternoon in field training to because a docent for the Dana Point Tidepools through the Ocean Institute. It's a great gig, all volunteer, of course - but I cannot think of a better way to spend some time on the weekends than at low tide in the tidepools. Can we say amazing? I'm a nature lover - always have been. I've always been a little afraid of the ocean (thank you, Jaws...) but since I've moved to California and especially since we moved to south OC, it's become someplace I crave to go. So after this weekend, be sure to come on down to the tidepools and say hello! I'd love to see any of you!

So after field training, Jeremy and I are going to go on a whale watching trip out of Dana Point. We've done it before, had a little bit of luck with whales, but oh my gosh - the dolphins were amazing on the way back in. They really do "surf" the boat's wake. It was great. Hard to get pictures of, though. Maybe with Jeremy's camera we'll have better luck.

After that, I'm not sure what we have planned. But on Sunday we are either going to Camarillo again, or maybe to Long Beach to El Dorado Park to do some hiking. I love my weekends with Jeremy. It makes up for the time that we sometimes do not have with each other during the week.

Well, I'm tired - and I still have some work to do getting ready for April 15th. Ever since I made the decision to go forward with my plans, the days are flying by and it seems like I am not getting enough done! *sigh* I need an assistant that I can't afford to pay. Oh wait, I have my husband!

So, goodnight dear readers, and always remember:

"Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress" -- Epictetus