Today was a zoo day. This morning hubby was staying in Colorado Springs, he is working in Denver most of this week and next week cause his underling put in his notice and quit last Friday. So today he was going to be in Colorado Springs and that meant that I could have the car today. And since today was Wednesday, he was working close, which meant he didn't go in until noon today. Yeah, we got to sleep in!
So we finally get up, block the dogs off on the main floor only since the last time I left them alone and allowed them to go upstairs, Baby pulled all the covers off the bed and dug into the bottom sheet. This time she didn't rip the bottom sheet but she had ripped 3 bottom sheets previously. And Cookie has been pooping in the house lately so that's why I blocked the dogs from the lower level also. And I was only going to be gone from the house for about 5 hours today so they would be fine.
So we left the house, in my parents' PT Cruiser that we borrowed, and went to both our banks to take some money out of one account and put it in another to cover a bill that came in unexpectedly. Then we stopped at Kum and Go and got sodas, any size only $1 all summer, and a corn dog for lunch. Then I dropped hubby off at work and headed to the Zoo in my Docent uniform. Since today was a little cool and rainy, I wore my long sleeved polo shirt, my elastic waisted tan pants, and my official Zoo multi-pocket vest. Normally I don't wear the vest but the Zoo has been cracking down on the exact uniform. So I wore the vest.
I arrived at the Zoo, The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, and found out that on Trip Advisor, we have received once again an Excellent rating for the 5th year in a row which got us into the Trip Advisor Hall of Fame. So I got out my umbrella and walked up to Primate World. The doctor had called me earlier and told me my ankle isn't broken so just keep it wrapped and walk carefully. Still elevate it and ice it when I can, so I do that in the late afternoon and evenings.
So I walked carefully up the hill to Primate World and took an Orangutan skull that was a bone clone out of the cart and set myself up in the corner by the mother, Hadiah, and her baby, Ember. I told people how old the baby was, 7 months, who Tujoh was, the dad. The one question I couldn't answer was how many vertebra do orangutans have. I told her that I wasn't sure but I thought they had the same as humans.
So I worked at the Zoo in Primate World for 3 hours and then drove back to hubby's work and had him take me home. We stopped at Walgreen's and picked up my prescription and an ankle brace, the doctor said it would work better than wrapping it with an ACE bandage. Better support.
Then we went home and I sat upstairs and iced my ankle, fed the beasties, and made orange chicken for dinner when hubby got home at 9. Then we watched tv and watched David Letterman's last show. We don't normally watch talk shows at night but it was his special and it was as important as watching the last Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. History.
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