I am exhausted and it's only mid-May. How can I possibly make it till August? Alcohol is the key. Or at least one of the keys. But, enough about my pain. I have been busy, in the few hours I am not working or volunteering, with
Battlestar, Buffy, and Touristy stuff. We are on Season 2.5 of
Battlestar - and WOW! It's awesome. I am on Season 5 of Buffy, and the Joyce episode made me ball my eyes out again.
Joss Whedon is a genius. I have also been getting my stamps for the Tourism Challenge. Last Sunday I took my friends' son to the Aquarium - it was kind of funny because I forgot about the Sun Run and took Main up to the viaduct and got stuck in traffic through downtown for over 45 minutes. By the time we got to the Aquarium it was noon and super busy. The poor boy was so nervous. He really liked the huge aquarium with all the big fish, but I was afraid of losing him in the crowd so I asked him to hold my hand. We walked around a bit and then rode the elevator a few times. He refused to go through the eating area and insisted he wasn't hungry. After a few attempts he had a bit of a tantrum so I had to have a talk with him - the main problem was that he saw another kid climb this rock by the Belugas that clearly has a 'do not climb' sign on it and he wanted to climb on there to and go through the employee gate. I explained he was not allowed to do that and he had to hold my hand and not go near it. He agreed and I took him through another way, far from the eating area, back into inside the main area. I had to try to find a jelly fish species for the questionnaire, but after a bit more walking he had had enough and would not go anywhere else. Luckily the cashier lady was kind enough to give me my stamp anyways. The boy just wanted to go home but finally admitted to being hungry so he ate some
pretzels. I offered to take him for ice cream and he agreed, but then passed out on the drive. We stopped for ice cream when we were almost back home and he ate a huge bowl of that (who knew $2.50 would get you that much ice cream, not me!) outside on the bench. He kept saying how far away from home he was. On the ride back he admitted he did not like holding hands so I thanked him for doing it anyways. He also said he missed his Mom. I felt like a bit of a jerk, but hopefully the next day all he remembered was seeing the fish and the dolphins and belugas. Taking a 4 year old out for a fun adventure isn't always fun-filled, it's too bad it takes so long to get there. I think it would have been easier if we hadn't gotten stuck in traffic. I can only hope that he wasn't traumatized and is willing to go out again! This pretty much sums up our day:
Afterwards I went to Minter Gardens by myself before I went home. It was a beautiful walk - I really love it there. I took a
crapload of tulip pics for my Mom, since I couldn't spend Mother's Day with her. Here are some nice photos from the walk:
Today I am heading to Steveston and maybe Fort Langley on the way. I have only 2 more weekends to get all 15 stamps so I have to be diligent! At least next weekend I have 2 days to do stuff.
Oh, and yesterday at the Zoo I painted Poison Dart Frog faces - that was a new thing. But, it actually turned out okay. Though the yellow one looked similar to my Cheetah...
