Fighting ..... Iguanas?

So around here, the ES guys capture the Iguanas that prowl around the DRC to have them rendered *ahem* infertile, and then they tag them and release them. So Jane (my fabulous boss- Seriously this lady is almost 50 and she is freakin awesome) and I are walking out of the research basement to see three of the ES guys with the little cat carriers that they put the Iguanas in all out on the lawn. Facing each other. In a little triangle. you know, so that when they opened the the cages, the iguanas would all run into each other. Unfortunately for the ES guys, our medical director, Pat, walked out onto her balcony and said, 'I'm watching you boys!' so they had to just let them go without a possible iguana fight occurring. It also meant that the shirtless ES guys stood up and turned around. Mmmmhmmmm. Too bad they're mostly 35 and up.
Luckily, I am in looooooooooooove. Not with an ES guy though. He's about 27 and a total goofball. He's kind of on the small side, but he's still taller than me. And he's kind of freckled. It's pretty cute. AND he finally started noticing me. He even talks to me when I say his name. However, I'm not sure how it'll turn out. He is, after all, a little grey. And wet. all the time. Yes. I am in love with a dolphin named Kibby. I'm sorry my dear readers that this is as close to juicy stories as you're probably gonna get while I'm down here. but I definitely adore this little dolphin. He's the smallest boy in the 'big boy' lagoon where the bachelor pod lives. They're also called the beach bums. And Kibby is so stinkin cute. He and his buddy Sandy have started following me when I walk by their lagoon and call their names and Kibby or Kibbles as he's also called, will 'talk' to me when I'm talking to him and give me a big ole dolphin grin. Allie, Sandy and I went in early on friday morning to wake up the dolphins for their B12 vitamins and they were so cute. They're so pumped to see people first thing that they were doing dives and cartwheels and splashing us and spitting water and talking up a storm. too cute.
So yesterday we went to pick up trash cause the DRC hosted a trash pickup thing by this bridge. We went for the last 45 minutes to ensure that we would be in the picture. Yes. that's how we roll. Then we all went to a beach to eat the free food that they provided for all the trash picker upers. Tasty hot dogs mmmmmmm. At first Sandy was like, "It doesn't matter to me really if we go to the cook out' and I was like are you out of your damn mind? free food. children did we learn nothing at college?! However readers, you may be interested to learn that Mary wash was exceptional in the amount of bbqs and cookouts that we had. Both allie and sandy said that they didn't really have those. Sometimes they'd have free pizza or something but very few grills. Weird right? I mean, Sandy did go to UNC-W, which is right on the beach. So everyone at her school was concerned about looking good in bikinis and swimsuits. THANK goodness we weren't like that. Oh, and also related to school things. If you thought our male-female ratio was bad, think again. We've got about 10 guys that work at the DRC. Everyone else is female. I think we even have more female dolphins than males. True story.
I had my first week working at the resort. Luckily I'm not going to be left alone there for a little longer, because currently I can get people ice. and sometimes take reservations. when they don't have too many questions. However, the job pays the rent bill, the uva bill and my potential foot doctor bill right? so it's all good. Tonight I think we're going out for a drink, so that should be fun. I'll let you know if any debauchery occurs, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Ok, so you remember how I was saying that Blondie is a laugh riot? Well the girl is still hilarious. And I don't know why, but whenever we work together, things happen. Like carrying back all the equipment instead of putting it in the cart that holds all of it. and then having to go back to get the cart. or blondie forgetting to get the camera even after i told her not to forget it. or having the target pole fall down while holding a very large piece of the equipment causing that large piece of equipment almost getting blown away and myself to almost fall over the already set up piece of number line appartus into the water. luckily, i did not fall in. however. it was a close thing. and I think Jane saw it. my bad. So we got Jane talking about her past and the things that have happened to this amazingly funny woman are ridiculous. After college she went to an island in the south pacific where the somoans are for two years through the peace corps and taught something. then she came back and moved to florida from wisconsin cause that's what her parents were doing and she couldn't handle the cold anymore. However, on the way down, they stopped in Rocky Mount, Tn and their moving truck was STOLEN. However, since it was a holiday, their insurance hadn't been changed yet, so they got money for everything that was stolen. They were going to some city in northern florida, but since they didn't have their big hulking truck that they would have had to get to this city by a certain day, they just kept driving and ended up in Ft. Lauderdale. Where she met her husband on a beach a few years later. CRAZINESS. seriously.
Ok my dear readers, I'm gonna go and lay out by the pool on my one day off. i may get skin cancer, but at least i'll fit in around here, right?