It's all about the little things.

Hellooo everyone!

Tonight's post will be focusing on appreciating the little things. Literally, the SMALLEST things make my day lately.

When I first started my internship, we had Bindi the coati in one of the bathrooms because it was too cold for her to be outside so that bathroom was not usable for the time being. The shower in the available bathroom had a very clogged showerhead. Hard water buildup kept any real water from coming through and being someone with thick, pretty long hair...this was a nightmare. There was a dribble of water, no pressure at all, so washing my hair took longer than 45 minutes. Rachel and I went to Walmart and we happened to wander past the faucets, showerheads, etc section and it dawned on us to just buy a new showerhead. No brainer, right? We also moved Bindi back to the back of the vet center so her bathroom was available again, once we cleaned it of course. That showerhead was horrible in itself, but we couldn't remove it since there was hard water buildup and who knows what else built up around the connection. Eventually we got it off and attached the new showerhead, hoping we had good water pressure. Moment of truth came and voila! SO MUCH WATER PRESSURE. It was fantastic. We set up the other bathroom with its new showerhead as well but I still prefer the "Bindi bathroom". Having a proper shower is such a little thing but it can affect your whole day.

The next little thing that affected me was getting a new bucket to bleach the floor with. A new bucket...seems simple, right? Well, it had a handle (which the other one did not have) and it fit the broom perfectly and it was so nice. Now whenever we need to wash the vet center floor, it's so easy to load the bucket into the sink and taking it out. The same day we got the bucket, the volunteers who brought us that also got us a new rake for the lemur enclosure. It's awesome. Truly. It gets everything, from the poop to the food they have missed around the rocks and chairs in their enclosure. The other rakes we have work fine, but having this fancy new rake with a really long handle so tall people (like myself) don't have to stoop so much makes cleaning the outside enclosures so much easier.

The past few days have been atrociously cold in Bridgeport, thankfully it has warmed up but for two days we had to keep the faucet in the kitchen on a little so the pipes wouldn't freeze. This was not something I was used to doing. I don't know if it's because we're on a well-system or what, but I was nervous about losing water. The heat in the back of the vet center was also not working so Bindi was back in her bathroom, and Beauty the mountain lion had blankets surrounding her inside enclosure in the vet center to make sure she stayed as warm as possible. The front of the vet center wasn't much better because the thermostat was set at 68 degrees F or something but it was only around 54 degrees in the living room. Not comfy. The new intern and I were hunkered under blankets and still cold. Heidi called the heat and air vent place the next day once I mentioned we were ice cubes in the vet center, and now the back of the vet center is heated properly, Bindi and Beauty are happy, we get our second bathroom back, and the heat is currently blowing on me right now as I am writing this.

Heat is super important. Obviously. I've come to learn that trying to sleep while cold is never something you can really accomplish. You just spent the night trying to get warmer, but your brain isn't fully functioning so normal ideas won't come to you. I asked the new intern how she slept, after I had a horribly cold night, and she simply put the other comforter on her bed. SO SIMPLE. Yet, I never thought of doing such a thing. Didn't even occur to me. My brain hates me when it's cold apparently.

The last little thing was just installed yesterday, but I wasn't able to enjoy it until today. A brand-new dryer! Weeee! I've been without the ability to dry my clothes in the vet center for about a month. That's a long time. Especially when my work clothes get bloody almost everyday. Our washer is fine and working, but we'd have to dry them in Heidi's house, which was super nice of her to let us do so, but we had to trek over there...and by trek I mean walk less than 40 feet or so. But if I was doing laundry at night, it would be cold and windy and pitch black out. I'm a baby when it comes to weather, being from Massachusetts I know I should be used to it but I have gotten accustomed to being warm. Cold isn't something I ever really enjoyed. But it doesn't matter anymore, because we have the ability to do laundry whenever we need it!!!

*Sorry this is late, I had most of it done but I was very sleepy yesterday and decided to sleep instead of finishing it. :D

I hope you had a great day! If not, here's some happy pictures taken by Rachel!

 Raven

 Ace

Tabula

Acari

Serena

Okay, byeeeee.