life is wonderful.

So I have been in South Padre since Friday. The drive down was long and it was good to finally arrive. I started training on Saturday and we went out on the ATVs for a bit, which was fun. Sunday was my first actual day of work and it went okay. I'm learning everything little by little. I had Monday off and slept 'till about 1pm. Then Abe and I headed to the beach for about half an hour. Not even two minutes after we had come back, he shows up at my trailer to tell me there is a nesting turtle over by this hotel just down the beach. So we book it down there, I don't even bother to change out of my bikini or put clothes on. So when we arrived, I got to experience my first nesting turtle. It was mega exciting. I got my picture taken with it just to be corny. Afterwards, we ended up having to go respond to yet another nesting sea turtle. So then I got to see ANOTHER one. This one I got to actually touch and hold on to while Adrienne and Abe did tagging and measuring and what not. Then Jeff and I found another nest. All in all we found four nests yesterday and it was a really great day off.

I've been at the hospital all day just cleaning tanks and sitting around. I have my first patrol tomorrow which I'm excited about. Seven hours of riding an ATV up and down the beach is going to be extremely tiring, though. I'm going to be slathering on the sunscreen.

So far I've been having a fantastic time. I like all the fellow interns and I'm really enjoying having the beach right in my backyard. My trailer isn't the nicest of homes, but it'll do. And I have plenty of extra space for visitors (2 extra beds plus a pull out couch) so come visit.