What Have They Done To The Zoo?
We went to the zoo Thursday afternoon. We needed something cheap to do, and were desperate to get out of the house. Yeah, we’re being cheap. The money isn’t exactly rolling in and I just had to spend a fortune on final projects for school. Now that I have a new semester starting in July, I suppose I’ll have to spend a ton more on books/supplies. It’s all worth it though. Sometimes, as I’m sure you know, finances can be a real pain in the neck.
So the zoo was fun, but a little dissapointing. I remember going to the zoo a few years again and they had EVERYTHING. Of course I expected the same when I went this time, but to my surprise the zoo seemed much smaller and lacking many of my favorite animals that I remember coming to see. But, at least they had monkeys. Like you see in the above picture. I could sit and watch those little guys all day long.
The zoo has set up a little farm exhibit where they have a full farm with cows, chickens, pigs, goats, sheep, etc. I couldn’t figure out the purpose of this at a zoo. In Minnesota. Apparently it isn’t convenient for the city folk here to drive an hour outside of the city and visit a real farm. Instead they have to go see the picturesque farm at the zoo. I swear it looked cleaner than the city. Freshly painted, no cowpies anywhere, grass clean cut. Everything was perfect, it looked like it was right out of a commercial. Well it even had the “Land O’ Lakes” and “General Mills” logos everywhere so in a way, it was a commercial. But come on, that’s not a farm. The real farm experience is nothing like that. But this is beside the point, I don’t need to pay to come and see a farm. I want to see walruses, penguins, and polar bears. But they didn’t have any of those. At a zoo!
It’s nice to have the semester coming to an end this week, and now I get a couple weeks off and then back to classes on July 12th. I have a bit of a problem with my schedule next quarter, though, as two of my classes are scheduled at the same time on the same days. Hopefully we’ll be able to work that out, I’d hate to have to stay another three months.
This weekend should be busy. I have a meeting with a freelance client today and plenty of work to get done. No plans for what I’m going to do over my break from school as of yet, I’ll let you know if anything comes up.