i'm muddy and wet, but still smiling :)

In contrast to what you may think... i was NOT rolling in the pigsty! It has been raining here :)
Saturday night... rain! All Sunday... rain! Monday morning... rain!
I LOVE the rain :) i was sooo excited to see it! I'm glad it rains here! I can live without snow, the cold and the smog... but not without rain!
With it raining for that long it made work today and yesterday sure interesting!
Monday was the wet and muddy day! I was out working in the rain for only 3 hours.. it then stopped and the sun came out! but it had rained so much it left lots of puddles and mud holes behind! There was mud everywhere! i was caked in it, the animals were wet, the cages were a mess form all the mud! i have never seen or been so muddy in my entire life... it was crazy! With all the mud everywhere it was really hard to keep the animals clean, and they made a mess in their cages! We cleaned it up the best we could and decided to make tomorrow the cleaning day!
And that it was... today was the cleaning day! We cleaned ALL the cages, hosed them down, washed the animals and did our best to keep them out of the mud that's still here. When i left today everything looked so clean and pretty (which i know won't last long, but it made me feel good) The sun is coming out so hopefully it will dry things out!
I was also permitted to start working with the lemurs! There are three different species here... Ring-Tailed, Black and White Ruffed, and Red Ruffed Lemurs! You are never to go in with the Ring-Tailed Lemurs! They are just a little to curious for their own good... so what we do is target train them! We teach them to go into a different section of the cage, which we can close off while we go in, and they will be rewarded! I am always surprised at how smart animals are and how quickly they pick up on things and learn them! The other two kinds of Lemurs won't hurt you so you can go right in with them :) which i did! I clean their cage and gave them their food! They were so much fun to be around. They would jump on my back while i was sweeping or mopping and just chill there! (At the end of the day i had all these lemur foot prints on the back of them shirt! i didn't want to wash it because it looked so cool!)
I'm enjoying Texas immensely :) and so far it has been a muddy, wet week.. nonetheless i am still smiling and loving every minute!