2nd Anniversary

Well, Dane and I made it two years! I just wanted to say how great he is and that I'm so glad we met each other! I feel like I am a better person because of him. He is very kind for putting me through school. I'm glad we have so many common interests and things have worked out. It's weird that we've known each other for six years. When I first met him in Germany I thought he was the so funny and clever, I still think so:) Without him I would have never interned for the Smithsonian or gone to Maryland. He's very helpful and a  good listener. I love him. I really hope things work out with his degree and that he can find a career that makes him happy.

 For my birthday I was given a $25 gift Card for Macaroni Grill so we went there on Sunday.

For our Anniversary my sister and I  made rhubarb pie which  ended up tasting pretty good. The recipe is here. Next time I think I will try a strawberry/rhubarb pie. I also tried an artichoke shrimp linguine recipe which I thought was really good too. The recipe is here. I just didn't put any olives into it. 

Aquarium, Vet shadowing and Birthday

  I volunteer at  The Living Planet Aquarium now it has been pretty fun. It's a little scary having people ask  all these questions and not knowing all the answers but otherwise it has been great. I keep learning more and more which is the best part.
  I started shadowing a Veterinarian a little bit too. I am actually really glad I found this guy I went to about ten Vets before him and found nobody. Most of them said leave your resume and then that's all I heard from them. If I ever have an animal in Utah County I want to take my pets to him. The whole shadowing/ volunteering thing has been a frustrating ordeal. I'm pretty sure every Vet school you are going to find is going to require Vet clinic hours. In Maryland I got a lot of emails giving out jobs to work at a vet clinic without needing experience. The job was there to give you experience. In Utah just volunteering is hard to come by. I'm still not sure if I want to be a Vet, the job seems fine I just really liked working at the endocrine lab for the Smithsonian. Maybe I will just go into research instead?
  Dane surprised me last week for my birthday by taking me to the Scottish Festival & Highland Games  It was a surprise I didn't even know that was going on that weekend.  I had a really good time. We watched some athletic tournaments. It was amazing what some of those guys could lift and throw. We watched a lot of Irish Step Dancers. They had all these booths with people that had ancestors from Scotland. We found clan Macleoud :) Dane and I both tried haggis which I thought was really gross. I think Dane thought it was okay. Dane bought me this really nice purse which I wouldn't have let him buy had I known he had a gift waiting for me the next day.
 The next day my mom had a barbeque for our family and Dane's family. I had a good time and thought it was really nice of them to all come and for my mom to do the barbeque.

Clan Macleoud flag

 Relief Society gave me a lemon cupcake for my birthday.