Week 4

Today was my most eventful day so far. I got a call from my mentor that she needed me to bring her work gloves in the stairwell of the parking garage next to the museum. I brought them to her and found that she came across the cutest little kitten ever (pictured below), separated from its family and injured. I instantly fell in love with this kitten, and felt awful for the kitten as it was injured and scared. I helped my mentor carefully put the kitten into a crate and they are going to take him to animal services to help him get better. It feels good to know that I am not just an intern at this museum...but also a hero.

As for my internship, I am working on a new curriculum guide about primates, which I am thoroughly enjoying. Monkeys have always been my favorite animal so learning about them has been fun. We have also been doing some inventory stuff in the classroom. While it is kind of tedious, it is nice to get out of the office and move around a little bit.

I also helped with the Junior Volunteer training this weekend, and I really enjoyed that. It was a lot of interacting with the 12-17 year old kids, which I enjoyed. My mentor let me lead one of the activities during the training as well, so that was fun. Doing these activities with so much interaction with the kids makes me very excited for camp to start up next week.