Hoooo nelly. I had my first volunteer work interview today. I don't know what got me so worked up that I was almost too nervous to walk. Is it the sort of gauntlet of application questions you have to work through? At yet the moment I stepped through the door it lifted, even though I had no clue where to go.

Luckily my interviewer was extremely amiable and it seems likely I'll get on. Then I'll have to take "Critter College" classes in August, and then really push myself to my limits to spend at least 5.5 hours each week teaching random passerbys about ocean life and our lovely aquarium. But after a year I could, just possibly, maybe, if the stars align, advance up to aquarist or something.

She also shared a story fit to warm the cockles of your black heart. The subject of fish donated to the aquarium come up, and I questioned that since it seemed odd for them to just accept fish from any sort of person. She then explained that she was able to give them two fish because she was one of their aquarists. However, they did have an incident where a boy discovered a small black-tipped reef shark in a small, empty tank in a fish store. He felt really bad for it, so he called and asked the aquarium if they would take the shark if he bought it. They said yes, so the boy did all the work he could to earn the $400 for the shark. It now swims in their second floor tropical exhibit. Awwwww.

Now to try aquarium NUMBAH TWO.