~Volunteering~

The weekend before last, May 27th, 2012, Dustin and I volunteered at the animal sanctuary in Broken Arrow. We welded a fence that is used to house lions on one side and a tiger on the other. It was quite the experience. We were in the lion's home while they were locked up in smaller cages while we worked. A big tiger was on the other side though and he wasn't a very nice tiger! On several occasions, he growled and acted mad that we were so close. The tiger hates men in baseball caps or sunglasses so he wasn't too fond of Dustin. At one point, Dustin was within feet of the original fence, welding the new fence, when the tiger came up behind him and growled. Of course that scared the crap out of Dustin but it gave everyone a good laugh. We worked for about 6 hours (it was hot)! But we got quite a bit done. They really needed the help. Dustin works with one of the guys who run the zoo and they are all so nice. His wife takes care of the animals there. They all do it for free, no one there gets paid. And they work their butts off. After we got done eating, the people who run it and live there cooked us steaks and other stuff. It was so delicious. It was some of the best steak that we've ever had. Dustin says it's in his top 3. I'd say so, too. The man who cooked the steaks used a seasoning called Daddy Hingles or something like that, I will have to get some and try to make some steaks even half as good. After we ate, we got a free VIP tour, just Dustin and I. We got to interact with the animals. I held a baby lemur, petted a skunk, fed the lemurs, held a fennec fox (so cute)! And held a kangaroo. My favorite part was when we were looking at monkeys and the lady told me that one of them only likes blonde women with big chests. So, I walked by him and he loved me! Haha out of nowhere, he grabbed his cup and threw water all over me! He does it to hear the women scream, he likes that! haha, pervert monkey. The tour lasted for awhile and we left around sunset. It was a wonderful day for Dustin and I. We were happy to do something that we had never done before and would probably never get the chance to do again. When we got home, we went right to bed because we were both so tired. The next day was Memorial Day, so Dustin was off. We just spent time together at home that day and enjoyed the rest. Last weekend, Dustin took off on Friday and we went out to dinner that night at Mexico Lindo. We both got something called Mexico Lindo steak. It was sooo good and only 10.99. We love that place. Recently, I've been cooking a lot, trying out new recipes. They've all been good, Dustin loves them. Our favorite so far is texas toast pizzas (which happen to be the easiest and the cheapest). Today is Friday again and I just got done cleaning at my Mom's house. I'm about to get ready to go home and cook Dustin lunch before he goes to work. I may try to go fishing early in the morning when he gets off work. We were going to go to Hogs and Hotrods tomorrow but I'm not sure if that will work with Dustin's schedule. He needs to get some good sleep. Tomorrow night, I'm going to spend some time with Lindley. She's going through a hard time right now and I miss her! We used to spend all Summer together when we were younger and when we were like 16-17. I miss that. Now she's 19 and I'm 21 and we're going to have a sleepover. Haha, sometimes we just need to act like little kids again!