like all things, they come to an end

I can't believe the summer has ended! :( I will definitely miss the zoo and Omaha. This whole summer has been such an amazing experience. I have learned so much more than I was expecting. I was able to make some new friends, both humans and zoo animals, build memories and skills I would need to be in the zoology field. Achieving this summer's internship was just one part of my journey to complete my degree as a piece of my life. However, like I also learned as well, I am still only at the beginning. There is still a lot of work to be done. Now I need to make even bigger goals to keep my drive and spirit going.

Sad day leaving the zoo :(

Even though I am at home now, but not for long, it still has not hit me yet that the zoo is over. I miss all of my animal and human friends! However, they are all still with me in my heart. I'll never forget my experiences with them all. They all shaped and helped me learn all the ins-and-outs of the zoo life. But don't worry though, the same Jill everybody knew before I left is still there. She just got a little bit of exotic animal in her though. I'll have to show the humans how to "move it, movie it" like we do in the exhibit, Expedition Madagascar. I'll sure miss those lemurs!

Like all things, they do come to an end eventually, but at least we can start a new good thing. I look forward to my Sr. year of college and fulfilling new goals as mentioned before. I also do look forward to completing the connections I have made in Omaha and bring it back to UW-Platteville to help our university become a stronger department in Zoology. If I can pull this off, it would be awesome way to say, "thank you," to my school and help our Biology/Zoology department grow.

Now I guess it's back to the other side of the Midwest and normal clothes. However, I'll still keep that wild heart! Until we meet again Omaha!