Whee! I just got back from spending the morning at a restoration project down at Border Field State Park. It was really fun! It was set up right along the border fence, with groups working on either side. So while we were planting in the US, we could look over at the kids planting in Mexico. THAT was cool. :)

We were there to supervise kids planting native plants at the event. There was a killdeer nest with eggs in the middle of the planting area, and we were trying to stay clear of it so that she'd sit on her eggs and not let them get too cold. And of course, just to make my life confusing, I was the one that ended up with the section with the killdeer nest. :P So I spent the morning with two park rangers, frantically trying to do all those plants so we wouldn't have the public hanging around the nest. In the process, I managed to get a blister the size of Manhattan on my palm, and set my other hand down on a really spiky bush that hurt me. :P And somehow I ended up being reccommended for a Cal State Parks internship. My professor was talking with the ranger who's hiring interns (a friend of hers), telling him he needed to hire me. :P Woo!

I had a blast, though! Later in the program I got a big group of kids from Tijuana. They were great! Their teacher said the reason they came over to the US side of the event is because she wanted the kids to see that the environment doesn't change at the border, and also give the kids a chance to practice their English and to gain confidence in speaking it. They were really fun! They really got into the work.

How do I always manage to turn on the TV in the middle of the walk-off part of Zoolander? :P