Weekend Wrap Up.

Currently sitting in my weekly docent class, learning about taxonomy. Little known facts such as aardvarks, hyraxes, and elephants all belonging to the same family? species? order? Something. Either way, it's very surprising to think a small rabbit-sized animal is closely related to the largest living land animal.

Sitting through this presentation and seeing the hundreds on unique animals across the globe has convinced me of 3 things:

1) I need to go get my B.S. in Biology.

2) I need to live in Africa, Asia, or South America. Maybe not for the rest of my life, but definitively for a couple years.

3) Piloerection is not as naughty as you might think. Neither is a dik dik.

Whether or not I actually switch careers is still to be decided.

I love tech and will never grow tired of the thousands of innovations being developed almost daily. I love just being around tech.

I also enjoy the start-up environment surrounding tech. It's chaotic, stressful, but ultimately rewarding.

Yet seeing animals like the Giant Pangolin on a slide and wishing like hell I could observe it in the wild...study it...even have it as a pet (yes, I know this is "wrong", but still!), tells me I'm also driven by another passion entirely.

There are so many other interesting animal species I'd love to spend years observing, studying, understanding, or protecting, it's also a little over-whelming. Especially when I'm building my career in a completely different direction.

Ideally there's a role combining both my loves into one thrilling career. Finding that role, however, will take some work.

If you're reading this and have words of wisdom for me, leave it in the comments. Or email me.