So very very tired

I walked into the cafe I go to for wireless internet, get through the door, and spot Joe and Amelia staring at me with amazed looks on their faces.
"What are you doing in my coffee shop?!" I asked.
"YOUR coffee shop? This is OUR coffee shop!"
Apparently they're living just outside Orillia working on shrikes and have been coming here for some time. We've always been here at different times until today though. So we had a nice chat and exchanged updates. Then as they were heading out, a familiar voice said "That sounds like a familiar voice!". And there was Sara, who went to Guelph and was in a few classes with me, and who thankfully admitted that she couldn't quite remember my name so I could then admit that I couldn't remember hers. So now I'm wondering if I'll run into anyone else before heading home!

I slept in until 1:20pm today and I'm still tired. We didn't get back to Centre until almost 11:30pm last night. We're doing shows at the Sudbury libraries all week, travelling back and forth every day. On top of that, we have our regular resort shows, and Dale and Jody (my bosses) are doing film work, so nobody at work is getting much rest this week. I'd already worked 6 days in a row before starting at 5:30am Monday. Thankfully, Laura took over driving halfway to Sudbury and I took a much need nap the rest of the way their. We had three shows, the last at 4pm, so we actually got back here while there was still light. Yesterday we had no such good fortune. The last show was at 6:30pm, and it's over 3 hours to get back to the Centre.

Since I'd already done one day in Sudbury, Krystal had taken the first shift driving. She'd asked me about how to get there, and I had assumed she knew more about the general route at the start than she did, and she'd assumed that I'd given all the details. So I fell fast asleep within about 30 seconds of getting into the truck, only to awake over an hour later with Krystal going "um, are we supposed to be here?" We were heading to North Bay since I hadn't mentioned anything about needing to take 169 through Gravenhurst to reach the highway. So I pulled out the map book and found a road to cut across, and we broke the speed limit by more that a little and were very thankful we'd left ourselves about 45 minutes extra drive time. We arrived 15 minutes before the first show.

There really isn't much to do in Sudbury, at least not with spending way too much money. So we spent most of the time between shows asleep in the truck. At our second show of the day, there was a reporter there from the local news station who filmed a lot of the show, and interviewed Krystal. She has family in Sudbury so I said she should do it since they'd be far more likely to see the piece than anyone I know. After the interview, which was less than 5 minutes, she decided she should have made me do it. All because she couldn't remember the falcon.

When Krystal and I arrived back at the Centre, which is normally deserted that late at night, there were vehicles everywhere and film equipment and actors and directors filled the building. We had to tuck animals back into their enclosures in between takes and then be super quiet. I was staring at Jody trying to figure out what was strange about her and finally realized she was wearing makeup. Jody said it was necessary to save wildlife.

Earlier in the day, Krystal and I received a rather frantic phone call from Laura about a salamander to be used in the film work. Jody had asked me to see if Jenny had one she could rent in case they couldn't find one, but I hadn't heard anything since saying there was one. Apparently Jody had called Jenny and arranged for me to take one with me in the morning, but since I got home so late and left so earlier, the message didn't get to me. So Laura called from the doorstep to see what was up since no one was home to let her in. I ended up giving her instructions on finding the spare key and getting the salamander from the basement. She was freaking out about "breaking and entering" even while I tried to explain that it's not B&E if someone who lives there tells you where the key is and says you can go in. And besides, in that house, even if someone did get home and "catch" her, it probably would have gone along the lines of:
"Oh hello, didn't know anyone would be here. I'm _____. So what are you here for?"
"A salamander eh? Yup, right in there. Say, why don't you take a couple of corn snakes too? No really, here you go. Want anything to eat? A swim?"
And then Laura would have left with a salamander, followed by yells of "you're SURE you don't want a corn snake? Boa maybe???"

Tomorrow is going to be another long day, but at least our first show isn't until 1:30pm instead of 10:30am, so I'll get to "sleep in". And I want some dinner so I'm going to head home.

The Experiment

The study failed due the experimenter's inability to remain an independent observer. This problem should have been noted and addressed prior to design and launch of said study, which was doomed to failure even before it was conceived. Her dependence on the faciliities for maintaining her own personal hygiene led to a breakdown in observations at approximately 11pm this evening, when she was supposed to be preparing for bed. Unfortunately, the result is that we will never know exactly how long it would have taken for another party to clean the washroom.