Diary of a Dreamer

Hey, i'm Lori! I made this blog in hopes of having a digital scrapbook so to speak for my journey of working in the Marine Mammal field, whether its training or rehabilitation. I volunteered with horses, im a dog caretaker at a cageless dog boarding facility, and last summer I had the amazing opportunity working as an intern at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium working hands on with Sea turtles and Nurse Sharks :) I love to meet new people so dont be afraid to send me a message!

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Hey guys! I know I don't blog on here much, I've become more of a silent stalker LOL UPDATE: I am a SeaTurtle rehab volunteer, and Nest sitter. I am also working as staff as hospitality at my aquarium as well! I am loving life and climbing to my goals. Speaking of goals, I am also starting school back up in January(hopefully still in The middle of applying and such) to finish my Psych online ANND I am starting my second job tomorrow as well at a organic food market. You can say I'm a busy bee. Lol If you know me, you will know that I have always wanted to get healthier and lose a lot of weight for my career and I have kinda stumbled upon a program through trainers and animal care at work called beach body and did some clean eating challenges and I kinda love it. So I took a scary leap and became a coach and now here I am with a potential to lose a lot of weight the healthy way and make somewhat of a business out of it as well. I'm very self conscious about my body but I will be posting updates about my progress online and I hope some of you could join me for support? I am in no way wanting you all to buy or get forced into my beachbody, but I honestly would like some animal peeps support because I'm seriously nervous about putting myself out here. Any who here's my other account if you would like to follow my progress:3 https://www.tumblr.com/blog/loris-fitness-goals

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Axolotl Song:

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Personal entry:p What should I do to my hair?! I need other opinions because I cant make up my mind.. Note: I am NOT chopping it all off.. just a few inches of split ends. Darker? Lighter? What cut and style? Hopefully some of you beauty blogs can give me an idea of what would best suit me! Thanks all!

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My new beardie! It’s been over a year now with Hook, so it was time. She was a surprise present from my boyfriend (after I found her lol) If you are wondering, she is a Hypo Transleather :) Everyone…meet Envy!

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(cont.).. so do you know anywhere that doesn't need any letters of recommendation? that might be highly unlikely, but i'd rather try for internships for summer instead of taking on some summer job at a grocery store or what have you. thanks so much!! :)

Hmm, I honestly dont know of anywhere that doesnt need reccomendation letters. Even if they didnt ask for them its always good to send SOME sort of letter in so you stand out(especially during the summer since its so competitive) I would see if you could go back to the shelters or stables that you volunteered at and get some sort of reccomendation from them. It really would help you a ton! And dont worry thats how I got my first one.. shelter, stables, and I created a marine conservation club at my high school. Thats all the experience I had.. I got my dog job the same day I got accepted at CMA so that wasnt even on my resume yet. Good luck on everything and I will keep an eye out on any internships that they dont have mandatory reccomendation letters, but I highly reccomend you try getting at least one :)

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dynamicoceans: Quick turn by ysksmz on Flickr.

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Its been seven years since I heard that my childhood hero died. He was such a wildlife advocate and conservationist that he inspired millions around the world to open up their lives to animals. Any animal he ever met whether it be a elephant to a beetle, he brought himself equal and level to that animal. My dream when I was 7 was to meet him at his zoo, and I plan on doing that before I die by going to see his animals. He was the reason why I chose my road that I am on now; and that is why he still remains one of my biggest heroes. RIP Steve ; CRIKEY

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8 years now... :'(

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This shit better work

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HAH I REBLOGGED THIS LAST NIGHT AND LOOK WHAT I GOT FROM MY DAD TODAY OUT OF THE BLUE

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what if we all got paper lol

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GUYS I REBLOGGED THIS LAST NIGHT AND I JUST GOT $150 

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I am not even kidding but I am reblogging this twice in a row because I just got $275.

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Behind the scenes areas where normal guest do NOT get to see. This is the Rehabilitation areas all along the side and behind the actual "park". Here you have a surgical room (this specific one was for birds and otters I believe), 300 a pilot whale that was being rehabbed, some rehab turtles, and manatees, fish food house, and a inside look of their emergency vehicles/rescue boats look like :)

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Just some pictures that were taken when I did the Marine Mammal Keeper program a couple of years ago :)

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Some of my SeaWorld Orlando pics from last Christmas! 12/21/13

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Mom and baby nursing again <3

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Frank meet my new human friend! Com' errrr! Lol seriously though this guy loved me for some reason!

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Are you going to answer me?! Nevermind i'll just try eating your hair nstead. :)

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Hi human manatee looking thing how are you?

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Ahh why not embarass myself a bit? Here you go guys <3