happening at the zoo?
Jul. 13th, 2009 10:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
adrian_turtleIn all this time I've been living alone and out of work, I haven't gone to the zoo. When somebody visits from out of town, it doesn't seem like a good use of our limited time together. And I've just never thought of the zoo as a solo expedition. But the news that budget problems may cause Zoo New England to shut down altogether is sharpening my vague fondness for the Franklin Park Zoo, making me want to go back sooner than "maybe someday."
Looking over my LJ-list, I realize that quite a few of you live fairly nearby, and are unemployed or working irregular schedules. Would any of you like to get together and go to the zoo sometime? Maybe next Monday, if the weather cooperates? (I'd been thinking of it as difficult to get there, because previous trips seemed to take forever, with getting lost and traffic jams and carsickness, but now I see it's only 45 minutes on the T from Harvard Square. It might even be possible to arrange driving better, with more schedule flexibility and a GPS.) I'd also like to mention that my idea of "getting my money's worth" for something like zoo admission does not mean trying to look at every animal in the park, nor does it mean staying for the full 7 hours the zoo is open. I have a better time if I rest when I'm tired and leave when I've had enough, though I'm comfortable with, "Have a good time with the kangaroos, and I'll meet you back here."
Looking over my LJ-list, I realize that quite a few of you live fairly nearby, and are unemployed or working irregular schedules. Would any of you like to get together and go to the zoo sometime? Maybe next Monday, if the weather cooperates? (I'd been thinking of it as difficult to get there, because previous trips seemed to take forever, with getting lost and traffic jams and carsickness, but now I see it's only 45 minutes on the T from Harvard Square. It might even be possible to arrange driving better, with more schedule flexibility and a GPS.) I'd also like to mention that my idea of "getting my money's worth" for something like zoo admission does not mean trying to look at every animal in the park, nor does it mean staying for the full 7 hours the zoo is open. I have a better time if I rest when I'm tired and leave when I've had enough, though I'm comfortable with, "Have a good time with the kangaroos, and I'll meet you back here."
