Wildlife safari!

So. Turns out this whole week has been really rough. We are losing quite a few employees, a doctor, interns, and my supervisor at work by the end of the month. I have had a lot of trouble thus far feeling like I am able to get the support I need, and it really hit me Sunday night as I lay in bed dreading work after a really awesome weekend that I have two more months and no one at work I feel like is supportive and/or trustworthy. There is a lot of gossiping and the like, and it is just a really difficult environment. I think a lot of them are pretty good people, but in such a tense environment, even the nicest of folks will snap now and again. It is just a lot of poor communication, and a ridiculous power structure that results in my getting conflicting instructions from every direction. That being said! Here is a serene birdhouse and small rose garden a former employee installed. It is located right by our smoking patio. Great. But at least that means I get to look at it 3 times a day. :)

Here is the shrub I was trying to stealthily take a picture of the other day. It is a little sparse, but a really pretty color, especially against that grey wall, and in contrast to another pink shrub that wouldn't fit in the frame. 

Yard rooster! Sometime I am going to make a post of interesting yard things. 

Real chickens! I spotted them while I was driving, and paused to take a picture. There are three chickens there, but they kinda camouflage with the mulch.

I thought this flower was pretty awesome. I think it is an iris. I would like to see it unfolded.

Ok, so I saw a lot of bunnies today. So I have a few photos that are my favorites. Bunnies are hard to take pictures of because they run away really fast. I think this is a little rabbit couple. Notice the one on the left is scratching his ear with his foot!!

Here are two OTHER rabbits I saw across the street, right next to a cardinal and a robin! I couldn't get them all in one picture, so bunnies in one, birds in the next. 

 

The birds are tricky to see. Cardinal is the red dot a couple feet off the ground perched on a low branch in the far tree, and the robin is sitting on the driveway that runs between the trees.

I SAW A BABY BUNNY TODAY!! He is very little, hiding between the fallen, dried out Christmas tree, and the old toppled sofa. 

Squirrel perched on a stump! 

Bunny cottontail. :)

Looking like a storybook rabbit.

I like driving or walking under those trees. That is where I spotted those chickens.

I haven't done a great job keeping up with my goals, but I haven't just opted to drop them, so that is an improvement over my usual. I am going to help clean out my aunt's house tomorrow afternoon through Saturday, so I don't quite know how my exercise and photos will be, but I will just do my best and that will be enough. I am so glad I have y'all for accountability and encouragement purposes!! It totally is the reason I got back out today and didn't just "try to start over next week."

Oh! In other news, I was productive this afternoon!! After work I went to the pharmacy, the bank, the grocery store for diet coke and juice, and then took my walk! Woot. And it was one of those days when things worked out. I feel like when I run errands I hit obstacles along the way that drag me down, but not this time! So that was really encouraging. I started to clean my room a little bit, but started to feel a little sickly and stopped to relax and watch Netflix til it was time for roommate dinner time.