Butterfly Flower

This last week and the next few weeks are stress-filled. I only have one day left of classes (hoorayy!) but just around the river bend is a whole month of finals. Despite this impending doom, I have been rather unmotivated lately. I've got a pretty bad case of the end of semester lazies.

This all changed in the morning when I did something rather unheard of in the last week (or ever really, let's be honest).

I woke up before 10 VOLUNTARILY.

I have to say, it was worth it. I went with a few others to the "Butterfly Release" at the museum here in Dunedin. At 10:30 they release young butterflies for their very first flight after their transformation! They were released into the Tropical Forest section of the museum, rightly named as it is kept at a toasty 23.6 degrees Celsius or maybe it was 26.3, I don't remember, Celsius confuses me. Anyway the Tropical Forest came complete with waterfall and periodic thunder storms to keep the humidity high and the Kelseys sweating. It was faintly reminiscent of the weather in Thailand, well, except in Thailand I avoided close contact with pretty green areas where I was sure to be attacked by a 10 foot snake hungry for my blood. Multiple levels of stairs, a swing bridge, Koi pond, huge rainforesty trees and plants, bright flowers, birds, and geckos created this beautiful, hot, pseudo tropical realm.

Once the butterflies are released, a lot of them are quite sleepy. I can imagine, they've been through a lot! For some reason, I looked like a comfy resting place. I had butterflies on my hands, my foot, my back, my chest, even my hair a few times. It's a good thing I'm not that ticklish. Initially shocked at the butterflies' attraction to me (they weren't as friendly with the others) I quickly solved the mystery--I told you I'm basically Harriet the Spy. That morning in my half-asleep zombie routine, I had dabbed on some perfume from Bath & Body called "Butterfly Flower"--now that is truth in marketing! I'm going to look up online what other scents they have over at Bath & Body, because if they have something along the lines of "Aced Final" perfume, I'm overnighting it.

Overall, it was such a fun experience, I almost want to wake up at 9 tomorrow and go back! Then again, I'm pretty sleepy...

Cheers!