I believe in ecological restoration, that is, the removal of invasive species of plants and animals to assist the indigenous flora and fauna. As part of this movement, David and I are volunteers with Vancouver Parks in the Turtle Nest Monitoring program. This program assists the indigenous and red-listed (endangered) Western Painted Turtle by monitoring their nest laying. The nesting season has come to an end this year, and we look forward to doing it again next year. In the meantime, the biologists need more nest cages in order to protect the turtles' eggs from predators. As with most things regarding the environment, the government has cut a lot of money out of the budget for the park. So, in order to get the materials to make the cages, we're going to have to fund-raise. David and I have a few ideas that we will be presenting to the biologists. I'm rather excited about the prospect of raising funds for this cause. It will be interesting to see how the road will twist, turn and finally end up at on this journey.
For the next few months my Psychologist wants me to write down my experiences that suggest that my core beliefs about myself are not 100% true all the time. Every time this happens throughout my day I am to log the experience. By the time I see her in a few months I will probably have at least 100 such experiences logged. The idea is that I will have evidence that my core belief about myself is not true. She was amazed at how many changes I have made since the last time I saw her. I quit smoking and it's been a month now, I have started training for the Breast Cancer fundraiser, and I have started this blog. She was absolutely astounded and didn't feel that I needed a lot of homework besides the core beliefs exercise.
Tomorrow I'm back with Boot Camp Queen for kickboxing! Bring it on!
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