I'm already very much looking forward to my family's trip to Chicago the day after Christmas (most of my extended family lives in that area - my dad's brother and his family live in Arizona, my mom's parents are in Arkansas, we're in Kansas, and I think the rest of the family is in the Chicago area - and my dad is one of five siblings, so we have a lot of extended family). In particular, I'm
really looking forward to a trip to the Shedd Aquarium. We go to Chicago every year, and every time the people there complain that either they just went to the Shedd or they don't have a membership and want to go somewhere they do instead, and I'm the only one who really wants to go to the Shedd, but this year my mom has noticed this as well and will insist for me, since I'm not good at standing up for myself, that we go.
I've come to the realization that I'd really like to be a marine biologist, except that I have
major sensory issues with cold temperatures and the transition between dry and wet, and I get migraines with changes in pressure. I'm particularly fascinated by deep-ocean creatures of all kinds, and also a big fan of sharks. I used to adore dolphins as well, but I had to watch a documentary about dolphin slaughter in an environmental science class in high school, and ever since then, I can barely even look at them anymore
