aaahh happy birthday!!

Happy birthday! I hope your day's been going great :)

Happy birthday! What's it like to be 15? (Toootally not asking for life advice for myself, toootally XD) I'm glad you don't think you're "too old" for the CB or something, because I'm really glad to have you around : ) 

Happy (belated) birthday!

Happy (late, sorry) birthday!

nooo, I'm late :( I hope you had a great birthday !!

1. My class has been raising money for Ukrainian refugees and internally displaced people, and we're up to $10,665.77. (At least that much; we were just selling the produce we grow and products we make at a farmer's market and people donated there too, but that's not factored into the figure above)

2. The fact that scambaiters exist. Scambaiting is the term for scamming a scammer so that they can't steal from anyone else, at least not for a while. Classic scambaits include calling them and then just wasting their time, deleting their files, hacking their CCTV footage and then using that to scare them into not scamming people, and even tracking specific scammer bosses and getting them arrested. You can look up some examples; the whole idea is really awesome. 

3. I was working at the farmer's market mentioned above, and this lady was walking through with a bearded dragon just chilling on her shoulder. Also, one of my teachers (who wasn't manning the stand) came by with her two adorable huskies and brought gummy bears and fizzy water for everyone working the stand. She is the actual best.

4. The cave that my class is excavating (I detailed this a little more in a previous post) is going really well! It's about ten feet deep and probably eleven feet across, and we saw our first troglophilic life form! It was a scorpion, so that was kind of terrifying at first, but it means that we getting pretty deep into the cave. 

I'm going to Kentucky this summer! I am so happy! Her have some adorable facts about dogs

1. Dogs have a sense of time.
It's been proven that they know the difference between a hour and five. If conditioned to, they can predict future
events, such as regular walk times.

2. Your dog is as smart as a two year old! Ever wonder why children around this age seem to have a special bond with the family dog? It could
be because they speak the same language, roughly 250 words and gestures in fact.

3. A study at the UCSD claims that your dog can genuinely get jealous when they see you display affection for another creature.

4. Dachsunds were
originally bred to fight badgers.

5. Stray in Russia have learned how to ride the complex subway system, and get off at
specific stops in search of food.

6. Your dog can smell your feelings. In fact, your dog’s sense of smell is approximately 100,000 times better than yours. So it shouldn’t be
shocking that they can in fact, smell things such as fear. When a human is fearful, they perspire, and a dog is easily
able to pick up on this change.

7. Newfoundlands make great lifeguards because they have water-resistant coats and webbed feet.

8. Dalmatin puppies
are born completely white, they develop their spots as they get older. 

9. Petting a dog can actually benefit your physical
and mental health. Studies have shown that petting a dog for 15 minutes can lower
blood pressure by 10%, can help lower feelings of stress, depression, and combat loneliness.

10. A dogs nose is wet because it helps to absorb scent chemicals.

11. Bluey, an Australian cattle dog, is recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as
the oldest dog to ever live. Bluey lived to be 29 years 5 months old and lived from 1910 to 1939.

12.  Dogs can be trained to to detect cancer and other diseases in humans. Cancerous
cells release different metabolic waste products than healthy cells in the human body. Dogs may even be able to sniff
out cancer cells simply through smelling someone’s breath.

13. Three dogs survived the historical sinking of the Titanic in 1912. Two Pomeranians and 1 Pekingese - all from
First Class cabins.

15. Do you have a dog that experiences seporation anxiety? Try leaving some clothing with him that you’ve worn. It’s been proven that
the scent you leave behind on your clothes can help ease your dog’s separation anxiety.

17. All puppies are born deaf. As they get older, they can hear 4 times better than humans can.

18. Dogs don’t sweat, instead they pant
to cool themselves.