Birthday Surprise

Right so I had mentioned I had gotten a huge surprise for my birthday but I haven't had the chance to write about it...so here we go.

My favorite animal is tigers...white tigers especially, but they are all gorgeous creatures who deserve to be respected and admired and deserve to be roaming free. I'm a huge advocate for them and belong to the World Wildlife Organization...I wish I could do more with them and one day I will be traveling with them. Was supposed to go this past spring to the rainforest, but sadly, never made it...so anyway tigers...they're a huge part of my life, just like my dolls are, and have been with me since I can remember.

Well for my birthday my mother and brother are giving me a trip to florida where I can interact with a baby tiger. His name is Tony and he is about 15 weeks old. There's a zoo down there that allows people time to swim and play with him, not cheaply, but it's a once in a life-time type of experience because Tony is no longer allowed to interact with the public after January, at which time a little girl will take his place, but only until April. After that, the experience is being shut down.

So...yeah...we are trying to make it so we can leave the day after christmas and spend a few days down there and then come back.

All I could do was cry when I read the piece of paper handed to me on my birthday. It's...more than a dream come true...