I want to visit the penguins

I've been looking up the places I like to visit in Chicago online to see if they have Sunday hours, being that I work Saturdays. Everything is open! I really want to go visit the penguins at Shedd Aquarium. Five years ago I went to visit my sister. Just as we got there I got news my dad was taken to the emergency room because they thought he was having a heart attack. So a major damper was on trip, it was hard to have fun and be worried at the same time. It ended up they sent him home with one of those tape-recorder halters. They couldn't find nothing wrong with him, yet he was in excruciating pain. He went back to the emergency a few days later when I was home, they took him straight to surgery. His appendix was about to blow. Anyway, back to the penguins. I was pretty bummed when we got to their area, and there was a girl in a wet suit trying to squeegee the windows. The water actually comes to the middle of the window so you can see the penquins in and above the water. They were all curious as to what she was doing, so they were all swimming around her and floating around her. She was surrounded. You can tell she was young and was unnerved by it. She tried making a wave with her fore-arm to push them away, but no can do. The more rattled she got, the more curious they got. It was funny. Then one crapped in the water by her, and I almost peed myself laughing. I can't remember laughing so hard. I need a good laugh now. Nothing is going bad here or anything like that, but it's just been a constant mundane for so long.

Question!: How do you livin' up a conversation?
Answer!: Put a cop in the room!
A couple days ago a group of city workers came in. They wanted to upgrade all of their cell phones. Only problem is that the phone contract was in one of the co-worker's name who was not there. So these guys started plotting and scheming, and then a township cop came in. Then it got funny. The city workers got even more lively, throwing in a lot of "can you cover your ears for a few seconds, officer?", and "you really didn't hear that, officer". A couple came in that had been in before a couple days ago while this was all going on. The guy told me he didn't like my co-worker last time he was in. He said she was too abrasive. Well no duh. I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels like that! I'm getting a pretty thick skin from working there. So she was at work a couple days ago when the cop, the couple, and the city workers were there. She and the guy started to get into it a little bit, and the guy said, "officer, can you just step outside for a minute. Just give me sixty seconds!". I think he was ready to smash my co-worker in the mouth. Then she got all giddy and whispered to me "he got handcuffs!". The cop left after the upgrade to his phone was done, and the city workers went outside and plotted and schemed for another half hour. That's an up-side to this job, all the characters that come to the store.
Little dog is doing a little better today. His pee volume is up when he goes. Unfortunately, it's still in the kitchen.
Count yer blessings, Jen. Count yer blessings.