Those were my frustrating times. And the budget, preparing the budget every year, was the most difficult task. Fortunately, I had a good staff. I had a staff that could do that for me, at least outline it, and then I would have to do final approval or whatever. Those were the frustrating times. Sometimes if I’d had hair, I woulda torn it out. I mean, I know it’s what it takes to run a zoo and it’s necessary, but what I wanted to do the most was be at the zoo, be with the animals, be with the people, see all these students coming in, see these docent tours going around, see these zoo classes going, see people worried about animals, and not be worried about stupid budgets and stuff. But I know we had to do that.
