I've been having a blast playing Pokemon Go around town and during my international travels, and my friends and I all joined Team Instinct together. I even lucked out and got someone front Team Instinct as my giftee to hook up - I really love the spontaneous community that started up with this little game!

Now I'm not too far into catching 'em all, but I've always loved the Evee line of Pokemon. I'm a biologist myself, so adapting for different habitats when Evee evolves was perfect! (Plus they're darn cute, and reasonably powerful in the game!)

My Santa sent me a little travel sized Vaporeon, which is awesome because I get to do work with the marine environment sometimes! So thank you Santa for picking the best adapted evolution of my favorite Pokemon! Her ears are a little ruffled from the long trip, but I think I can give her a spa day and help her look gorgeous again.

Meet my Vaporeon, and a few of her Pokemon buddies she'll be joining in my travels!