Number 8's Revelations, Mistakes, and New Methods

[Number 8]

I obviously have to take this one piece by piece.

TEN - Ok... It appears you're MIA again, but I'm only going to be updating my thread sporadically. I need a break from this place, to be me... HOWEVER, I will DILIGENTLY check YOUR thread... You truly make my day when I log on and see an update.

You and your MIA! I didn't go MIA, though I guess I did go dark on you for a little bit. Here's why: Three? Four? Five? days ago, I went to the pet store to see if I needed to buy anything. While I was there, I purchased three lovely, shiny goldfish to go in an aquarium I had at home. I had an empty aquarium (turtle uses the BIG one) because the lizards H bought me for my 30th birthday went on to meet their maker.

I took my fish home and began to set up my aquarium. I had water that I had pre-drawn in the event I purchased some fish, so everything was ready. [Side note: I love fish, and I've had them many times before. I decided I wanted some after I have taken good care of the fish I have on my iQuarium app.] I put my carefully chosen rocks and temple ruins in the bottom, filled the aquarium, and set my new pets free.

An hour later, I wondered why there was water on the floor. That would be from the crack in the aquarium, I learned.

I made a caulk-like paste to slow the leak (which actually worked) until I could get another 10-gallon aquarium.

I visited the pet store again yesterday and somehow ended up with a 20-gallon aquarium and 9 additional fish.

I tell you all this because I have been working on making a comfortable home for my new fish pets, and I've lost track of time as I have sat in front of the aquarium, watching them swim and show their appreciation for the delicious flake food I've fed them. Maybe I should start setting a timer when I sit down to watch them.

A few comments/giggles:

--- Those beans ain't gonna pick themselves (CLASSIC!) LoL BTW, I hate to grocery shop, w/the worst kind of hatred you can imagine. I'd almost rather pick something.

WOULD YOU? Would you like for a half-deaf elderly individual to wake you up at the crack of dawn, criticize how long it took you to get to her home, disapprove of your bean-picking clothes, tell you that you don't pick quickly enough, and then tell you that in two days 50 more bushels will need to be picked? Oh, get down here QUICKLY. I'll change your mind about this in a snap.

--- For a second there, I thought YOU might be eating that TWO CHEESEBURGER meal on your own! I got excited! TEN is eating!

Ha ha ha ha! Get down here so that I can slap you and wrestle you to the ground. I may be skinny, but I'm freakishly strong.

--- Seven years, huh? Seriously, who keeps track?

Exactly! This may be a lie, and here's why I think this--the weekend my grandmother got out of the hospital from having a stent put in (about 3 or so years ago), I came to be the dutiful caretaker at her home. We made a grocery list, and I had to veto many choices she suggested based on her newly suggested diet and the voluminous literature from the hospital. I left so that I could get her new prescriptions filled and do her grocery shopping. She and boyfriend had no idea that I was so efficient because they never expected me to come back and catch them eating Burger King whoppers and fries. When I walked in the kitchen, I was speechless, and boyfriend tried to cover his burger with his hands. I looked at him and said, "What are you DOING? You KNOW she can't have this!" He shrugged and said, "She said she wanted a cheeseburger as soon as you left. I figured she was hungry." I was LIVID. I also thought it was HILARIOUS.

--- My question: Why take your glasses off to mow? AND, why set them down in the grass you're mowing? AND, are the rows straight if he doesn't wear glasses?

That's what I thought. If you wear your glasses ALL THE TIME, then wear them when you mow! I guess she's not concerned about straight rows in her yard. She used to have a GOAT who did her mowing, if you recall.

--- Boyfriend in the GV frames! LMAO

I am soooooooo sorry that I missed this. If I wouldn't go insane, I'd hang out there more so that I didn't miss things like this.

--- Peaches next, huh? LOVE THEM!

I USED to like peaches. I hate them now. I almost cried when I looked at that tree. The only thing worse is when I used to have to pick blackberries. I'd rather take a good beating than do that.

I miss you terribly.

The end.

I miss you! I'll check in on the alt now that my fish are out of my direct line of vision.

The end.