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My Life Thus Far
2008-03-27 07:02:23 (UTC)

Sometimes I Lose Sight Of Me

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I don't feel like writing. All I really want to do is take
a bath and finish my book. Since Snookums has been gone,
I've been reading so much more than I usually do. I've got
24 pages left in a 444 page book I've been trying to read
for the past month. I'd read a page here, a page there,
but never got past the second chapter. Sometimes I lose
sight of me, being a wife and mother. This week has been a
chance for me to reconnect with things that I like. Mainly
reading.

I slept better than I have in awhile, last night. Which
made for a much better day today. I still procrastinated,
because there were things I didn't want to do (who wants
to pay bills?), but I eventually got a move on and did
what I had to do.

A sad event befell our household today. Courtney (our
goldfish) died. I stopped by Petco today on a whim and
bought her new tank gravel. Honey almond (colored) sand,
because I read that goldfish like to sift. I also bought
her some more specialized food (other than the usual fish
flakes). When I got home, I went to her tank to change her
water and feed her some of her new food, but I couldn't
find her. She wasn't in the filter or in her usual spot by
the plants. Eventually I did find her. She was pinned up
against the side of the filter bottom (the part that sucks
up water) and a big aquarium rock. I don't know how it
happened. I think Zoe might have been messing with the
tank, because it was askew on the counter. I can't prove
that, so Zoe gets to live. I got Courtney out from under
the rock and she was still breathing, but she had a big
dent in her side. It's not like I could take her to the
vet (if I could, I would have). I just said my goodbyes. I
put a little memorial on my myspace blog. I'm sure
everyone will get a laugh out of that, but I'm really sad
she's gone. I'll miss her. We were just starting to get to
know each other. Snookums says we'll get another fish. I'm
waiting for a few days. Courtney deserves a mourning
period.

Okay, it's bath time! My favorite time of day! Ciao until
tomorrow.




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