Boy, I have pretty much decided that people who own aquariums must love real-life drama. I'm serious when I say this because I thought, when we took home our very own and got it all started, that it would be everything that it hasn't turned out to be.
Last night, our Bamboo Shrimp, Lucky Stripe, aka "Jumbo" got out. And Godot did too. I only know this because this morning Girlfriend came around my side of the bed, tugged at my sleeping arm and said "Mom, I'm not sure if Jumbo molted on my bathroom floor or if Jumbo somehow got into my bathroom."
This bathroom we're talking about is about 25 feet from the aquarium.
And then I looked into the tank (after seeing Jumbo there on her floor) and I realized Godot was missing too. We only had that frog for about a week and let me tell you, he grossed me out plenty. He'd hide for ages (hence his name) or hang out in his cave with his four limbs planted on the four corners and stare back at me. Maybe he was plotting his getaway but problem is, he's now missing too and we haven't found him.
I will surely die a thousand deaths if I step on something squishy in the middle of the night.
Or maybe he plotted with Lucky Stripe, aka Jumbo, for a getaway while I wasn't looking and he became Loretta's snack. Ugh.
Never ending freshwater aquarium drama, I tell you. I should contact a local freshwater magazine and ask if they want an aquarium columnist who specializes in wonky ph balance, escaper and swimming sideways stories.
On knitting news. Well, there's plenty, but it isn't half as interesting as what is going on in and around that dang tank.
1. I'm knitting my first chemo cap. This one is jaunty. It's not for me but for a family member.
2. I think yarn bombing is a waste of time.
3. I will not knit a cozy for that tank.
4. I have officially spent 8 hours knitting one 4-inch swatch. It wasn't a good time.
5. The chicken is almost done so I have to wrap this up.
6. Knitted socks are completely underrated. Especially the ones that are just stockinette.
7. When your husband wears them till they die, it is a compliment.
8. When your daughter wears them till they die it is even more of a compliment.
9. People, knit socks for your loved ones. And don't use worsted weight yarn.
That is all for today.
Except this: I probably won't be able to eat shrimp again. For your eyes only: Jumbo, aka, Lucky Stripe, on Girlfriend's bathroom floor. (How the heck did he get there?)
my sister and i tried to raise crickets one summer-i don't remember why-until my mom opened the jars to see what they were... all 10 of them.
i guess she got her revenge when our cat left me one half of a mouse outside the bedroom door. being extremely nearsighted, i naturally found it with my bare feet on the way to the bathroom -- gah, dance around squealing.
socks are great! i pick out funky yarn and wear them when i teach, and knit on them when i give exams. i am an adjunct so i don't get an office, but i can carry socks in my backpack, which is my office.
skubitwo
Posted by: sharon lee | July 26, 2012 at 06:08 PM
If you knit a cozy for the tank, none of the creatures would be able to get out. Just sayin'.
Posted by: zibeline knits | July 27, 2012 at 09:53 AM
I, too, am conflicted about yarn bombing. I think it is a waste of time for me to knit that...but I do love seeing it. Makes me smile.
re travelling aquarium dwellers....eeeeuuuu!
Posted by: Leticia | July 27, 2012 at 10:27 AM
Yarn bombing is a ridiculous waste of time! Cannot stand when someone who doesn't knit, learns that I knit and then asks if I knit/yarn bomb. Um, no.
Posted by: Francesca | July 28, 2012 at 02:20 PM
I know just how you feel.... When our daughter was in grade school, she had an aquarium, too. One day we put all her fish and little eel in the bathroom sink while we cleaned out the tank. Darn if the eel didn't jump down that little overflow hole in the sink. I'm sure that it ended up in Long Beach!
Posted by: Kathy at Knitting Off the Grid | July 28, 2012 at 05:29 PM
Yikes. I'd probably just move out of my house if aquarium creatures were on the loose, so good for you! I once had a beta fish that liked to attempt to jump to his death every time I had the lid off to clean his tank, and that was bad enough.
Posted by: Frizzy Knitter | July 30, 2012 at 08:58 PM
Yarn bombing! Yes it makes knitting seem like something weird or silly? What's wrong with learning how to knit properly and knit nice things.
Posted by: Chloe | July 31, 2012 at 02:50 PM
Does this mean you're still... tee hee... Waiting for Godot? I hope he makes an appearance...
I completely agree about yarn bombing! Waste of time, waste of yarn. And stockinette socks are all I knit. Socks are what I knit while I watch the kids play in the backyard or in the car while my husband drives. Plain stockinette socks are so perfectly portable, and wonderfully soothing and mindless!
Plain stockinette is underrated, IMHO.
Posted by: Sara | July 31, 2012 at 03:15 PM
Yes, waiting for Godot. Still haven't found him or a carcass. I'm even scouting the dog poop. Oy.
Posted by: Wendy | July 31, 2012 at 06:59 PM
Old glassware.... It becomes a storage issue....and we don't talk about the yarn....
Posted by: Barb | August 02, 2012 at 08:48 PM