Things that are Certain

Death and Taxes, both accomplished within nearly 24 hours of each other.

Poor Levi died yesterday morning, I wished for a few moments last night that I would (I don't think I can have shellfish anymore... this makes me very very sad...), and our taxes are done this morning. Sizable refund coming, which will be very, very nice.

I reaffirmed last night that fencing while very tired is a Bad Thing. Besides reaction times being way, way off, minor bumps that would not normally throw me off become serious-feeling injuries, and make me miserable. A little poke on the thumb (delivered with surgical precision, I may add) ended my evening. Pathetic. Probably shouldn't have even gone to practice, but J offered to drive, and it did feel good to do what I was able to do. Just need some more sleep, and probably to get up and walk around more during the day. Sitting in front of a monitor will suck out your soul. I want spring now, please. I've got so many things I want to do in the garden...

Music be the food of Love

Eros, fishy of luv
Originally uploaded by gshower7

Play on, Play on. Jaerv, or Djärv, is on my playlist right at the moment. New wonderful group, and as far as I can tell, not available on Amazon, so folks will have to find them somewhere else... anna_mickel wrote about them here, and delivered me the CD last night, and I adore them. She's right; kindof a mellower, swede-ified version of Great Big Sea. Beautiful.

I did find a new finny friend... went to WalMart and two different pet stores before I found one (freezing cold winter weather must cause shipping delays, for good reason...), but he is home now. Eros is a crowntail betta, like Louie, but white with red fins, with just a hint of blue in them. Cute. Small. I forget how tiny they are when they first come home with me (Levi was an older fish when I bought him, I am sure of it). There were only five in the store, and he was the perkiest, and brightest. The other four were varying shades of red; his immediate neighbor looks like he'd have been more colorful once he was home somewhere and happy, with light blues and greens in the body. His eyes were also multi-colored; blue on the bottom, red on the top. Hopefully he will not stay there too long.

Quite happy; I had hoped to find another crowntail, and did not really want to go to the shop in South Portland, where I know the usually have some.

ETA: There is also a beautiful, INCREDIBLY friendly, chirpy, lovey, shorthair gray and white, 4 year old, female kitty at the PetQuarters in Windham... her name is Lyla, and she would be in my lap right this moment, I think, if not for that pesky no-pets clause in our lease... so if there's anybody out there looking for a darling cat, I've got a good feeling about that one... needs to be an only-cat, however...