So you had a bad day… April 30, 2008

Okay, not so much bad, but long. My day started at 5:17 a.m. and still hasn’t ended at nearly 11 p.m. There’s no end in sight either, the whole place still needs picked up and the kitchen needs cleaned.

The kids were really trying today, mostly Beth, really. All she did, all friggin’ day, was WHINE. Everything warranted a whine, appparently: Boy is playing with a toy she was thinking [silently] about playing with, she doesn’t want to sit on the couch (even though she put herself there), she wants milk but we’re out, she wants juice but I don’t give her juice, she wants a snack but she just had one so mommy says no, she wants to watch Dora but it’s not on any of the Nik channels right now, she wants to feed the fish but mommy just fed them…the list goes on and on.

Then, I finally get to nap time and she refuses to sleep! I don’t know what it was with her today, but she just had a neverending spool of CRAP to throw in my general direction. Plus, I was tired. I actually got five consecutive hours of sleep last night (thank you, Baby Boy, for not needing a binky re-plug!) and I think it messed with my internal clock because I woke up exhausted. Then I got two bright-eyed-and-bushy-tailed preschoolers screaming and chasing each other back and forth the length of the apartment. It just made for a very long day for me.

In other news, tomorrow’s payday so I can finally get a new filter and an algae eater for the fish tank! It’s been making me sad to watch those fish swimming in cloudy water, two of them with apparent swim bladder problems (they have an unmistakeable buoyancy when they’re not swimming, especially the moor), and there’s algae all over the tank decor. I realize the algae eater may get huge in our little tank, but something’s gotta give. Also, we’re considering a larger, all-glass tank. We have one of those cheap acrylic ones now, and it has a tendency to leak from the top of someone so much as lifts the top off. Not a good sign of structural integrity!

So that’s what’s new in The Fish Report. I should start a blog for them, since I’m evidently obsessed with them. Funny thing is, until we got these little buggers, I didn’t much care for fish, unless it was broiled in butter and on a plate in front of me! Now I feel like their my wet, gilled, slightly (and unintentionally) mistreated friends. I actually stuck a finger in the water last night to see if they’d nibble on it. They didn’t. But I hope they recognized the friendly gesture. I’ve never touched a live fish…sticking my finger in the water was a big step for me!

*sigh*

That’s all for tonight. Happy shopping, paying off bills, or hording with your tax rebates my faithful readers! And here’s hoping you get your money soon, if you haven’t already.