Dad's toe looked pretty gnarly this morning so we went to the VA. He didn't have an appointment so we had to do the wait, wait, wait, wait thing. They looked at, bandaged it up and sent him home with antibiotics.
AARGH! Last night just before I went to bed I stopped to check on the crawdads to see if any of them were trying to crawl out. One of them had climbed up the tube and was near the top. One claw was waving in the air. I watched for a while to see if he would climb all the way out but he startled and fell down. As he was sitting on a rock one of the fish swam RIGHT UNDER HIM AND HE GRABBED IT AND SQUISHED IT!!!! I grabbed a fish net and started poking at him trying to get him to release it. He went completely rigid and wouldn't let go. Then that 49 cent crawdad started chowing down on that 5 dollar fish.
So, like, how the hell am I supposed to go to bed now???? Lindsay was still up so I went in her room for a while. Then Jim woke up because we were too noisy. I was still churned up from the Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdon event in my living room but I went to bed anyway.
Those crawdads are soooo going to Fairmount Park today.
Well the little buggers are swimming free now. I took them to Lake Evans. They can live out the rest of their murdering lives in scum and garbage.
Dean- They DO sell them at aquarium stores! I talked to the guy there about them and got special food and everything! I made the aquarium cover so they could get completely out of the water but wouldn't be able to totally escape. And this is how they repaid me.
It's too bad because they were so fun to watch. They're like little lobsters scurrying around the tank. They have personality! They were way more interesting than the fish. Someday it would be nice to try again but they'd have to have their own tank.
This morning Dad spilled a glass of water all over his pill box. It's one of those 7 day pill boxes that have 4 sections for each day. That's 28 little pill boxes full of pills and water. He's taking antibiotics for his toe and they were in there with his regular meds. We quickly dumped them all out onto a paper towel but a lot of them started dissolving right away. I think I managed to salvage the antibiotics. The rest of them are easily replaceable. Right now everything is spread out on that paper towel. I told him not to do anything with them and I'll deal with it later after everything dries. He can't keep his hands off of something that looks like it needs fixing so he'll probably try to put them back in the box. And of course he'll get it wrong.
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Did ya get a nap?
Nope. I zoned out in front of the computer.
AARGH! Last night just before I went to bed I stopped to check on the crawdads to see if any of them were trying to crawl out. One of them had climbed up the tube and was near the top. One claw was waving in the air. I watched for a while to see if he would climb all the way out but he startled and fell down. As he was sitting on a rock one of the fish swam RIGHT UNDER HIM AND HE GRABBED IT AND SQUISHED IT!!!! I grabbed a fish net and started poking at him trying to get him to release it. He went completely rigid and wouldn't let go. Then that 49 cent crawdad started chowing down on that 5 dollar fish.
So, like, how the hell am I supposed to go to bed now???? Lindsay was still up so I went in her room for a while. Then Jim woke up because we were too noisy. I was still churned up from the Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdon event in my living room but I went to bed anyway.
Those crawdads are soooo going to Fairmount Park today.
opdmf- officially pronounced dead, mo-fo
Bad crawdaddy, BAD! Even Jim from MOWK would have been taken aback.
euntz: When you can't enunciate
And Marlon would have been hiding in the bushes.
It was a pretty fish, too.
Well, the article on the web about crayfish DID say they were omnivorous. It just didn't say that they were gross.
I don't remember waking up because you were too loud, but then, sometimes I don't remember waking up, heh....
legadillo wrote:
"They should like it in Lake Evans. I remember there were crawdads in there when I was a kid."
That's right, and it took the city decades to completely eradicate them! (just kidding)
rdshbn - red shirt barn, where all the Star Trek extras shop for shirts!
Well the little buggers are swimming free now. I took them to Lake Evans. They can live out the rest of their murdering lives in scum and garbage.
Dean- They DO sell them at aquarium stores! I talked to the guy there about them and got special food and everything! I made the aquarium cover so they could get completely out of the water but wouldn't be able to totally escape. And this is how they repaid me.
It's too bad because they were so fun to watch. They're like little lobsters scurrying around the tank. They have personality! They were way more interesting than the fish. Someday it would be nice to try again but they'd have to have their own tank.
Ooh, and I fell right into his evil trap! Why didn't I see it?
Ooh, shrimpies! I'll tell Paige about the shrimpies!
Yes, but how do they taste?
This morning Dad spilled a glass of water all over his pill box. It's one of those 7 day pill boxes that have 4 sections for each day. That's 28 little pill boxes full of pills and water. He's taking antibiotics for his toe and they were in there with his regular meds. We quickly dumped them all out onto a paper towel but a lot of them started dissolving right away. I think I managed to salvage the antibiotics. The rest of them are easily replaceable. Right now everything is spread out on that paper towel. I told him not to do anything with them and I'll deal with it later after everything dries. He can't keep his hands off of something that looks like it needs fixing so he'll probably try to put them back in the box. And of course he'll get it wrong.
ellfgtr- an elf trap
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