Homework for the Overactive Brain

Today's Quote--"Happy birthday to me, Happy birthday to me..."

Thursday, October 06, 2005

 

Hermit crabs that is. Yes, Ed bought three hermit crabs on Saturday. I don't quite know where I stand on that. We discussed the possibility, but I was thinking we'd do it once we moved out and didn't have kitties to play with. But here we are with three hermies to take care of now. *sigh* Impulsive. Ah well...His money. Actually, I have a lot to write about...but the hermies alone could take an entire blog. Well...here goes.

So I named them based on their shells (which will change eventually, so I dunno what we're gonna do after that)...Roxy Heart (purple shell with hearts), Pearl (pearly shell...hey, that's a song!), and Soccer Ball (um, obviously, a soccer ball painted shell). So when we were looking at them I was thinking, hey, cool, little crabs, shouldn't be too hard to take care of. Well, guess what folks, Cassie was wrong! Of course. ;) Here we are, it's just starting to get cold (it hasn't hit 60 degrees in a week) and I find out the crabs need to be kept warm (70-78 degrees). We po' so we ain't turned the heat on yet. It's kinda cold in the house...so I've been keeping my room shut up and the heated bed has been making it pretty stuffy, but warm. Also, here we're lucky to get up to 50% humidity on a regular day (if it isn't raining) and I find out the little crabbies like it humid...like 70-80% relative humidity. Riiiiiiiiiiiight. So I've been frantically keeping a washcloth hot and wet on top of their cage. It's Thursday and they aren't dead yet, so I guess we're doing okay. And they can't have clorinated water. And they molt and need an isolation cage with wet sand. And they need extra calcium in their diets. And they'll need new shells eventually. And the cage we got them in is way too small. The list is endless. So, now Ed has even more things to spend his money on. On top of the RC cars, models, and XBox. *sigh* No, he's been good...he just bought new tires for his car and finally reregistered it. (it was due in July)

So obviously I'm not working yet, since I have all this time to hound Ed. ;) Yeah, I didn't get either position in that awesome interview. *sigh* Yeah, I cried...I screamed...I'm still depressed and touchy about it. It's not that I didn't get the position, I'm happy she could find good people for the positions...I'm just so tired of looking. Trying to go back out and find a job is really getting to me. So I've kinda been slacking this week. Kind of. I've been cleaning and such instead. Taking care of things that I've just been putting off. I need to finish up my personal statements. I'm getting some money tomorrow so I can register for my next test...and then I can prep my applications to be sent in. *sigh* I really just want to be a teacher. Really bad. But I need a job to pay for it all. By the end of October...other wise it's economic hardship foreberance on the loans. Grr. I hate being poor. I hate being unemployed even more.

But, until I get a job, I'm just trying to enjoy my time off. Right. I love my family, but I really need to get out of this house. I'm claustriphobic. There's no room for my stuff. I'm still partially living out of boxes. So is Ed. We just need out. I know, I should be appreciative, and I am, I'm just ready to move on...out. If that happens then maybe I'll start feeling like a college graduate. Or an adult. Or happy.

So...that's it for me. I like the hermies...they're really cute and I love watching them...but I'm a little terrified of them too...I don't wanna touch or hold them. Just watch. And I want to play interior decorater for their big 10 gallon tank...whenever we get it. :D I'm alive and mostly well...just thought you'd all like to know. :D

GL 1:42 PM