Messin' with Gold Fish

I think I'll make this a new blog topic :) Because for some reason the world that goes on in my fish aquarium is way more interesting than anything I could ever come up with.

So get this... I have this dark brown fish who's messin' with me... Literally. I questioned this event at first but now I know. He's out to screw with my head.

See he's an inactive little fish. He doesn't do much. Just kinda swims around the tank at this really slow pace. But lately he's been floating around the top of the tank. He'll stay so still that I think he's dead. Then I try to scoop him out of there and he takes off and is fine for a few more days until he's again chillin' out on the surface of the water. I thought for a while he was sick. Therefore, we've gone through anti fungal supplies and every other kind of fishy drugs you can think of... I've completely replaced the water... Treated them for everything from air blatter infections to ick and yes he still seems to be fine. But for the fact that right now he's floating at the surface of the tank...

Yep, just poked him. He's fine.

Tune in next week. I'll describe how one of my gold fish had babies and the other fish ate them. I find my fish highly disturbing can you tell?

Maji can Draw!

Just not very well :)

This was done years ago, when I was still in high school even. I loved it then, so I'm making myself get back into the practice. Yes I have to make myself. Art to me is theraputic for a few moments then it gets dull... That and I get frustrated with it. Apparently I feel that it should be as simple as putting pencil to paper.

Yes insert major rolling of the eyes here. I know it takes years of practice to get any good at all... I just don't have the time. But now? I have ever other week off as made official by my new schedule. As soon as I find the inspiration to do it I have plenty of time. So... Maji's new project yay!

The Traveling Karr, back from the Bahamas

Greetings Minions,

Traveling Karr here...  Way to little to late.  It's been a hectic week since our return from the Bahamas.  Mostly for the writer at work but I must apologize for my lack of updates while on the cruise itself.  Traveling with fourteen people was something I was not prepared for the activity of...

Anyway, getting right down to business.  We departed very early on Monday morning as we normally do.  A drive that was rather uneventful to anything in particular.  We stopped nowhere and for the most part everyone who was not driving slept.

We stopped at Walmart in Jacksonville...  I'm afraid checking out the local Walmart of any town we stop in has become a bit of a tradition with the writer.  I'm ashamed to admit this...  And if she doesn't stop wearing her M&M pajama pants into our local Walmart her picture is going to wind up in an e-mail chain...

That was also uneventful and we managed to get on board without attracting the attention of any official or having anything taken away from us.  (Couldn't sneak in that case of Mountain Dew though...  A bad day for the writer as carnival endorses only Coca Cola Products.  Any other drink can be swapped out for the Coca Cola equivalent but Mountain Dew is different.  The Coca Cola equivalent which I believe is suppose to be Mellow Yellow, according to the writer tastes like crap.)

We got on board and met up with our people.  Friends through work and a few family members primarily.  We set sail that afternoon without incident...  Though our rooms were unfortunately smaller than normal as we attempted to fit four people into one room.  Bunks to not suit The Traveling Karr...  The writer rolled over on me...

The next day we docked in Key West.  I love Key West by the way.  So laid back.  The writer's brother went on the pub crawl with their father...  Both of which came back very drunk.  I found it amusing while the writer found it disturbing.  It was at this particular port of call that we ran into trouble.  Trouble in the form of homeland security.  Who after catching the writer taking pictures inside a navel base apparently felt that she was in fact a terrorist.  I wish I was joking at this point by the way...

I'm not sure how but she managed to avoid being arrested.  However, she was escorted back to the ship and told to stay on board.  We were all rather happy to get out of Key West after that.  With Maji thankfully not in jail and her brother three sheets to the wind and myself...  Well...  I have a little sun burn but otherwise I'm good.

The next day was a day at sea.  Maji spent most of her day reading a book by the pool.  I spent the day napping by the pool.  Wonderful day.

Then there was Nassau.  Maji behaved herself in this country as she did not want to know what a Bahamas jail looked like...  Other than visiting Atlantis it was rather uneventful...  and hot!

Back on board the ship and back home again after another day at sea and more napping by the pool.  But for Maji's near brush wit the law the trip was uneventful.  Over a thousand pictures taken of friends and family but uneventful none the less.

Karr