In Memory....

In memory of Ed T. Frog. Ed is dead. He's now swimming in that great toilet bowl in the sky now.

I found him floating at the top of his tank this morning. Now, that's nothing new or unsual in and of itself. However, after a period of no movement of any kind (even when gently prodded with a stick), I came to the realization of the sad truth ... Ed is dead. A brief service was held in his name before he joined millions of gold fish in the sewers of Salt Lake County. Flowers are welcome and appreciated according to his last will and testament. Thank you.

Yoga...part 3

Congratulate me! Pat me on the back! Give me a hand! etc....

I'm keeping up with my goal of yoga two times a week..so far. I started last Thursday, made it to class on Monday, and then to class again last night (Thursday).

Although, I'm not sure how great I was last night. Amy, the instructor, said she thought I did really well. I disagree though. The big problem was damn sinus congestion...it totally threw off my balance. And for some reason, being upside-down seemed to just aggrivate the pressure in my skull. And yoga seems to involve a lot of being upside-down. (See down-facing dog for example...) But it definately killed my already precarious balance. Falling over in class is embarassing...especially when it makes a HUGE loud crashing noise that echos off of the wooden floor and mirrored walls. Mirrored walls, by the way, make it so that no matter where you are in the room, absolutely everyone can see you when you flub-up and fall on your face or your ass.

But, I still made it, so yay for me and the little bit of motivation I've found in my life.

***Update***
For those of you who are concerned and wondering how Chuck and Ed are doing, they are settling into their new home on my desk rather well. Chuck still looks a bit harried. Kind of has a "ridden hard and put away wet" look to him at times. But the fact that he keeps trying to eat ED, I think that's a good sign that he's settling in and not letting Ed bully him around too much. I think Ed may have gone crazy yesterday though. He was literally bouncing off of the walls of their little aquarium. Maybe it's not crazy so much as brain damage at this point, but who knows...

Welcome Chuck and Ed!

I should have my debit card taken away and hidden for time and all eternity. Yes, that's right, time and all eternity. On a whim today, a co-worker, Nikole, and I took our lunch break to the Aquarium store. Beta fish we thought. Cute, relaxing, trendy...yeah, all of that.

And holy hell...if you haven't been to this particular fish store, you should go! Gallons and gallons of fish, frog, and all sorts of sea-life filled water. They even have a huge pile of rocks outside that has some how miraculously become an amazing two-sided waterfall and pond. You can tell they are in a conservative part of Utah though. The mermaid statue in the middle of the pond has her breasts modestly covered Ariel-style with two sea shells (yeah...gotta cover the girls up ...big eye roll)

So, anyhow, Nikole and I strolled through the fish store looking for our beta fish. Not only did we find our fish, but they even had frillier than normal fins! Oh, and they had these really cool, cute, adorable, whatever you want to call it little beta tank kits. Comes with food, little rocks for the middle of the tank, and the water-fixing stuff too. So, we've got our fish and our beta kits to keep 'em alive. Guess what else Nikole suggests...go ahead, guess...you never will...so I'll tell you. FROGS!!! Yup, not only did we adopt fish, but we each got a frog to keep our fish company.

So now I'm obsessed. It's Chuck and Ed this, Chuck and Ed that. I need a life really bad. Oh, if you're wondering, Chuck is the fish, Ed is the frog. Btw, Chuck is having a really stressful day. I can just tell. He jumps at every sound, and every movement around him. I think Ed may be a bit of a bully too. He's been chasing him around the tank all day...poor Chuck...maybe he needs to go to yoga too for stress relief???