I even washed all of our clothes today so I am a complete leap ahead! And I understand it's supposed to quite windy for the next couple of days...and...there is a slight possibility of a stray thunderstorm tonight! WOW! Supermoon karma.....
It was quite busy today but everyone was here to work. Consequently, we were out of here by 1:00. Amazing! That's why I started my v-a-c-a-t-i-o-n early and washed clothes.
Now I am resting and full. We had some chicken and prosciutto tortellini with a tomato basil sauce for supper. An early supper. It was very good. I'll have leftover salad for dessert later.
I am setting up an aquarium tomorrow. I am putting my fish in it. (Remember them under the ice?) I have decided that I want them in the house. Long story. I have to have the filter on in the water for 24 hours prior to putting the fish in, so it says. So I'll get everything ready tomorrow. I hope they like.
I like fish. I like aquariums. Many years ago at my mother-in-law's real estate office there was an aquarium in each and every room. The largest was in my father-in-law's office. It was 6 feet long and breathtaking. He spent...well...I guess years getting it the way he wanted it. He commissioned a local artist friend of his to create a 6 ft. long oil painting of the Lost City of Atlantis that he hung along the outside back of it. The inside of the tank was set up with many moving accessories, such as clam shells, scuba divers, treasure chests with lids that opened and closed and a grand array of plants and lights. Oh yeah...there were a lot of fish!! It was really something. He had hoped to one day change it to a salt water aquarium, but never did.
Well...one day, my mother-in-law went to work. She had a routine where she first turned on the coffeemaker, collected any messages and mail and went back to her office which was all the way down the hall to the right. My father-in-law's office was across the hall from her's. She had settled into her working routine and to be honest, I can't remember what she said happened next, but she realized that something was wrong. I'm thinking she got up to get more coffee and noticed a fish on the floor. (Later...she mentioned that she thought the carpet seemed a little squishy).
I am thinking that's when she said...(no doubt aloud with a look of confusion...)
"Where did this f**king fish come from?"
Wait a second...that's what I would have said....
She would have said...
"Where did this God damn fish come from?"
Then she went squish, squish, squish into my father-in-law's office, turned on the light and saw the gaping split in the seam at the end of the HUGE 6 foot long aquarium.
At that precise moment...it became clear where the God damned fish came from.
She immediately called a carpet water sucking company, the insurance company and my father-in-law to break the news. He came screaming around the corner in his Cadillac on two wheels and rushed into the office and squished down the hall to see his beloved aquarium...sans fish...sans water.
"Jesus Christ what the f**k happened!" (I got my bad language from him)
" Beats the shit out of me!"
"And me!"
"And me!"
"And me!"
"Do you want some duct tape?" I asked.
He wasn't amused.
"Watch where you step!! There may be fish everywhere...son of a bitch...be careful!!"
(Squish, squish, squish...)
Phone calls were made...carpet got sucked...tank got repaired...damage assessed...new carpet ordered...and believe it or not...a few fish saved!
The force of the water was so hard that...honest to God!!...that a couple of years later when we were prying open and looking through a book that had been under the force of the initial impact of the 'wave'...there was a fish stuck in the middle of the book! Honest!! It was hysterical.
I think I'll wrap Gorilla Tape around my aquarium as a precaution.
See you later!!
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