Weekend

Traffic to work was a breeze, thanks to the holiday. Much hate to all those of you who get this day off, while I rot here at work.

Anyways, Friday after work, Marc and I went to this fish/pet store in Campbell, where I had called and found out that they had the black and white ocellaris clownfish I was looking for. Went there, and they had one, and he was the perfect size. Poor little guy was a little beat up though, as the other fish were picking on him.

When I put him in the tank, he made a beeline for Nemo 3 and wouldn't leave his/her side. I suppose Nemo 3 should be referred to as Coral now. Nemo 4 is really cute though, and neat looking.

On Saturday, Marc and Steve went up to Elk Grove to clean the house some more. I made a trip to the Hayward fish store and picked up a cool looking coral, called a branching hammer. It's got a bunch of hammer-shaped polyps, and they're fluorescent green.

It was also raining a little, but Jan said we were still herding. Unfortunately, but the time Bandit and I got there, it was pouring, and we decided it would probably be too slick out in the field to do anything. Poor Bandit was probably like, "Okay, how come I'm not getting out of the car already? And how come now we're leaving? Wait, my sheep!"

Jan is hosting a herding clinic in April, and I signed up for it. The trainer who's coming into the run the clinic is supposed to be really good, and we started Bandit using many of his techniques, so Jan was interested in seeing what he would do with him. It should be fun!

Saturday night I was over at my parents' house having a family meeting. I got there at about 10 pm, didn't get back home until 3 am. Oy.

Sunday morning I took Bandit to a Petsmart class while Marc and Steve went to go see their mom. She had been having trouble swallowing food, so they ended up taking her to the ER. We're not sure what the cause is, but it looks like some inflammation in her throat is making her unable to swallow any food or drink. So they had to admit her and she's going to be there for a few days.

Marc told me when they got there that he and Steve grabbed some Carl's Jr. for lunch, and went to the waiting room to eat. He said they were there for a while before they noticed this sign about five feet in front of them. He took a picture: big sign.

That night, Marc and I watched Saw, which we had rented on Friday. So-so movie, I'm glad we didn't go see it in the theater. Was pretty creepy though.

A few weeks ago we got Bandit a dog bed for his crate. I don't think he likes it much (we used to have towels in there, but he always pushed them aside, preferring to sleep on the plastic). It seems like he's been sleeping on our bed a lot more ever since. Most mornings I can't even move, because I've got two cats on my side, and a dog sleeping between my feet.