Since Marc and I carpooled yesterday (due to my mom being temporarily
out of commission), we stopped by Pet Club in Mountain View
to look at aquarium canopies. We wanted to get one because we hate the current cover we
have on our tank, and we need something better to keep the cats out. So we picked up
this wooden canopy that fit our tank perfectly. It makes it much taller, so we now have
this behemoth of an aquarium in our living room. We're giving it a trial run to see if
we want to keep it or not.
After that, we went to IKEA to buy a frame that we needed. Amazingly,
we managed to walk out with just the frame. Then we stopped by Connie's to pick up a bag of salt, and then it was on to Target, where I picked up a trash can for the aquarium water
changes, and we bought a new phone for the office, since our current phone really sucks.
We also bought a toy sheep for Bandit, since he hasn't had a new toy in a while (and all
his current toys are carcasses lying around the house), and he played with it ALL night.
I put it in his crate last night when we went to bed, and this morning, when Marc let him out, he ran out, then ran right back to his crate to get his sheep. A few seconds later,
as I'm lying in bed, I end up with a dog lying on my chest and a stuffed sheep plopped on
my face.
Our little puffer fish was a lot less shy last night. I walked up to
the tank and he swam right up to me. I pulled out some krill for him, which he ate from
my fingers. It was too cute. He's such a messy eater though, and a huge pig. The fish
is like a bottomless pit. He's very curious though - Stubby was sitting on the counter
looking at the fish tank, and upon spotting Stubby, the puffer started swimming right up
to him. We had a small scare this morning when Marc couldn't find either of the Nemos,
but it turned out they had just holed up in this little corner to sleep. They're pretty
funny when they sleep, one of them just floats on the top on his side and lets the
currents move him around. It scared me the first time, I thought he was dead!
Talk about this in the forums!