Well, as much as a cliche as it is, it IS a dark and stormy night. I am sitting here in the living room watching my livestock. The cats are laying in various strategic positions, soaking up the heat from the stove. My fish are swimming around as fish tend to do and my hermit crabs are wandering their tank and chirping at each other.

Got a bunch of stuff done today. Went to a local farmers market and got some chocolates for my mother-in-law. She has a sore leg due to falling over a cat. We also went to lunch and then went to a grocery store to do shopping for us and to pick up a few things for my MIL. After we got home I did some riding on my stationary bike while playing a video game. It distracts me from the fact that I am actually exercising and gives my wyfe and I some interactive time. When I got done with that I, with the help of my ever patient wyfe, changed the water in the fish tanks. The majority of our fish are, like our cats, rescues. A lot of them were slated to be food for other fish or were supposed to be bait. I have gold fish (feeders that are over 2 years old), rosy reds which are a type of minnow used as feeders and fathead minnows which are used as bait. I also have cory cats, plecos, a female betta and a otto cat. No, not all in the same tank lol.

After all that I got on the radio for a bit. I am trying to perfect my skills with a sideswiper (also called a cootie) key. It is quite a change from a straight key but I am getting there. Most people are patient. There was one whose callsign will not be mentioned that was put out with me because my keying was not perfect and his computer couldn’t decode it. I guess listening and decoding in his head was too onerous a task. lol Well I am going to finish my coffee and enjoy the warmth. A lot can be learned from kittehs.

TTFN and namaste 🙂