April 22, 2013

I love...

...running a home.  Buying groceries, setting the air at whatever temperature I want, having my own space, creating memories with my husband.

...ice cream.  And treats.  A little too much probably.

...feeling productive.

...spending time with my family.  Honestly, my best friends are my family.

...having money to spend.

...being crafty.

...gardening.

...working with the youth at church.

...clean sheets.

...taking long hot showers and not having to worry about a long line of people after me being upset that the hot water is gone.

...reading.

...being silly.

...thinking about a hopeful future.

...traveling.

...vacations.

...my pet ferrets: Roger, Benny, and Mo

I don't like:

...being too cold or too hot.

...struggling with infertility.

...dirty dishes.

...drama or people who are unkind.

...having to make decisions.

...having bad breath (so i am going to brush my teeth right now!)

April 3, 2013

Fish

We recently got fish in my classroom.  We started out with 2 sucker fish, two blue &orange fish, an orange fish, and a black &white striped fish.

The blue and orange fish didn't last long.  One died after about a week and the other went 3 days later. I scooped out the fish that died last Thursday and was going to go flush it down the toilet while the kids were at recess. I scooped the dead guy into a cup and... Forgot about him. Friday, Saturday, Sunday.  They all went by as the dead, forgotten fish sat in that little cup I the counter.  When I got to school Monday morning my classroom smelled REALLY bad.  Turns out decaying fish smell foul.  I always figured they would, but know I know without a doubt that they do.  Nasty!

Well with those two fish dead that just left our tank with two sucker fish (who hide most of the time and are pretty boring), an orange fish, and the striped black and white fish.  The orange fish is a bit bigger than the striped fish.

I imagine that life as a fish can get pretty dull. The orange fish chases the striped fish from time to time and I thought that was fun. It came up in a class conversation. One student stated that they noticed the chasing. The next kid commented that the orange fish was being really mean to the striped fish. The third kid agreed and suggested that we kill the orange fish. She is such a sweet kid and she said it so casually that it really threw me off. Shockingly, lots of the other kids thought that was a sensible solution.

Kill the fish?! Just because he's chasing the other one?! A little rash, right?... And strange that a room of 7 and 8 year olds thought that was a good idea.