The Life and Times of Me

Is not quite the right phrase. It tends to mean that something new is the result. Not here.

I feel extruded. But that makes me feel like a pile of play-dough.

Under the last few days, my week has been a little "full". School is finishing this week, and while the evil English class has been conquered, it’s time for the Photography class to be a little more demanding.

The Third Annual Guys’ Trip (tagline: Bigger, Better, and a Whole Lot More Manish) is this weekend, and my life is all the more complicated. I thought I could do it all by myself. While it’s fairly easy, and basically just doing food shopping (something i’m quite pro at) and getting it all as ready as can be (I’m a good cook too), it’s just a tad too much with everything that’s going on. Thankfully my friends (and attendees of the trip) have been more than helpful. Props to Andrew H.

AND one of the things that have been casting a huge shadow and making things just a little more complicated is a fish tank. This isn’t just any old fish tank. This is THE fish tank. The fish tank that my step dad has had since before I’ve know him, that has moved with my mom and stepdad for ages, and it is the tank that I picture in my head when you say "fish tank".

A few years ago, my step dad’s fish died, and my sister’s then boyfriend (who was into fish at the time) got the tank and has had it ever since. But he recently contacted my sister to let her know that he was getting rid of it, and she knew that I wanted it and told me.

So I drove up to Sacramento yesterday and picked it up. ( I got to stop and see Marla too, in her new consignment store in Sacramento) My sister’s exboyfriend was just getting out of the hobby and didn’t want any of his aquarium equipment. So I loaded THE fish tank, 2 20 gallon tanks, 1 10 gallon tank, and 4 buckets of gravel, and a tote full of stuff into the back of the truck. See:

It barely fit. Yes, I was quite good at Tetris and did play with a lot of LEGOs. (I don’t know what happened, but I KNOW that the tank is straight.)

I then drove home. (Scary drive, just one wrong bump and KABLAM! I have a truck full of deadly shards of glass). Unloaded the stuff and got to setting up the big tank. I had to set it up quick, since I not only got all the aquarium equipment, I also got all the aquarium fish.

A lot of the fish were in really bad shape. And I’m not sure some of them will make it. So that’s something I have to care for now.

But today, Photography and the Trip will be done. I have nothing that I have to do my weekday nights (weekends are a completely different thing). And I’ll be free. Free! FREE! FREEEE! (Don’t let my dead husband come back, k?)

I got fish in my tank, look!

My First Three Fish (Gold Barbs) from Andrew Myers on Vimeo.

I found out about this fun sport that I really want to try. It’s called Noodling, and basically you dive into a river and catch a catfish with your hands. Check it out.

I want a pair of these!

So here I am. Wishing I had more time in my life. It must be something about me that makes me want to cram a weeks worth of work in a day. And still not want to do any of it.

This last weekend Steven, Lindsey, and I went up to Redding, CA. I had some friends there I haven’t met and wanted to meet them. So, I got them to throw us a bbq! it was an amazing trip, we went to Bethel church (Click here), walked around, saw the sundial bridge.

Here are some photos:

Steven read every chance he got.

Here’s Lindsey and me on the Sundial Bridge.

Lindsey being really pretty.

The Sundial bridge is a really neat bridge – it only has one tower.

I love having an underwater camera. It makes for some intersting shots. Did you know that the Sacramento river is tempature regulated? It has something to do with where the water comes out of the dam and the salmon. All I know is that it’s flippin’ cold! I couldn’t feel my hand for 5 minutes after this shot.

I like playing with fire, but charcoal bbqs aren’t really that much of my friend.

It was amazing trip with friends.

Now for the fish tank – I guess my last few posts have been a little to focused on the fish. My Google ads have been a little heavy in that area. The tank is all set up, and just waiting for the “Biological Filter” to develop. Sounds fun? Some time next week I want to put a fish in.

I don’t know if it is really packed the best it could be, but just take a look:

My Trip Back From My Mom’s from Andrew Myers on Vimeo.