Why I haven’t been updating much Written on July 22, 2010, by fuzzdecay.
On May 12th, my grandfather lost a 10 year battle with severe emphysema. His death has taken the wind out of my sails in a lot of respects.
Eventhough it was inevitable, I still feel as though he was ripped from my grasp. I can only imagine how my mother feels. I’m 3 hours away, [...]
Where I grew up Written on May 22, 2010, by fuzzdecay.
My family moved to the country when I was 13. Not that we really lived in the city before that, we lived just barely inside the city limits of a small town in a quaint little subdivision that was stuck in the mid-60s. The neighborhood started going downhill when all of the original owners of [...]
Roosevelt’s new dignified home Written on May 2, 2010, by fuzzdecay.
I’ve mostly finished Roosevelt’s Mario themed turtle playground. I’d like to put some plants in there, but he eats them pretty much immediately. He’s a pretty voracious turtle.
This is his basking platform, which he rarely ever uses if we’re home. He tends to only bask if we’re not here.
The platforms are made from plexiglass that [...]
touristy things Written on April 20, 2010, by fuzzdecay.
In early March, 2/3s of my lovely future in-laws came down for a visit for a week. It was nice getting to show them around Atlanta and do tons of touristy stuff. And eat out for a solid week. My waistline wasn’t too happy about that.
Both the fiance and I had to work (me moreso [...]
Coming up for air Written on April 8, 2010, by fuzzdecay.
It’s been a crazy couple of months.
Work picked up pretty significantly. I’ve been scrambling with my freelance clients and at my day job. Just when it started slowing down, I got a call that my aunt died. This just pushed me behind again. I feel like I’m clawing my way to the surface just often [...]
more turtley love Written on March 10, 2010, by fuzzdecay.
Roosevelt has been doing really well. We bought him some plants to munch on a little while ago, and munch he did! Apparently it’s pretty rare for hatchling sliders to want to eat plants, they’re primarily carnivorous at first. He definitely has a taste for the greenery, which is something I certainly don’t have.
Speaking of [...]
february Written on March 10, 2010, by fuzzdecay.
February was rather uneventful, other than the second snow day of the year. We actually got snow the first week of March as well, but now it’s in the 70s. Good old Atlanta, and its effed up weather.
I went to work on the February snow day. It didn’t start snowing until lunch and we got [...]
Roosevelt Written on January 25, 2010, by fuzzdecay.
The turtle I inherited from my mother is doing pretty great. I’m in the process of building him (I just default to calling things “him” if the sex is nonexistent or ambiguous) a really great, though painfully geeky, aquarium environment. We’ve decided to name him Roosevelt in an attempt to offset the very undignified way [...]
On the subject of goals… Written on January 23, 2010, by fuzzdecay.
I’m not really one to make resolutions. I think that ultimately, they cause unneeded stress and disappointment. However, I have started setting yearly goals for myself. I’ve realized that I now have a lot of long term goals, and I make progress on them so slowly that it begins to get unmotivating. So, I’ve decided [...]
Snow day in Atlanta Written on January 21, 2010, by fuzzdecay.
It snowed in Atlanta a couple of weeks ago. Snow in a huge deal here, because we’re in the south and it rarely snows here. When I first moved to Atlanta, I was all excited I’d get to see snow because it’s much farther north and into the mountains than where I’m from. I rapidly [...]