amanda had her final day in inpatient family med, so she had to get up at the usual 0530. she did come back home at around 1130, tho, but she was on call (in this case, on call to be summoned in if necessary) all night. we both did some lifting, then went out to buy fish stuff: a huge plastic plant for the goldfish tank and a fake tree stump thinkg for the catfish tank with many hiding places. the goldfish tank looks nice now; i have my micro bubbler set up behind the plastic plant which rises up on side of the tank and spreads out over most of the surface area.
the goldfish tank is way alkaline, probably because of ammonia, but i do not have the stuff to check precisely. i popped a few ammonia reducers in, however, and have been doing many water changes since i brought them up. i stopped medicating their water with the ick medicine, so hopefuly their tank will clear shortly (the medicine makes it cloudy).
amanda wants to get these little puffer fish that are about 1cm long for the catfish tank, but i think the catfish might decide that they are snacks, but we still might get them later. i think we should get an african butterfly; it looks like a cross between and catfish or tigerfish, but instead of staying on the bottom, it stays on the surface of the water. a perfect complement for the catfish!
amanda locked me in the basement today after lifting. i normally keep a phone with me downstairs for just such a situation, but she took it and her cellphone upstairs when she left. i had to break the doorframe to get out, but fortunately, it wasn’t splintered all that bad, and i was able to nail most stuff back into place.
we attempted half-heartedly to go out to dinner, since it’s hallmark’s valentines day, but since we did not make reservations anywhere, all the restaurants were packed. we stopped by don pablos and pizzeria uno, and they had outrageous waiting lists as well. we decided to just go to wegmans and have wine, cheese, and sauteed mushrooms at home.
we had a silver thread pinot noir… one of my favorite finger lakes wine. slurp. on the other hand, we did not have much of a choice since it was the only bottle we had in the apartment. it was good as always.
amanda passed out on the couch before i even finished eating, and i just got finished cleaning everything up. maybe i’ll surf for a bit before going to bed. exciting people were are.