Hiatus From Hell

Well, it has been a while hasn't it?

My slight, unplanned and unexpected, hiatus has come to a close. Last post was back in January....and a lot has happened since then.

Firstly, I want to apologize for my disappearance. I wish I had a better excuse, like being kidnapped by Malaysian Baboons and being forced to live in the Jungles of Malaysia adapting to the Baboon-ish ways, but sadly, that was not the case.
-Missed me, haven't you?

There's really no need to write an epic tale of what has been going on the past 7 months...I will just hit the highlights....

-got a $.10 raise at work
-finished my second year of college
-spent the summer working (my usual Target jobs, which includes my training at the Target Starbucks)
-spent a week in Plano, TX (one of my favorite places on Earth)
-started my third year of college

That's about it....

Going back to the last point, I did start my Junior year at Arizona State. Where has the time gone?! I can't believe I am half-way done with my college career. It feels like just yesterday I was starting my sophomore year back at Mesquite High School....

I am still a Theatre major with a minor in Architectural Design. Nothing much to report there.

So far, my classes seem intriguing and enjoyable. It has only been the first week, but I'm sure things will only get better/ first impressions are everything, and so far so good.

I guess the biggest highlight in my life right now is the new edition to our Tempe,AZ family....our fish.

Over the summer our 3 little goldfish died. We took a trip to PetCo to buy new ones....well, let's just say things got out of hand.
We started by suggesting we get a glass bowl, because our plastic one had gotten funky. Then we saw a 10-gallon tank on sale.....then we had to get the filter, the special top, new rocks a Grecian ruin for the fish to swim through and new fish of course.....

Well, now that we were investing in a larger tank, we couldn't just simply get goldfish, no sir-ee. It all started when I spotted a silver-tipped shark.
-Sidenote: for those of you who don't know (and still read this), my favorite animal is the shark...and I have always wanted one as a pet. I want to swim with them and someday, want a large tank with a larger shark....but for now I will stick to my story about the silver-tipped shark

He is a community shark, meaning he plays well with others. I wanted to give him a super cool name (i would have originally named him Bruce, but my track record with fish with that name is not so good). I wanted it to be poetic and extraordinary. So, naturally, I was looking up Shakespearean names...Amanda mis-read Shakespeare as SHARK-speare....and so now we have William Shark-speare the silver tipped shark. As of right now he is in our old bowl, because the water in the tank has to be just rightly regulated before he can join the rest of the group.

We also have Dot (Lexi's little white and orange goldfish), Ricky and Lucy (Amanda's Black and White guppies), Charlie (Amanda's other fish that has a Charlie Chaplin mustache) AND my other baby Julius Caesar the Plecostamus (bottom feeder).

Look for pictures on Facebook soon. :)

Well, I guess that will be all for now. I will be posting more frequently and will do my best not to bore you. Until then, and as always...

Bon Appetit!