So a while ago, I bought a jacobfreibergi cichlid to put in my 125 gallon tank as....well an experiment of sorts.
Since my tank is so big, I can get away with putting together fish that don't usually belong together because there's enough space for everyone to basically get along.
So I decided to try putting on a cichlid just to see how he would do.
And I'd bought a baby one that was being picked on by the others in his tank.
In hopes that he'd grow up to play nice with the others.
*exhales*
But as expected but hoped against.
As he got bigger...he got more aggressive.
Nipping at fishes fins.
And possibly killing other smaller fish though I don't know that for sure.
My smaller fish just vanished.
In any case.
My cichlid was becoming more and more aggressive.
Particularly to my red tailed shark that I had in the tank as well.
As he would chase that fish all over.
But problem though...
Was that the cichlid is smart.
And learned quickly to hide underneath my decorations when I got near with a net so that I wouldn't be able to catch him unless I decided to take my tank apart.
Which I was already thinking I would need to do anyways to get him out.
Because if I wanted to get any more fish, especially smaller ones...he would need to get out.
But I didn't really have a place to put him if I was able to catch him.
As I couldn't put him in the isolation tank I'd set up because I didn't want him harming the fish in there.
And all my other tanks already had fish in them.
Until Thursday Night.
When I noticed that in my 2.5 gallon betta tank....Magnus, my betta I'd had for around two years or so....had suddenly died.
Y_Y Which was depressing but he'd lived a pretty good long life.
And it opened up the opportunity to keep that tank empty for a little while until I could find the time to remove the big decorations from my big tank to catch the cichlid and then go put him in that betta tank.
However,
Last night, while I was up at Daddoo's...he ended up giving me four of his fish. A silver dollar and three goldfish to bring by home with me as he's taking down a couple of his tanks and didn't want those fish any more.
And I currently had the space to be able to put them in my big tank.
But as soon as the new fish were in the tank...there the cichlid was, nipping at them and chasing them around. Gah.
I got home late enough -like around midnight- that I couldn't do anything about it then.
I only hoped that with turning off the fish lights it would keep my new fish safe until I could get home from work today to get mr. cichlid out.
Which is exactly what I did.
I came home and pulled out the three large decorations I had in my tank so my cichlid couldn't hide underneath them.
And after about ten minutes of trying to catch him, as he was quick and kept hiding behind the plants that were still in the tank,
I CAUGHT HIM!
HA!
So I scooped him out of the tank and rushed him upstairs to my betta tank where I plopped him into it for a good long time out.
He's been pouting ever since.
Which has me concerned. As there's room enough for him to swim around a little bit.
But at a good four inches long already I know that the tank is too small to keep him in for too long.
Which leaves me with two options.
Buy him a slightly larger tank and move him into it.
Or else fish him out and bring him back to work so that he can try his chances elsewhere with a different fish owner.
Right now I'm leaning towards just bringing him back to work.
As I don't really want to set up a tank specifically just for him.
Especially since I don't have the space to set up like...the actual tank size this cichlid would need.
And I'd want to give him a good chance at a new home.
However, I may have to wait a few days first.
As I don't want to place him in with the other peacock cichlids and have him get beat up.
So I may have to wait until there's a bunch of new ones added in...or we sell out of the ones we have....
But yah.
So good news is that I got the cichlid out of the tank so my fish are safe and I can now more seriously look into getting new fish. -Though I'll probably wait until after Christmas to do so.
And hopefully I find a good home for mr. cichlid.
Like his coloration got so pretty.
but yah....he's not a good fit for my tank if he's going to be picking on all the other fish.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Friday, December 13, 2019
Book Be Gone
It's a fact of life that things are always changing.
But that doesn't mean I always have to like these changes.
And I ended up getting an unpleasant surprise today while I was out shopping with Daddoo in HomeTown when we went to the local strip mall place that I've gone to for as long as I can remember.....
Only to discover that the Barnes and Noble that had been there for my entire childhood and probably long before I was even born--
Was GONE.
Totally GONE.
Store blank, sign taken down.
EMPTY.
Like last time I'd been up I'd noticed that they were doing some sales...like enough sales that I was wondering if they were closing.
But like there was no announcement or signs to indicate that their sales were closing sales.
So it was quite the nasty shock to come see a piece of my childhood....Gone.
I mean...technically the bookstore just moved locations.
But they might as well have just gone out of business because the new location is somewhere like 20 to 30 minutes north of Hometown. XP
Where apparently the city there is booming and such.
So like...yay that Barnes and Noble moved to a more popular location.
BUT GAH.
That was my childhood!
We would go to that bookstore constantly when I was growing up.
Whether it was after dinner, or after seeing a movie in the nearby theatre, or to kill time, or to hang with friends--I spent a lot of time in that store.
And now it's just...empty.
And will probably become something depressing. *exhales*
So yah.
I know things change.
But that was one change I wasn't expecting.
I mean Barnes and Noble?
*exhales*
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
But that doesn't mean I always have to like these changes.
And I ended up getting an unpleasant surprise today while I was out shopping with Daddoo in HomeTown when we went to the local strip mall place that I've gone to for as long as I can remember.....
Only to discover that the Barnes and Noble that had been there for my entire childhood and probably long before I was even born--
Was GONE.
Totally GONE.
Store blank, sign taken down.
EMPTY.
Like last time I'd been up I'd noticed that they were doing some sales...like enough sales that I was wondering if they were closing.
But like there was no announcement or signs to indicate that their sales were closing sales.
So it was quite the nasty shock to come see a piece of my childhood....Gone.
I mean...technically the bookstore just moved locations.
But they might as well have just gone out of business because the new location is somewhere like 20 to 30 minutes north of Hometown. XP
Where apparently the city there is booming and such.
So like...yay that Barnes and Noble moved to a more popular location.
BUT GAH.
That was my childhood!
We would go to that bookstore constantly when I was growing up.
Whether it was after dinner, or after seeing a movie in the nearby theatre, or to kill time, or to hang with friends--I spent a lot of time in that store.
And now it's just...empty.
And will probably become something depressing. *exhales*
So yah.
I know things change.
But that was one change I wasn't expecting.
I mean Barnes and Noble?
*exhales*
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Thursday, December 12, 2019
A Porch Visitor
I found an unexpected visitor outside last night.
I had come upstairs to grab a package that I'd been notified was delivered.
And when I opened the door...there was a wide eyed tabbico kitty cat staring back at me.
lol I was like !!!! KITTY!!!
So I slowly sat down, kept the door open and was like "here kitty kitty it's okay." Because I didn't want to scare her off and wanted to see if she would come closer to let me pet her.
Which surprisingly she did.
She was all too happy to get petted a couple times before she decided to wander inside the house.
:S :S :S
which I was like!! YAY NEW PET!
But at the same time I was like "CRAP" because my roomie is allergic to furry creatures so it's not like I could actually keep the kitty cat.
Who had to belong to someone because her fur was really soft and she was quite fat so she was very well fed.
Thankfully, she only made it as far as underneath our coffee table before deciding that she preferred the outside.
But yah, I tried to convince her to let me pet her for a bit longer, but the silly kitty would only let me brush my fingers against her fur before she'd plop down just out of reach.
*shakes head*
Still.
It was nice to have a visitor for a bit. :D I love kitties.
Can't wait to get one of my own.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
I had come upstairs to grab a package that I'd been notified was delivered.
And when I opened the door...there was a wide eyed tabbico kitty cat staring back at me.
lol I was like !!!! KITTY!!!
So I slowly sat down, kept the door open and was like "here kitty kitty it's okay." Because I didn't want to scare her off and wanted to see if she would come closer to let me pet her.
Which surprisingly she did.
She was all too happy to get petted a couple times before she decided to wander inside the house.
:S :S :S
which I was like!! YAY NEW PET!
But at the same time I was like "CRAP" because my roomie is allergic to furry creatures so it's not like I could actually keep the kitty cat.
Who had to belong to someone because her fur was really soft and she was quite fat so she was very well fed.
Thankfully, she only made it as far as underneath our coffee table before deciding that she preferred the outside.
But yah, I tried to convince her to let me pet her for a bit longer, but the silly kitty would only let me brush my fingers against her fur before she'd plop down just out of reach.
*shakes head*
Still.
It was nice to have a visitor for a bit. :D I love kitties.
Can't wait to get one of my own.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
The Learning Curve
It's always interesting to see what is easy for people to grasp and what isn't easy for them to grasp.
Because like I can tell different people the same thing.
But they'll hold onto different bits of information.
Understanding some parts.
Misunderstanding others.
Forgetting yet other parts.
It's...interesting.
Especially when it involves training my new manager.
There's just something about the whole paperwork thing that they aren't quite comprehending.
Which I had a similar problem with my previous manager as well.
And I get it.
Receiving in the invoices of our shipments does take a bit of time to get used to how to receive in everything.
So I find myself repeating things.
Again and again and again.
*exhales*
Today wasn't much different.
Today was our animal count.
Which means that we have to have all the invoices received in before we count all the animals.
Because if we don't receive in all the shipments...that means when we log into the computer to get the list of the amounts of each animal...they won't show an accurate inventory.
Apparently my manager didn't comprehend that.
Which makes sense why the inventory was showing how we somehow had like nearly 6,000 crickets....
When we only get in about 3,000 a week (truthfully it's about half that because we keep getting shorted on our shipments)
Because if you count the crickets with the old number.
And adjust the counts.
Then add in the invoice containing the shipment of crickets that were already counted...
...means we basically added in the crickets twice.
If my logic makes sense...I think that makes sense.
But yah.
If we have 2,000 crickets and the invoice says we have 6,000 but there's a shipment of like another 1500 crickets we need to receive in.
Then if we adjust the inventory and take 4,000 crickets out of our inventory and THEN receive in the 1500 crickets.
That would mean that we'd have 3,500 crickets listed when we actually only have 2000.
But if you receive in the shipment first to indicate that we now have 7500 crickets on record but only 2000 in the store, then we'd take out 5,500 crickets so our online record will accurately represent the physical number.
Apparently my manager hadn't realized that?
I mean I've mentioned it at least three times before.
That all invoices have to be received in BEFORE we count the animals.
But again.
Today they didn't do that.
So I had to do a last minute adjustment to ensure that we would have the second result and not the first.
*exhales*
I know there's a learning curve with everything.
But I hope that my manager will be able to catch on a bit faster from here on out.
We'll see.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Because like I can tell different people the same thing.
But they'll hold onto different bits of information.
Understanding some parts.
Misunderstanding others.
Forgetting yet other parts.
It's...interesting.
Especially when it involves training my new manager.
There's just something about the whole paperwork thing that they aren't quite comprehending.
Which I had a similar problem with my previous manager as well.
And I get it.
Receiving in the invoices of our shipments does take a bit of time to get used to how to receive in everything.
So I find myself repeating things.
Again and again and again.
*exhales*
Today wasn't much different.
Today was our animal count.
Which means that we have to have all the invoices received in before we count all the animals.
Because if we don't receive in all the shipments...that means when we log into the computer to get the list of the amounts of each animal...they won't show an accurate inventory.
Apparently my manager didn't comprehend that.
Which makes sense why the inventory was showing how we somehow had like nearly 6,000 crickets....
When we only get in about 3,000 a week (truthfully it's about half that because we keep getting shorted on our shipments)
Because if you count the crickets with the old number.
And adjust the counts.
Then add in the invoice containing the shipment of crickets that were already counted...
...means we basically added in the crickets twice.
If my logic makes sense...I think that makes sense.
But yah.
If we have 2,000 crickets and the invoice says we have 6,000 but there's a shipment of like another 1500 crickets we need to receive in.
Then if we adjust the inventory and take 4,000 crickets out of our inventory and THEN receive in the 1500 crickets.
That would mean that we'd have 3,500 crickets listed when we actually only have 2000.
But if you receive in the shipment first to indicate that we now have 7500 crickets on record but only 2000 in the store, then we'd take out 5,500 crickets so our online record will accurately represent the physical number.
Apparently my manager hadn't realized that?
I mean I've mentioned it at least three times before.
That all invoices have to be received in BEFORE we count the animals.
But again.
Today they didn't do that.
So I had to do a last minute adjustment to ensure that we would have the second result and not the first.
*exhales*
I know there's a learning curve with everything.
But I hope that my manager will be able to catch on a bit faster from here on out.
We'll see.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Shipping
Mailing packages is intimidating.
Mostly because I haven't mailed huge boxes in like...ever.
But in order to get presents to my godparents.
I had all the family gather their gifts together into one box.
Which ended up being a 10 gallon fish tank box I had hanging around.
That left me with a conundrum though.
because the box wasn't just your plain brown box.
Nope it was a fish tank box. Aka. Had all the pictures and such indicating that within the box should be a 10 gallon fish tank.
And like...I had no idea if the post office would take that sort of box.
So I ended up dropping by like Lowes to grab some brown wrapping paper.
Which ended up being a rather thin tissue paper and I wasn't sure if that would like....stay on.
But I didn't want to be turned away if they needed the box to well...not have a picture of a fish tank on it.
So I wrapped it up in the brown paper.
And took it down to the post office.
Where they told me the paper would probably fall off.
And that they were perfectly fine sending the box with the picture of the fish tank on it and such.
So yah.
I suppose the bright side is that if the shippers think that there's an actual fish tank in the box....they'll be more delicate?
Probably not. I know there are some sadists out there who'd take great pleasure in breaking fragile things....
Luckily none of the presents within are breakable so THERE. HA.
But yah. Shipping the box ended up costing a pretty penny.
Though I expected that.
I mean large box. Some weight to it.....
Yah...it cost a bit.
Oh well.
At least it's finally on it's way!
*fingers crossed* that the package makes it to it's destination. :S
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Mostly because I haven't mailed huge boxes in like...ever.
But in order to get presents to my godparents.
I had all the family gather their gifts together into one box.
Which ended up being a 10 gallon fish tank box I had hanging around.
That left me with a conundrum though.
because the box wasn't just your plain brown box.
Nope it was a fish tank box. Aka. Had all the pictures and such indicating that within the box should be a 10 gallon fish tank.
And like...I had no idea if the post office would take that sort of box.
So I ended up dropping by like Lowes to grab some brown wrapping paper.
Which ended up being a rather thin tissue paper and I wasn't sure if that would like....stay on.
But I didn't want to be turned away if they needed the box to well...not have a picture of a fish tank on it.
So I wrapped it up in the brown paper.
And took it down to the post office.
Where they told me the paper would probably fall off.
And that they were perfectly fine sending the box with the picture of the fish tank on it and such.
So yah.
I suppose the bright side is that if the shippers think that there's an actual fish tank in the box....they'll be more delicate?
Probably not. I know there are some sadists out there who'd take great pleasure in breaking fragile things....
Luckily none of the presents within are breakable so THERE. HA.
But yah. Shipping the box ended up costing a pretty penny.
Though I expected that.
I mean large box. Some weight to it.....
Yah...it cost a bit.
Oh well.
At least it's finally on it's way!
*fingers crossed* that the package makes it to it's destination. :S
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Monday, December 9, 2019
A New Taste
The fun thing about holidays....
Is when the different soda companies decide to come out with 'limited time' drinks.
Ones that are different flavors than their usual ones.
Mountain Dew is one of those sodas where every few months or so it feels like they come out with a different flavor combination.
Some I've really liked.
Others were alright.
And there are a couple where I'm sad I can't find them again because they were delicious.
In any case.
The Managers made me aware that Mountain Dew has a Christmas Flavor out when they brought in a bunch of goodies and drinks in to work.
It's like...Cranberry and Pomegranate.
Which is one of those flavors that can really work...or won't.
I love pomegranate.
Not so fond of the Cranberry.
In this case.
The Mountain Dew was alright.
Not a favorite though.
I could taste the cranberry.
But it didn't really do much for me.
Still it was fun to try out and I brought a drink home for my roomie to try when she got home.
But yah.
Yay new mountain dew flavor!
But...can't wait until they come out with their next one. ^^;;
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Is when the different soda companies decide to come out with 'limited time' drinks.
Ones that are different flavors than their usual ones.
Mountain Dew is one of those sodas where every few months or so it feels like they come out with a different flavor combination.
Some I've really liked.
Others were alright.
And there are a couple where I'm sad I can't find them again because they were delicious.
In any case.
The Managers made me aware that Mountain Dew has a Christmas Flavor out when they brought in a bunch of goodies and drinks in to work.
It's like...Cranberry and Pomegranate.
Which is one of those flavors that can really work...or won't.
I love pomegranate.
Not so fond of the Cranberry.
In this case.
The Mountain Dew was alright.
Not a favorite though.
I could taste the cranberry.
But it didn't really do much for me.
Still it was fun to try out and I brought a drink home for my roomie to try when she got home.
But yah.
Yay new mountain dew flavor!
But...can't wait until they come out with their next one. ^^;;
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Sunday, December 8, 2019
A Shifting Tradition
It's something that probably would have come sooner or later.
Because like....eventually me and the siblings will all be married with kids of own.
So we'll have to create our new Christmas traditions with them.
And the traditions I had with my parents and siblings would have to alter or fall to the wayside in the process.
I wasn't quite expecting that to happen this year though.
Of course I don't know if anyone was expecting my sister to get engaged this year.
In any case.
One of the traditions we've had is the Stockings that hang by the fireplace.
In the morning us kids would come out to see the stocking filled with different goodies/toys/giftcards etc. With a stuffed animal sticking out of the top.
And once we had the parents awake.
We would first dig into our stockings to see what goodies hid within before moving onto the presents under the tree.
But this year...
We're not doing that.
Not really doing the stockings.
Because apparently the siblings have stockings from their in-laws.
And so they didn't think it would be fair to have two stockings and me just have one.
Plus like...would we do stockings for just us kids?
Or for the spouses too?
And what about the kids? Like....when do we stop with the stockings.
So yah...
It makes sense since Kikay is now engaged and has inlaws to spoil her as well...
To no longer do the stockings.
From what I've heard Daddoo still plans to do a stocking for me.
Which means I can probably do a stocking for him.
But yah.
It's not going to be the same this year for which I'm sad as I love my traditions.
*exhales*
It will be just me and Daddoo Christmas morning.
As the siblings will be coming over later in the day to exchange gifts and hang out.
So yah.
Out with the old.
In with new I suppose...
We'll see what new traditions we come up with as family dynamics continue to change and grow.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Because like....eventually me and the siblings will all be married with kids of own.
So we'll have to create our new Christmas traditions with them.
And the traditions I had with my parents and siblings would have to alter or fall to the wayside in the process.
I wasn't quite expecting that to happen this year though.
Of course I don't know if anyone was expecting my sister to get engaged this year.
In any case.
One of the traditions we've had is the Stockings that hang by the fireplace.
In the morning us kids would come out to see the stocking filled with different goodies/toys/giftcards etc. With a stuffed animal sticking out of the top.
And once we had the parents awake.
We would first dig into our stockings to see what goodies hid within before moving onto the presents under the tree.
But this year...
We're not doing that.
Not really doing the stockings.
Because apparently the siblings have stockings from their in-laws.
And so they didn't think it would be fair to have two stockings and me just have one.
Plus like...would we do stockings for just us kids?
Or for the spouses too?
And what about the kids? Like....when do we stop with the stockings.
So yah...
It makes sense since Kikay is now engaged and has inlaws to spoil her as well...
To no longer do the stockings.
From what I've heard Daddoo still plans to do a stocking for me.
Which means I can probably do a stocking for him.
But yah.
It's not going to be the same this year for which I'm sad as I love my traditions.
*exhales*
It will be just me and Daddoo Christmas morning.
As the siblings will be coming over later in the day to exchange gifts and hang out.
So yah.
Out with the old.
In with new I suppose...
We'll see what new traditions we come up with as family dynamics continue to change and grow.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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