Our first family pet February 6, 2010
We got a fish today. He’s purple and decidedly a he, as hes are cheaper than shes. A belated Chanukah promise for our little fish-lover.
If I’m telling the whole truth, we haven’t named him yet because he had a rocky welcome to his adopted home and we’re not entirely sure he’s going to make it. Ari shook him around like Darla the mean niece of the dentist in Finding Nemo only to drop/throw him on the floor, breaking the plastic jar he came in, prompting me to attempt to grab his flopping carcass only to start screaming, which set the young squire screaming and the Abba panicking post heroic save.
I’m happy to report he seems ok so far. See?!
This is a big moment for the men in my life. For Ari, his first pet of course, but also the culmination of a long albeit young love of fish (aided and abetting by 2-3x weekly trips to the Cal Academy aquarium, multiple books prominently featuring fish and this amazing toy from his Savta). For Roy, his first real pet since Duke the Dog, who was briefly adopted by the East Coast Bahats in 1992 (for six days).
I find this all highly amusing and quite encouraging.
Parallel Processing February 4, 2010
Nothing like a new computer to make a person feel tech-illiterate.
My 3-year-old Mac has been on the fritz for a couple of months, and after much back and forth about whether it was really necessary, not to mention 3+ hours at the Genius Bar over the last week, I got a new one yesterday. Anyone who knows me well will laugh at my mention of how excited I am about a fresh start, clear organization, sync that works, and the latest design. They are pretty much hallmarks of who I am, or at least who I aspire to be. Problem is, all this requires a jump through the tedium of getting what I want to keep off my old machine seamlessly. And in order to do that, I think I need to update that machine in a way that appears to me impossible.
So I’m a little stuck, not to mention sick of the Genius Bar. Under normal circumstances, I would say “serves me right for attempting something technological while Roy is out of town”, but somehow I’ve come to enjoy (gasp!) the required learning that comes with adopting a new computer (the last time I got one- in 2006- it was my first non-work new computer since 1998!). If I’m telling the whole truth, I’ve also become suspect of my PC husbands ways with my Mac. Isn’t part of the beauty of the Mac that it un-complicates technology?
I think I’ll go work out and see how things look when I come back.
17 months January 28, 2010
Ari is 17 months old today. Thus far, the day is not particularly notable, other than its improvement over yesterday, the details of which involve way too many of the following: puke (his), ants, poop (his) and wine/french food (Roy and me, but can we really be blamed given the preceding 3?).
Hopefully this is an in like a lion, out like a lamb scenario.
Aside from all of that, life is good. My career stuff is falling into place (and one of these days I’ll get to detailing that), which feels great and validates my hypothesis about syncing up what I enjoy/am good at with this desire to have a flexible schedule. Ari is at a fun age where he’s capable of expressing himself and exploring his independence, yet still super lovey and cuddly (best part about yesterday, hands down). He’s interested in how things work (namely garbage), loves being outside, loves dogs, gives great kisses, and makes us smile.
Is he not the cutest thing you’ve ever seen? January 17, 2010
And like many native San Franciscans, obsessed with compost.
