Sea Monkeys
It’s been another busy week. After working 12 days in a row, I had two days off. The first day was spent mostly having my van serviced, but I managed also to walk 10 miles, then go to the gym and run 2 more, lift weights, etc. The second day was spent with friends and getting my van tested and inspected so that I can drive legally. No time for shopping or other activities.
No shopping in stores, that is, but I have made some online purchases. One of them was sort of a coincidence. I had just visited the ThinkGeek website, and I noticed that one of the offerings there was for Sea Monkeys. I had Sea Monkeys as a boy, and I remembered enjoying caring for them. For the uninitiated, Sea Monkeys are a trademark for a certain species of brine shrimp (artemia salina, if memory serves). Still, I am long past the days of my boyhood, but I felt compelled to purchase this thing just the same.
I took the Sea Monkey kit to work. Because I work in the evenings, I am often alone there. I love to have pets. I like having living beings around me. The Sea Monkeys are growing now; there are perhaps two dozen of them in the small aquarium provided in the kit. They are roughly the size of the head of a pin, perhaps .3 mm long.
Why is this important enough to write about? I don’t really know, but I do know that all life is precious, and perhaps I am just pleased to witness the lives of these creatures as they are played out on my desktop.
Other news: I have been corresponding recently with a woman who I met online. Her writing intrigued me, and I wrote to her. We have been corresponding since, and now she would like to meet me. She lives just less than 100 miles away. I am looking forward to meeting her. She adopted a young girl from Cambodia, probably saving the girl’s life. She describes the girl as a “wise old soul,” and I suspect that she is right. I am glad the girl lives with her now, without having to worry about life in the orphanage or land mines. All life is precious.
I am enjoying the building excitement of my trip to Texas. I may have stopovers with friends along the way. On the way back, I plan to see some of my friends from Iraq. Most of us made it back alive. I will be glad to see them again. All life is precious.
No shopping in stores, that is, but I have made some online purchases. One of them was sort of a coincidence. I had just visited the ThinkGeek website, and I noticed that one of the offerings there was for Sea Monkeys. I had Sea Monkeys as a boy, and I remembered enjoying caring for them. For the uninitiated, Sea Monkeys are a trademark for a certain species of brine shrimp (artemia salina, if memory serves). Still, I am long past the days of my boyhood, but I felt compelled to purchase this thing just the same.
I took the Sea Monkey kit to work. Because I work in the evenings, I am often alone there. I love to have pets. I like having living beings around me. The Sea Monkeys are growing now; there are perhaps two dozen of them in the small aquarium provided in the kit. They are roughly the size of the head of a pin, perhaps .3 mm long.
Why is this important enough to write about? I don’t really know, but I do know that all life is precious, and perhaps I am just pleased to witness the lives of these creatures as they are played out on my desktop.
Other news: I have been corresponding recently with a woman who I met online. Her writing intrigued me, and I wrote to her. We have been corresponding since, and now she would like to meet me. She lives just less than 100 miles away. I am looking forward to meeting her. She adopted a young girl from Cambodia, probably saving the girl’s life. She describes the girl as a “wise old soul,” and I suspect that she is right. I am glad the girl lives with her now, without having to worry about life in the orphanage or land mines. All life is precious.
I am enjoying the building excitement of my trip to Texas. I may have stopovers with friends along the way. On the way back, I plan to see some of my friends from Iraq. Most of us made it back alive. I will be glad to see them again. All life is precious.
posted by Louis at 5:20 AM
1 Comments:
Thank you! I'm sure that all will work out for the best, and I appreciate the sentiment.
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