i’ve been sans bath bombs since summer. poop. this one, from basin, smells particularly good and lets loose an expanding animal sponge. mmmm. they made my closet smell yummy, too. i think they could do the same thing for my car. just don’t throw one into the fish tank.

must find time to shop!

wait… when did all of these exams start coming so fast? i mean, wasn’t the stress of a presentation, paper, and videotaped patient evaluation enough? it’s october! i’m supposed to be frolicking in the park and kicking up piles of leaves from the ground. there’s no sign of fall anywhere in pohomona. i wanna see some orangy red yellowy leaves!

[shakes fist, yelps, spins, falls on ground]

on saturday, we went to the CAFP conference for med students and residents over at UCLA. it was fun filled day of lectures, suturing sponges, and free pens. a bee/wasp/ugly thing wouldn’t leave us alone, and landed on my sandwich about 4 times before refusing to get off of it and thoroughly grossing me out. i stuck to the pasta and potatoes. below, william and steven suturing.

the day ended with indonesian food (yum!) at the indocafe and a long, traffic-filled drive home [i missed most of it, i fell asleep]. i’ve got plenty of new pens/highlighters/flashing lights/squishy balls to give away now, so if you want one, just come visit!

in my latest attempt to be the stereotypical loopy asian woman, i’ve once again forgotten and left my gas cap on my car and drove away. i think this makes it gas cap #4. to my credit, however, gas cap #4 had been with me for at least 2.5 years. to my discredit, i’ve only had the car itself for 5 years. oh the shame! the low down dirty shame.

so… i will make the trek down to the dealership this week and pick up a new one.

as my second act as SLAW, i accidently spilled a bag of water [holding the new plants for my tank] all over my living room floor. half a pack of napkins and a towel has done nothing. poop.

so first i saw 3, then 5, now i count 7… 23… now 26 and counting. every time i go back i find more. i’m flabbergasted. i didn’t even know that fish could hold that many in her belly. she wasn’t THAT fat. wowowowow.

i was watching my tank today and noticed an orange baby fish. my first thought was, dude. my fish turned orange. uhm, no. then i saw two more. MY FISH HAD BABIES! good things happen when you buy big fat momma fish. i can’t wait to see what they grow up to look like. one has a big black stripe on its tail. very cool.

- sub-par gelato from MELT.
- new shoes [b-day gift from the mom] from BORN.
- albacore salad and studying at toro.
- mint lotion from origins.
- study study study.

i came home to my still depressed fishy– and decided to take him back to the pet store. i dropped him off and picked up a pretty yellow swordtail, a big momma red platy, and two algae eaters. my tank is happier now. i think the dopamine-deprived fishy was bringing the whole apartment down.

afterwards… i washed my grapes and baked some orange cranberry bread and tried valiantly to go to bed before 11. i don’t know when i passed out, but it was painful. so now i’m awake and puffy eyed and ready for…. school. bleh.

so i go to pick up the tank stand from petsmart, and after a little bit of haggling, i get the price i want. or at least close to it. the guy wheels the stand out to my car– and after 10 minutes of trying to shove it into my back seat and trunk, we give up.

cut to me, borrowing their dolly and wheeling my fish tank stand down central, much to the bewilderment of many, many passing drivers. then, with the help of two little korean girls, dragging it up the stairs and rolling into my happy happy home.

i can only wonder what will happen next.