Thriving
What once was an innocent trip to the pet store for a couple pet fish for KK has now turned into a full-blown project. It looks like we have unearthed Jes’ long-lost hobby from college: fishkeeping. Dum dum DUUUUUM!!! On Tuesday, the bigger tank arrived from Amazon and the two adult fish were put into their new home.
Meanwhile, the baby fish were having a party in their tank. With the adults nowhere to be found, they all emerged from their hiding places and we counted up to 20 baby fish!!!
http://youtu.be/4z0IkbkbX00
Where did they all come from?! We only counted 12 the other day. Now they’re all swimming freely around the tank and having a blast. Each day they seem to get a little bigger and they all now have black markings on their tails. This is so fun!!
The next step is to find some more plants for the big tank and it sound like Jes has big plans for it. I guess we’ll be spending more time (and money) at fish stores this coming year. It’ll be just like college all over again.
Last night we went to the store to buy some fish. 
We came home with two sunburst wag platys and they adjusted well to our little 5-gallon tank.
This afternoon, I was checking on them and found a tiny little baby fish!!! I had a feeling one of the fish we bought was preggo because her belly was so big and round! FYI, baby fish are called “fry”. Haha.
This year, my parents came up for Thanksgiving. The Masayas were out of town so it was just the 5 of us with a 22-pound turkey. Heh heh.
In the morning, we went to the zoo. It was fun to be there on a holiday because all the animals got special treats and for some reason, a lot of the animals were awake and active this morning. I had never seen a hippo so up-close! They’re actually kinda scary when they’re not sleeping underwater.
Once we got home, the cooking started. Thankfully we had my parents around to keep KK company.
As usual, we ate until we were overstuffed and there were plenty of leftovers for sandwiches for the next several days. I love Thanksgiving!!!
One of my favorite traditions is to go to Embarcadero Center to watch the lighting of the buildings and the fireworks. It always occurs on the Friday before Thanksgiving. This year, all the girls weren’t able to make it but KK and I went anyway. At work, I hustled to get off at 4:15 (15 mins early). Then I was able to pick up the kid from daycare, get home by 5:00, catch Muni to Embarcadero, and finish eating dinner by 6:00. After dinner, we caught the “Disney on Ice” show at the rink just before they did the countdown and lit the buildings.
It was weird to be with just the kid this year and to be completely sober but it was just as special in its own way. KK appreciated it much more than the last two years that we went. It also snowed inside the atrium, which confused her a little bit.
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