I guess posting to LJ is an annual tradition for me now, as is my usual moment of reflection about the successes of the past year. 2013 marked some enormous milestones for me. Things I thought I would never do, would never achieve, suddenly accomplished. Just like that ( Read more... )

I have so much to say about being pregnant that I don't know where to begin, honestly. At the beginning? With the stuff that's more relevant to my experiences? What I've learned about the little person inside of me already? I guess I'll start at the beginning and see how it goes ( Read more... )

I had a fairly rotten day yesterday. In short, I've been sick for 2 weeks or so now, and its just not going away. For the past few days I've also been coughing up a little blood. Concerned, I went to a clinic, who, because of said blood, told me to go to a hospital. The hospital ER was near empty when I'd arrived, but after over 3 hours, I heard ( Read more... )

I think my only resolutions for 2011 are to complain less and to show more gratitude. That said, I wanted to take a moment to focus on the things I've learnt in 2010 instead.

When change happens embrace it *and keep going*Seriously. So much happened this year that I could have never predicted. Changing jobs over and over was the big one here, I ( Read more... )

Me: "Isn't it odd that there's practically no advertising all night long and as soon as 6am rolls around its non stop? You'd think the air time would be cheaper overnight, wouldn't you ( Read more... )

So apparently LJ didn't die without me posting for a couple months. Imagine ( Read more... )

Today I was gifted with a new snake. Yes, this makes three. This one is a tiny little baby, and he's a black and silver (or a motley anerythristic for you technical folk) and just weeks old. Here I use the term 'he' loosely, since I've learned my lesson. In a couple years, maybe he'll let me know. Either way, I've names him Varuna.

( Pics of all 3 snakes under the cut. Enjoy! )

I woke up to eggs! Its like Easter going on over in that tank. I don't think she'd done yet, but she looks like she's taking a break. I don't want to disturb her, but I could only spot 3 eggs so far. They're so big compared to her!

I'm so excited!!! 

• Snakes can tell if eggs in their bellies are bad, and will sometimes expel them to give the other eggs more room.
• Snakes don't go into labor. They wait until they find 'just the right place' and then lay an egg at a time.
• Sometimes it takes up to a week to lay a whole clutch of eggs.
• Some snakes like being pregnant, and will store sperm a while to lay ( Read more... )

This morning I found a rotten egg in the snakes' water dish. Naturally, I thought, 'Yay! Agni is laying eggs!'. With some advice, I set 'her' into a separate box full of good damp earth to lay in, since something like 8-20 more are supposed to come along in the next 24-48 hours ( Read more... )