A Fishy Day

 A good day today.  Got an early morning call from Robert and Amanda.  They felt like taking a road trip, so were going to come to Tallahassee to check out a fish store (they've recently set up a salt water tank).  That made me actually have to get out of bed and do some frantic housecleaning to clear at least some of the chaos.  I'm not a great housekeeper at best, and between being in the doldrums for awhile, combined with the fact that no one ever sees my house, well, you get the idea.

We finally exchanged Christmas gifts.  I got a tea infuser with a bat charm, and a book of Lovecraft inspired cocktail recipes to go with my Necroniminomnomnom cookbook.  We had Mexican for lunch (because they have an outside dining area) and went to the fish store, which was really quite impressive.  Amanda and Robert are particularly entranced by corals, which this store had in abundance (it was rather sensory overload for them).   Robert picked out what I called "the little brown blob" but it had some nice wavy bits on it.  But Amanda and I spotted a lone specimen of an anemone called a "rock flower."  It is really quite beautiful and we both loved it so of course I had to buy it for her. 

Then a stop by the feed store because Amanda gave Robert a still kit for Christmas.  He's put it together now, and it's time to ferment some mash, which meant that he needed cracked corn and rye seed.

Usually after I "social" I'm a bit down when the emptiness closes in again, but fortunately that didn't happen.  Maybe it's because it was a rather long visit and I was ready for it to be just me and the cats again.