"quick, come here, my hand is stuck in a fish." that is the scream i hear when i rush upstairs to the tub where tal and Mattan watch alla scream in agony.
we have a big fish, plastic fish. you can put balls in its mouth and they come out the other end, not sure which genius came up with this idea. Mattan put a slightly bigger ball and the fish became constipated. Alla tried to help and not sure how, got her hand stuck in the fish's rear end.
she couldn't break loose since she was holding Tal in the other hand. mattan kept playing with otter marine toys. with my 2 childless hands saved the fish and managed to extract the ball out as well. no fish were harmed in the writing of this blog and all fingers are back to working order.
i've been non stop sick for over two weeks. nothing special, just never ending mucus and coughing, i have not been to the gym in that time and re-gained a bit. which be good in a sick way. I enrolled in a "biggest loser" competition at the J and today i had my 1st weigh in, in the evening, after dinner. the starting point is much higher then i wanted it to be.. but now its 2 months of lose competition. i am climbing a volcano in three months, i need to lose it or i want make it up the hill.
in the last 2 months i started training a bit, but i had serious problem running. ,my calf muscled would ache badly after almost no distance at all. but today since the competition began and i was there anyway for the weigh in, i started to jog and strangely felt no muscle aches. 10 laps is not much, not even a mile but more than i have done lately. as soon as i stopped i felt it. my cough become much stronger. my lungs are disobeying... but two months to go, need to change my shape from a tub to something more human like.
last weekend we began switching to underpants for Mattan. it is an interesting journey. mattan is better behaved at day care, much less at home. after a few accidental days (Reminder to self, replace carpet..), on mu shifts i take him to the potty every half hour, he resists but no luck, he goes. yesterday i had the first no #1 accident day. number 2 came once, of the joy of cleaning underwear...
I took him to the Cleveland aquarium, it drizzled a bit as we came in. first time there, i thought it was very nicely done. fish both big and small, some very big. you go under jelly fish , that was quite nice. some snakes, frogs, turtles. a pond of sting ray that you can actually touch as they swim along, so of course i had too, Mattan was scared a bit. i touched some star fish and some other freak fish.
the Aquarium is in an old building and they kept its shape, placing small aquariums in its halls. it's a nice touch. the halls were lit in color changing lamps , mattan saw a kid surprised as his hands changed colors under the lamps and it became a game , since the color change every few seconds and so did his hands . the shark pool is close to the end with lots of big sharks and there is a tunnel underneath and you can see them from below, as they swim close to the edge, you really get a good look at their teeth. Mattan loved the possibility of walking around, he passed the tunnel, then played with the lights and back again ten times at least including 3 potty breaks... no chances with that.
an hour plus later we left the aquarium and the blizzard hit. heavy snow, strong winds winds, no visibility , no gloves.. i knew this day would be cold, but i thought it would be later. we drove home sloy passing one truck that didn't take car on the bridge and hit the edge. , but for us no accidents (well accept the single poop)
cheers
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