Baby snakes, bite and biting

G’day there once again.
Well, a lot has happened since I last made an entry here. Firstly (and probably most exciting for us) we have had our first clutch of baby snakes hatch. They are eleven corn-snake babies and they are just adourable…like little coloured worms, only better. I mean just look at the pictures and see for yourself.
Another thing is that my darling dear, Bluey helped me clean the mice (well she actually did most of it while I was at work) and feed the snakes. She was to put a ball python into a feeding cage while I cleaned the last mouse cage when she came to me with her cute “poor-little-me” look and said “you have to feed the ball pythons!”. I wondered what she was talking about till I saw just above her right wrist a trickle of blood and red dots of the teeth punctures. I laughed, hugged her and said “Awwww…poor darlin”. She laughed a little and said “it bloody well HURT!!!” This was Blueys first real snake bite and I was proud of her. She was actually bitten by our small sand boa, but that didn’t count. We took photos to commemorate the occasion.
The next thing of note is that I bit my dentists finger, but it was not my fault. I was there to have my left wisdom tooth removed because it was growing at an angle and cutting into my cheek. He had numbed the area, put a wad of cotton in the area and told me to close my mouth, so I did, however there was something firm, but rubbery between my teeth! “NOT on my finger please!” I mean, seriously…dentists of ALL people should know that you never ask someone to close their mouth without removing your fingers from the danger zone.” Bluey said that there was a look of utter shock and disbelief on the dentist face and then on his assistant and finally on me when he told me I was biting him. Ah well…it wasn’t long before my tooth was safely sitting on the silver tray in front of me. I also have to go back in winter for the removal of my lower wisdom teeth, due to the fact that they are growing along the jaw instead of outwards. GREAT…they will cut the gums and have to cut/rip/grind/chainsaw/smash/hammer/yank violentally the offending ivories. Apparentally it really, REALLY hurts a little after that operation. Can’t say I’m looking forwards to it.
I reccon that is enough for now, so…see ya later.

Our anniversary

Yesterday was our third anniversary. I can not believe how fast time has gone by since we were married. It seems like just the beginning of last year that Bluey and I swapped vowes and placed our wedding rings on each others fingers for the first time. Time flies by faster than you realise, but I do realise that I have been really blessed to have found someone that is somewhat crazy while she can still remain sensible, who is smart without being a smarty-pants to compensate for my short-comings. She is a voice of reason and logic when I need it, my stability when feel shaken or annoyed, my advisor, my critic and my praiser. Blueys ideas, gentle corrections and logical reasonings are not always what I would like to hear at the time, but without her guidance and help I do not know what sort of problems and situations I would find myself in. I love her dearly for her unconditional love and that she is so biased and blind to love me in that way. It is not because of the unconditional love Bluey shows that I love her… I love her because …well…no words can define it apart from….simply because she is my soul-mate and I will love her dearly forever!
I had the day off work so we could spend the whole day together. Our original plan was to go to the swimming theme park again, however since the weather was rainy and miserable we decided to head for the city for a while, catch a movie and then enjoy a nice meal together before grabbing a cocktail on the way home. The movie we saw was Hancock. Our dinner was a delicious meat, salad, fried potato chips and a baked potato platter for two (which never fails to satisfy us). We are both always pleasantly full when we are done. YUMMMMMM.!! After a short train ride, Bluey drank a Sea Breeze while I drank a Long Island Iced Tea for a change from my Mai Tai. It was nice, but I reckon Mai Tai is better. Linda, you will remember the Mai Tais’ from over here ^^. Nice hey!
Well, that’s about it apart from the fact that we have been asked to throw a short notice BBQ and party for tomorrow night before a friend heads off to a island for a uni project, so it will be interesting to see how many turn up when being told just two days in advance.
Take care and all the best.

So good to go swimming again

After such a hot day yesterday I suggested to Bluey that we go to a local swimming fun park, so we organised with Erik & Maria to go today. We were a little concerned as the weather forecasts were for storms, but mostly for the evening. This morning was clear and hot…perfect conditions for swimming, so off we went. They had opened a new section since we were there last. Complete with a wave pool and a number of slides. All was great. There was one that I was the first of our group to try. It was fast and quick. It shot you down fast and then you started to go back upwards. Reading this it doesn’t sound much, but not knowing what to expect and experiencing the speed and sudden direction change, with the water splashing into your face was a bit of a surprise to me. I didn’t see their faces or know their thoughts, but I heard from Bluey that they did not have so much reassurance of the ride when they heard a “HOLY SHII..” of my shocked voice emanated from the tunnel in front of where they stood! However, we all survived and enjoyed it.
Fortunately, about 7 minutes before we had to leave, a parcel that we have been eagerly awaiting, containing our bags from England finally arrived. These are the bags that we searched all over in London for, so if you read about us searching for them in our London entries, we didn’t find them, but these are the ones. They are the exact same bags used in the Indiana Jones movies. Erik and I have also ordered one bullwhip for each of us from a bloke. I have read a few testimonials of his whips on a forum of people who are quiet critical of a few things and all spoke well of his craftsmanship. They will be 10 feet long and we have to wait for about two months for the bloke to make them as he has retired from whip making and now does them in his spare time. We can not wait till they get here. I haven’t handled a whip for ages and Erik is keen to learn.

I hope all is well with everyone and continues to be till we meet again, or you read my next entry. All the best from Harry.