Road trip!

Last week we had a last fling trip before school starts again (for Stacie) and headed down to Cocoa, FL to visit our great friends Mike and Jenn. It was so great to get to hang out with them and see their new(ish) house. We had a really great time with them - some beach time, some rum/gin (of course) , and even a trip to Wet n' Wild in Orlando! Yey!!

And, according to our car, it was a perfect trip! This was really the odometer reading as we pulled in our driveway!


We were able to stop off on the way down and the way back at the Blythes (version 1.0)'s house in Alachua... too bad they weren't there!! Hopefully they'll be there full time soon and we'll be able to actually see them when we spend the night at their house! :)

More update soon...

My Present from FL

So Stacie went to the sunny (actually very rainy) state of FL last week with her best friend Sarah. I stayed here and worked all week on data for a poster my advisor is going to present at a marine microbial ecology meeting next week. So my week was productive but boring, while Stac got to hang out at the beach. I did get a present though. Dead sea turtle parts. Sounds strange right? WRONG!!! Stacie called from the beach to say she had found...something stinky and big. Obviously being married to a budding marine scientist has rubbed off on her, as she fearlessly collected dead animal bits from the beach. We are now in the process of cleaning them for display. I'm sure all five or so of you who read this are holding your breath in anticipation of those pics.

So...what else... Oh yeah, the new puffer is kind of a dick. He has killed and eaten two of my new chromis..es... But, hey, he's eating! Dick.

Abby just came over to say hello and farted. Thanks dog.

Anywho... I'm tired, and it kind of stinks here now. Again, thanks dog.

Our connectiong is pretty slow at the moment, so I will upload pics tomorrow...maybe.

Night all,
B & S

Splash!

So, she doesn't like baths at all, but somehow the pool is way more fun!


Pool time!

All puffed up...

Click here to see Brad force-feeding the puffer... (Ignore "King of the Hill" in the background...)

All mimsy was mRNA...

wow... if you're nerdy like us, you'll love this. This is not a joke. It is a real instructional video made by some students at the Department of Chemistry of UCSD in 1971. We found out about it because a "friend of a friend" actually saw this in class recently. The prof said he has yet to find a better way to explain protein synthesis... you be the judge, but we know we'll never forget again! It might help if you're drunk...

Crazy hippies...

New Fish!!

We got some new fish for the 75 gal. tank! Cool!!

Here's the new porcupine puffer:

He's not eating yet, so we're a little worried about him. We're going to try some more tonight, so keep your fingers crossed! :) He so cool!!!

We also got 3 green chromis. We don't have a picture of our actual fish - they move fast!! Here's a picture from the internet... they basically look just like that! :)

Fun!!

In other news, Mike and Jenn have started a website too!! Yey!! Fun stuff!! :) :) :) And only 95 days until Jamaica!!