Hi! How are you! I fucking love echidnas. What's your favourite obscure animal?
How was your day? Mine was fun because now I have one less assignment to worry about. I think I did well, but I always worry that I'm going to get negative feedback regardless of how well I think I did.
Frogs are neat too. Have you seen those weird ones with the holes in their backs? Fucking grosses me out, but you got to admire a mom that would go to that length to protect her tadpoles.
Oh, and bugs, what's your favourite bug? I think weevils are cute but I'm partial to bees. I know, bees are a bit of a basic choice but they're cute! Sue me! Green lavewings are great too, they look like magical creatures of some kind.
Anyway how are you?
I really like toads. Specifically Fowler toads. They look grumpy all the time, in a good way.
Marmots also rule hard.
I like a lot of bugs, but a recent focus of mine, as I found one in my shower and didn't know they lived in my state, is a bristletail. They're like a shrimp that does backflips for some reason. They're one of the older bugs out their, and I think possibly related to sea scorpions, but I'll have to recheck that particular knowledge base when I get the motivation next.
My day is about to get hectic. I'm building a house, and left a room intact from an old build to qualify as a remodel for tax and appraisal purposes. I was getting ready to install some tile so I can put a toilet in, and the salvaged room floor collapsed. After ripping out the subfloor, I found that a porch attached to the house was hollow and filled with dirt, which rotted the wooden sill plate on the foundation. So I have to Jack the house up to replace the boards and then build a new floor.
Any advice I get on the fix seems to come from flippers. I don't want landlord repairs, I want permanent fixes. I'm not selling this shit. No ten year fixes. 50 year fixes.
At least it happened before I finished it and moved in.