Foiled!

This was supposed to be a big night for me: A and H are away on a daddy-daughter campout and T is at a friend's house for a sleepover, so I was going to climb into bed and whiz through Harry Potter 5 (I stayed up until 2 am yesterday finishing Harry Potter 4). The idea was I'd finish while H was still reading it, and then give it right back to her so she wouldn't even miss a step. I cleaned the kitchen, finished some paperwork and then went to H's book to retrieve the book. But darn it, it was gone! It looks like H took the book with her on the campout. Why, oh why, would she do that? There is zero chance that the book will see the light of day--between planned activities and hanging with her friends, there is no way she will crack that book. I am so bummed--guess I'll finish laundry and then get a good night's sleep.

p.s. I cleaned the guppy tank the other week. It was beyond murky--opaque is more like it--and more disturbingly, it was starting to smell like rotten eggs. Now that the water is clean, the guppies have rediscovered each other and... we have baby guppies again. Many of the eggs have been eaten (hurray for the circle of life!) but I saw 5 fairly big babies today. Let's see if they survive the next few days--must suck to constantly be looking over your shoulder, wondering if your mom or dad are going to eat you alive. Literally.