A Mixed Bag

I'm waking up with a slightly dicky stomache each morning - it's recurring often enough for me to wonder if a visit to the doctors might be wise. Maybe it's psychosomatic sympathy with little Rory2, our Betta Splendens. His abdomen is all swollen up... could be constipation, could be dropsy, a failure of the kidneys to which Bettas are prone. I was lucky with my others who lived a good few years, but if he's got dropsy, chances are he is going to die. I will do whatever I can to keep him going. My poor fish have been having a rough time recently.

I myself feel slightly disgruntled... Shouldn't do, got some encouraging news yesterday...maybe it's the stomach ache. I honestly cannot handle social media at the moment, it seems full of people desperate to tell others how to live their lives. Obviously everyone has their moments and  opinions, that's what makes it fun. But sometimes, when everyone has a moment and an opinion at the same time, the Enough point is reached.   This morning was my Enough point.

The Ballad of Mary-Anne goes to music...It's a song about bullying.I heard it in my head before writing it out, and have got the chorus down pat. But how do you build a verse melody from a chorus? No idea.

Waterworks

Waiting for the plumber;big leak in the kitchen! A bit dismaying as I really wanted to get down to the local aquatic shop in order to follow some expert fishy advice; If the tank water is suffering from nitrate or ammonia overload, all the inhabitants get to fast for a week. It seems very harsh to me, but that's the recommendation. If the water's normal, time for live food rather than flakes and wafers so the inmates will  get a treat of  water fleas and bloodworms. If I want to help Rory2 to get rid of all that bloat, apparently feeding him a shelled pea may help. But I can't go get the test stuff because I am still waiting for this plumber, and I can't work out how to help the little guy til I've tested the water!

If he's got dropsy, they recommend killing him humanely.

I have no idea of how to do that, and am not considering it yet.

And I really don't want to think about this bloody leak. Come on plumbery types, I have fish to rescue!