I Wake Up to the Sound of Music

Hello again! Look at me, posting so closely in succession. I may actually keep to my promise of posting more often, hehe. In any case, I wanted to update you all and introduce you to my mud puppy creature friend that I made today. :D I and another girl that live in I-House had been pondering getting some fish recently, although we discovered that the fish we wanted were all tropical (requiring much more expensive heated tanks and accompanying accessories), so I opted for a classical fishbowl friendly creature. I was just going to get your average 金魚 (literally "gold fish"), but I spotted this guy and couldn't resist.

After some internet research I have discovered he is essentially a "mudpuppy" or aquatic salamander, and a very young one at that. His name, by the way, is "Ippiki" or "EEP-peekee" which means "one animal", but mostly I just think it sounds cute. :) The shopkeeper told me how to care for him and said that while the bowl I have for him currently is fine, I may need to get a bigger one soon as within a year he will be about five to six inches in length and much larger. Of course I will not be here in a year, but as is often the fate of I-House pets I will probably pass him along to a continuing resident.

In any case, outside of Ippiki and I's thankfully uneventful bike ride home from the fish store, today has been rather long. I had my big lesson test, and it was fairly difficult, and took the entirety of my hour and a half class period. I could have done with even more time, to be honest, and was forced to rush to finish my final answers. However, I think it went okay. The rest of the day I rested my brain and chatted with folks, soaking up the sunshine and trying not to get bitten by ants, ha. And that's about all I have to say about that.