Meet Howard

So we did it! We finally welcomed the newest member of the family. Meet Howard. He is a plant. He resembles a Hydrangea (google it). Yes, Hydrangeas are a fairly feminine looking plant but who cares? Ours (we suspect) will bloom in a few weeks. I believe he could hold his own in a plant show. He is sorta hardcore for a plant because he has spiky-ish leaves and a wood-y stem. I picked him out (of course) even though Erin wanted a Christmas cactus. How boring. Maybe we might get Howard a sibling in the future. As for now he is all we can handle.

We had planned on getting a Betta fish. You know the ones that sit in a cup of water and seem depressed all the time. That seemed like the perfect pet for me since he could live in a cup on the coffee/dining table for the rest of his life. Then I thought to myself that all of my fish have a high mortality rate. Sad but true. As a rule: If it doesn't have four legs then chances are it's gonna die. I was so excited too since I thought I was gonna have a bona fide pet in Korea. I had planned on talking to it and maybe petting the side of the plastic cup. Oh Petey (this was gonna be his name) if only...

Then again you would've lived for exactly a week and a half. But for that week we would've had some good times.

Hasta mañana!