Guess what I bought today!
I so want to make this a 20 Questions game. Hey. I'd give you 50 questions and you still wouldn't guess. But I don't plan to check in often to keep up my part of the game, so I'm going to have to tell you.
Part of the reason I won't be online is that Thursday is Joshua's Big Day. Yes. Time to use the toilet. We are done with diapers and we are not going back.
This is bold because, to date, nothing from his body has ever gone directly into a toilet. But I believe that potty training happens when either the kid or the mother is done with diapers. Or both. At the very least, this mother is done.
And because Thursday is his big day, I spent Wednesday evening buying some prizes to motivate him. I know. Surprising, isn't it, that I need something more than a bag of m'n'm's? This is Joshua we're talking about, right?
But we tried the candy thing last time and he couldn't have cared.
So the ante goes up. If he learns a bargaining lesson in this, so be it.
There I was, at the cash register of the PX on Peterson Air Force Base, buying the pile of prizes, when the cashier directed my attention to something at her station.
It cost $6.98.
Given an entire year of thinking, I never would have thought I'd ever see this item for sale in a military department store in Colorado Springs.
I've heard of this thing all my life.
If pressed, I'd have guessed that one would have to be in South America to see a real one.
And it reminded me of a movie from 1986 that I liked and that I now think I'm going to have to watch again because I couldn't possibly have appreciated it back then. Do you have movies like that?
So I told the cashier, "I have to buy that!" and she said, "No way. This one's mine. But just scoot yourself around the corner and see if there's any more left."
I told her, "Good thing you're not running a for-profit store here. . ." and I scooted around the corner and got one of the remaining 4.
What is it?
A venus flytrap.
How awesome is that? My very own venus flytrap!!!!
When I stick my finger into one of its. . .flowers? Leaves? I have so much to learn about my new plant!. . .it closes up on me!
Am I going to have to feed it flies? Does it actually digest protein or just trap it till the protein is dead?
How big is it going to get? Right now, I have a double planter (so I have two venus flytraps!) and each one is about 3/4 cup.
What must I do to take care of it?
And why is the PX selling these things??? I have so much to learn!
I'm keeping it a secret from the kids until next week, whence I'll show it to them right before going to the library. We already have our project for this week lined up. But I have a feeling this venus flytrap is going to be a big hit with them. Let's hope I can keep it alive for at least that long.
In the meantime:
"I don't know anybody who deserves to be cut up and fed to a hungry plant."
"Sure you do!"
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3 comments:
Okay, contained in 3/4 of a cup, your venus fly trap will take years and years before it gets big enough to eat you! Surely this tiny little plant came with instructions, didn't it - you know, one of those little plastic tags stuck in the dirt telling you amount of soil, watering - feeding? Would dead bugs do? Enjoy your new little "pet" - Love, Mom
Seriously one of my favorite musicals ever. Who doesn't want to live "somewhere that's green...?"
LOVE Little Shop! It's always been one of my very favorite movies....and plays. (My brother was Mushnik in high school. Ha!)
Have fun with your flytrap. I've had a few over the years. Kate actually has given a few as birthday gifts in the past year or two, to kids into science like she is. I'm glad you're so excited to have one! Makes me smile!!
Next time you cook some meat, take a little piece and feed your carnivore. We used to put in a bit of ground beef on taco night when I was a kid. Fun stuff!
-Amanda
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