feelin' fishy again

Finally! It's been 3 months since my aquarium has had water in it. I've been dying to set it up. Unfortunately when the IDIOT from Dish network was here to install our satelite service after we moved in he not only got mud on my BRAND new carpet, he also drilled the hole for the cable about 6 inches away from the wall right through the carpet. I freaked out and he said it was because there was a pipe under the subfloor right there and that's the way they do it. I said, "Ah, Bullkaka." You see, you drilled the hole before you even went under the house to look. Then I proceeded to tell him that I'm not dumb, I'm not 20 or 80, and I've live in enough different places to know you NEVER fricking drill the hole that far away from the wall. He started shaking, went outside, and then called his manager. When the manager got here I met him at the car and told him to get his coveralls on cause we were going under the house. The other guy wouldn't go under with me. I think he thought I was going to kill him with a shovel once he got under there. So, I dawned my husband's sweats and flannel shirt and belly crawled all the way under the house with the "manager". Guess what??? There was not a pipe to be seen for MILES AND MILES. It was an interior wall. All of the furnace pipes are on the exteriors. BUSTED!!! So, long story short, I had to wait to set up my aquarium until they finally got the funds to the carpet place to order and install the new carpet. The contractor that Dish sends out said this type of stuff happens ALL the time. He replaces broken windows, gutters, flooring, you name it. It cost $1000 just to have the carpet done. No wonder why our satelite costs are inflated so much!!! Buyers beware! NEVER leave those guys alone so you can go make your kid's lunches before school! I learned my lesson!!! I hope he did too. I often wonder if he would have tried that if my husband would have been here??? I think he was afraid to go under the house. Pansy.



Maybe this week I'll actually get a fish in there! The cats are already eyeing it. I'll get some cheapies to throw in there until the biological filter is back in action. Now to decide which direction I'm going to take it this time...African Cichlids? Oscars? A large school of Tetras? I love starting fresh.