thought this was appropriate to post here... aren't they cute? (no, this is not one of my frogs. my frogs are not obese, i think it's a bit cruel to feed them so much they get that fat.)

three frogs left

i buried leopardy this afternoon. he looked pretty much dead for several days, but every time i went to scoop him up, he'd start kicking around a little bit. he was skinny and his body looked old and worn out. i think he died of old age. maybe hastened a bit from being the smallest and the most timid. it didn't matter how much food i put in the tank, the fat ones would gobble it all up, and he never did seem to get quite enough. well, the other three seem to be completely back to normal. we'll see. i'm not sure how long these frogs are supposed to live, but according to something i read online, it said they live a lot longer than the five(?) years we've had them.

goodbye

i just buried spotty under the snow. it's been snowing all day here today. he was the second spotty frog. it was when the first spotty, a dwarf frog, died that we got the tadpoles. i blogged about it. that's what this is. you can scroll down to read the story, from the bottom up, in chronological order, if you'd like.

anyway, the first few times i thought he was dead, and went to fish him out of the tank, he started moving around. noticed he hadn't moved in a few hours, and figured that was that. it was. i feel better now.

the skinny one is still hanging in there. he looks so old. so worn out. the other three seem fine now. not entirely sure what happened. we'll keep a close watch on them.

goodbye

i don't know why some people have to make fun of every perceived weakness in everyone else. i don't know why, if you show these people your soft underbelly, why do they always have to poke at it ever after?

my frogs are dying. i am sad and upset about this. three of them might make it, but the other two are definitely goners. i'm going to have to bury my pets today. they taught me a lot. and now i have to let them go, a good bit sooner than i thought i would. goodbye has never come easy for me. and when it's goodbye forever, that is far and away more difficult.

i'll be okay. eventually. right now i need some time alone if i can't have a shoulder to cry on. and today i can have neither of those things. i have to go to the dentist instead.