As they do, the tadpoles outgrew their little glass jar. And the plastic pitcher. So now they are happily swimming around in my 20 gallon aquarium outside. Just have some rocks in the bottom and an air pump to keep it aerated.
There are significantly less of the tadpoles lately – maybe 20-30 total now. But the ones who survived have already grown and are definitely bigger than they were. No legs yet. It seems they like hiding out in the rocks better than having nowhere to go in the jar. Plus, they are eating the stuff that’s already growing in the aquarium. Bonus!
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As many of you know, I am a nature enthusiast. We grew up playing with turtles, snakes, bugs, and frogs. Especially frogs. I love the idea of being amphibious. Going from gills to lungs in one lifetime. Essentially experiencing the life of both fish and reptile. So I decided that instead of letting the eggs from our amorous pool frogs die, I would harvest them and see what happens. What happened was amazing…only 2 days after conception, they hatched into these squirmy moving swimming little beings. It has been a little over 1 week since conception. There must be over 100 of them now in a jar on our patio table.
Now, what I haven’t told you is that sadly, this is my third attempt this summer at harvesting tadpoles. There were two other batches of tadpoles that I accidentally killed. With some elimination, I realized that I had stupidly not de-chlorinated the water I had added to the jar. It killed them instantly both times. The first time I thought it had been a stick I had added to give them something natural to swim around and hide under. At least now I know what not to do.
I feed them daily a flake or two of fish food from the store. I know they are tree frogs of some type. Probably Grey Tree Frogs based on the identification of the parents who were in the pool performing amplexus the night before I scooped them out. One of the females even dove into the pool to check George and I out from underwater. It had to have been the most intimate communication I had ever had with a frog. She was very conscious of our presence and curious as to what we were. I’d never seen frog personality before.
Nonetheless, I am now the personal guardian of these frog babies. Only time will tell as to how successful I am in raising them. I suppose my next step is to clean out the old 20 gallon aquarium and bring it up to the back patio for them. I have no intention of keeping them in captivity once they are morphed, so I want to keep them outside in the wild. They will need to have experienced temperature changes, insects, and predators (to some extent). Wish me – and them – luck. And love. They will need lots of that too.
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Many of you know that I’m in the market for a job. It’s been a long full-time haul through graduate school, but I officially have those letters after my name. Elise Hudson, MPA. Or technically, it’s Elise Hudson, MPA, PMP. I just need a PhD now (seriously). Anyhew, I have been told that my resume is lacking several good qualities that the IT world is seeking in potential employees. It’s too long, it’s ugly, and I list my duties at jobs instead of accomplishments. They would evidently rather know that I saved the company $1.5 million by simply streamlining the process for satellite phone service at Raytheon than know that I was basically the assistant to the IT Director. So, the re-write begins. With lots of help from my project management books reminding me which processes I’ve done projects with (i.e. waterfall, iterative, prototype).
And on top of the resume, there’s the sprucing up of the personal website, the Facebook profile pic (they can’t see the profile without friending me, but can see the photo), and of course, the ever complex LinkedIn profile. It really is a makeover. Photos and all. On top of the professional side, I’m looking to see if there are any part-time college teaching positions around. So that means updating my ages-old curricula vita. (Resume for academics.)
I have lots of writing and making over to do. But, I’d also love to hear your stories about career changes and resume makeovers. I know I’m not the only one out there going through this. I’m also fishing for collective advice on the process.
Lots of love and peace,
Elise
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I’m going to show my support here of things unions have brought us: weekends, 40 hour work weeks, overtime, child labor prevention, maternity leave, paid time off, workers’ compensation, occupational health & safety regulations, pension plans, and other benefits like health insurance through employers. Those awful unions. No wonder corporations don’t want them around. Especially since we still don’t have things like as many paid days off as the rest of the industrialized world. Don’t fool yourself, if unions disappear in the US, so will many of our workers rights (even in non-union shops). They protect us all by keeping businesses in check. Do not underestimate the power or the need of people to work as a group to negotiate their work environments. We are not, and will not be slaves to corporations!
As a project manager, I know that the more freedoms my employees have, the better work they produce. I argue that a reduction in representation will only give us a reduction in enthusiasm, hard-work, and giving a damn about what happens. We first have to give a damn as to what happens to our employees.
Van Jones, one of my many heroes, said this:
”America will not make it through this crisis healthy and whole if — at the first sign of trouble — we are willing to throw away millions of our everyday heroes. Our teachers, police officers, firefighters, nurses and others make our communities and country strong. Their daily work is essential to the smooth functioning and long-term success of our nation. An attack on them is an attack on the backbone of America.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-jones/american-dream-movement_b_826477.html
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I’ve finally finished uploading all the photos from the old site. You can view them at elisehudson.shutterfly.com or by clicking the link to my photos on the right column of this page.
Make sure to hit the “View All Albums” link at the bottom of the page. It’s small. I’ll see what I can do about getting the Antarctic photos to the main page. Thanks for your patience, and I hope you enjoy!
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So I’ve been gradually uploading most of my photos to Shutterfly instead of wrangling with another photo album software that is “supposed” to work with WordPress. The link to my photos should be in the right column of this page. You can also visit elisehudson.shutterfly.com to see them. Thanks for your patience!
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Hi All,
I had a bit of a technical disaster while trying to update my last version of the website. So I’ve had to wipe the site clean and begin again. So bear with me. I will still have photos and information about what I’m up to, but it will take a few days or so to get everything back up and linked correctly. Sorry. You can still check out my FaceBook page and shutterfly account (elisehudson.shutterfly.com) until I get things running here. Thanks for your patience!
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