FLS Day - Rest and Lizards

Welp, yesterday and today are not good days. It got real cold real fast here in Austin (in the 80's, brrrr! Hey, it was freakin' 105 on Wednesday).

So, I spent yesterday resting and on pain meds. Remember how I talked about cold weather and how much I hate it? This is my reminder for why I'm a New Yorker now living in the deep south.

Last year, the hubby and I went on an RV camping trip (camping? Yeah, right, we had 2 TV's, an XBox, heat, a fridge, and carpet.). We went up to Pennsylvania in October for over 2 weeks, and towards the end of our trip, it started getting colder. One night a fuse blew while we were sleeping and we lost heat. I woke up in the middle of the night shivering uncontrollably. I loaded on the blankets and went back to sleep, but when I got up in the morning, my legs hurt very badly.

That same thing happened here Wednesday night. We didn't lose our heater, but a cold front came thru Texas and dropped the temp 30 degrees.


At least I can spend the downtime gazing at my new lizard! I got another male Leopard Gecko to add to my breeding group. His name is Bond, James Bond.

He gets all the girls.


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