My Beardie Houdinied >___<

Today was quite cool but okay for a winter day. I thought it would be lovely if I took my beardies out to sun. I filled up two tubs with luke warm water, placed them outside right by the side of my balcony so they could get some sun and left them to swim for a while. When I came back outside to check on them, one of my bigger girls had disappeared. After a couple of minutes I became frantic (I have a bit of a delayed reaction sometimes) because knowing their great sense of height, she most likely would have jumped off the balcony and pizza-ed right then and there. I crawled down on all fours and searched the grounds but of course she was nowhere to be found. I thought about sticking up fliers all over the estate but I didn't think the people around here would appreciate someone keeping "venomous dragons" in the same vicinity as their house. I came inside, got the keys and was ready to bolt out the door when I saw her happily hanging off one of the screens. She was quite unhappy and was very offended when I tried to calmly coax her off (get off the friggin screen you *beep*). Yes, I've learnt my lesson! Never ever leave your animals unsupervised no matter for how short a time, and never ever trust they can't get out of anything or anywhere (with that being said, I don't think I've blogged about the time I lost three snakies all at once...)! >___<

I Ma Tart

I'm such a tart. On the way to pick up my beardies last night (that's right, I adopted more beardies...), I passed by the toll bridge. In the midst of confusion, I realized too late that I was in a lane called e-toll. There were no cars behind me so I wanted to reverse but the lane kindly said "no stopping" so being as intellectual as I was, I didn't, and ran straight through it. Arghhh. I'd like to blame it on the insanely long drive (mind you this was nearing towards midnight when I went on this road trip), and so I guess I will. I was quite worried all the way there and back until I reached the same e-toll gate (god bless), especially since I saw a sign that said something along the lines of "toll invasion is some kind of offense and may be more than $100 or so". I went through to the one where actual humans collected the toll fee and told her with big wet eyes what I did earlier. She was loverly, passed me a card and told me to call QLD Motorways. So this morning I did. I dialed the number and waited for the robot to finish reciting her lines. There was an actual option that said something like, "if you accidentally went through e-toll, press 3", and then the lady answered. If you wanna know what happens when you commit toll invasion, go through one yourself. :( :D