Hey hey hey! Here I am with a little update for you.
I know you want to know about me, about my life. I received a super sweet email yesterday from a girl, one of you readers... she asked me to tell you more about my training, because lately I've been talking so much about fish, and not so much about my fitness routine.
Well, girls, remember, I'm a marine biologist, not a boxer! But the truth is... okay, the truth is, unfortunately, last night I was too tired for my usual boxing session, so I skipped it. I'm trying to do a little training every day, focusing on consistency to gradually build endurance and strength, but after a day of aquatic (and terrestrial) exploration, I was really tired, sleepy, and I took advantage of what free time I had in the late afternoon and evening to do some work. I guess swimming and exploring are still valid workouts! Maybe not as much as boxing, but arriving at the evening more tired than usual probably means I've done a fair bit of training.
And then, once we got home, we also had to set up the jarrarium (the mini-aquarium made from a large jar, with the word jarrarium being a portmanteau of "jar" and "aquarium") and observe the reactions of the new creatures that will now live there. Luckily, the Phorcus richardi, the little snails, are behaving exactly like their companion that was already in the jarrarium before them: they're reacting calmly and eating without any problems.
The new copepods that have arrived are behaving very similarly to their freshwater counterparts. We have a small plastic freshwater aquarium, built from what was supposed to be a lemon juice dispenser (really, a dispenser! It even has a mini faucet at the base... obviously never intended to be used), which sits on a windowsill. Inside, there are practically nothing but snails, copepods, and, of course, aquatic plants.
See, marine copepods behave identically to freshwater copepods.
Anyway, I plan to work out today, even though I have to fit it in between various commitments. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) I don't have any social commitments, but I do have work commitments, and I also have a few things I absolutely have to do because it's not good to procrastinate on your projects. In short, time will fly by, but I hope to be able to throw a few hundred good punches! I already lifted some weights this morning.
And now I'm leaving, my dears, because I see some delicious chicken breast steak with mixed vegetables on the table; it smells delicious!
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