I have a bad habit of not drinking water.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, within a matter of hours I…
\n…decided to make coffee, removed and dumped the grounds basket, left the holder in place above the tank (it’s a lever-pour tank system: Cuisinart)—
\n…poured in water. Check.
\n…poured in grounds…check.
\n…pushed start button. Check.<\/p>\n
Halfway through, I draw off some coffee. No color to it.
\nI investigate. I’d forgotten to put the basket back in. Where had I put the new coffee? Oh. Into the holder. The water has now washed the coffee into the tank. I stop the brewing, refill the water to top, remove and wash the tank and holder, refill the grounds basket and drop it into the machine. I push start.
\nI then notice the holder sitting on the counter. Where is the grounds basket with the new coffee? Fallen through to the bottom of the tank.<\/p>\n
Revising it all again—I finally brew coffee.<\/p>\n
I go down to do something useful. I realize the sump for the marine tank is down. I refill the topoff reservoir, which kicks up the calcium powder in there, but no sweat…no need to unplug the topoff: it’s weak stuff.<\/p>\n
I go upstairs to enjoy a cup of coffee, then notice the tank upstairs is totally white.<\/p>\n
I’d forgotten I’d added 2 pounds of new calcium powder to that reservoir. And I’d just kicked it up, with the topoff running to put an inch of water into the system.<\/p>\n
Jane, who is worried about my sanity, asked why the tank was white, and we concluded a water change would be a good idea. So we fineagled that, and got clean water in, which makes it less cloudy. But this is my pristine, just-set-up, ultimate dream tank, and I just coated everything in it white and spiked the ph. Wah! At least of all the accidents you can have with a marine tank, while this is disgusting, it’s not fatal, and the tank autocorrects eventually. If I could FIND my ph meter I could fix this—but, y’know, the system equilibrates well on its own, and am I going to improve the situation? No. So I have a crappy look on all the rock, sand and corals, and the clam’s miffed, but hey, everything’s alive.<\/p>\n
I did venture to take the makeshift machete to the iris that need trimming for transport, and didn’t cut off any fingers, so I’m functioning better.<\/p>\n
Last night I realized I was terribly thirsty for Coke, of all things, which says a) I’m overheated, which is never good—I’d gotten too much sun, and too little liquid; and b) I was dehydrated, which can equal stupid. By the time I’d taken down half a liter of diet cola with ice melt, I was cooled off and capable of function…so I think that was a big part of it. Yep, I know, water is better, but I can’t drink water without flavoring without muscle spasms (don’t ask: it’s from infancy), and ultimately, under a tablespoon of diet cola syrup, it’s water. <\/p>\n
I am, however, down a pound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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