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Three paycheck month

All of my budgeting has always revolved around two paycheck months. This worked perfectly when I got paid twice a month (15th and last day) but now that I am paid every other week it get’s a little confusing but it still works out if I do my budgeting just assuming that I will get two paychecks a month. BUT! Every once in a while I get paid three times in a month and it’s all money outside of normal budgeting and that means I get to spend it!

The timing on this could not have been better because on Sunday we lost a Koi. We went out to the pond and one of our Koi was looking really sluggish (and he wasn’t swimming away from us), a few hours later he was dead. How sad is that? Fortunately this money has given me the opportunity to buy a larger much more hearty Koi from Linders.

There he is. He is a good two-three inches longer than the other Koi in the pond and he is a lot more friendly. Almost immediately after I introduced him into the pond I noticed the other Koi getting more social. The downside to this Koi is that he seems to be eating a lot more and I think he is going to start eating the plants and he is going to teach the other fish to eat the plants… which is generally okay but I hope they don’t get carried away.

Several people have asked me if I have named the fish and with the introduction of this new fish I decided it was time to give them names. Here goes…. the new fish is Malcolm. The fish in the picture closest to the side of the pond is Zoe. Then the four fish behind the two from top to bottom are River, Simon, Kaylee, and Wash. SNAP! You may have noticed that I didn’t include Jayne in there because I figured if the largest fish is Malcolm (because he is the leader) then there can’t be a Jayne, right?