Contemplating the current situation

Here is Munchkin #1 encountering, up close, Myocastor coypus. This little critter is also known as a nutria and some folks call them coypu. When I was working on my undergrad degree, I needed to take Botany of the Algae. Well, its lab schedule conflicted with another class that I needed to graduate. With only one semester left until graduation, I was stuck. My professor for the Botany class made me deal: Come up with an original independent study project, do an excellent job, and I'd get credit for the laboratory portion of the class. So, finding really large rodents interesting, I studied the feeding habits of nutria to see if they were inoculating various ponds with different species of blue-green algae. This involved lots of time with binoculars in wet mushy places, loads of nutria droppings, and analyzing the digestive tract contents of one very unlucky little male that I caught. I made top marks on my project. My results were inconclusive, but I discovered some nematode species living in the nutria in my university area. Not to mention, I had to learn what A LOT of algae species looked like under a scope so I'd know what I was looking for! At any rate, I was rather excited to see a nutria in a tank at an aquarium in the middle east!

It's interesting. I never could have dreamt that I would be where I currently am - awesome munchkins and husband, 'homes' on two continents, many good friends, plenty of food and clothing, too many blessings to count. Why then does uncertainty feel so frustrating?

The current uncertainty is that we are currently discussing with our landlord here our next year's rental agreement. The problem is that I think our landlord does not realize the current economic situation here is 'different' from what's typically published. Frankly, I don't want to move. Hopefully, he'll realize that our offer is very reasonable especially in the current economic situation. I really don't want to move. Sigh.... I just need to focus on the blessings and keep moving on.

We are all very grateful for all that we have. I have no complaints.

Peace.