It’s 6:30 in the morning. I have
nowhere to go and nothing pressing to do. I roll over and bury my face in the
pillow.
In moments I realize that a
rhythmic thud is reverberating around the room from across the hall. What the
heck? The local AM radio station doesn’t blast their annoying traffic report
music on weekends.
The sound continues. A shadow
darkens the doorway, my partner entering the room. Without lifting my head I complain
about the galloping horse sound (what I call WKRC’s awful weather/traffic soundtrack).
“What?”
“Radio,” I mumble.
“Oh, yeah,” my partner
enthuses, “Amazon Prime apparently has a lot of death metal available.”
I should have suggested
turning the sound up so I could hear more than thudding. But the cats were
trying to get me up, anyway, as were my fish. So I finished reading a book and
got started writing.
Did you know clown loaches
can clack their mouth parts underwater to create a sound louder than snapping human
fingers?
Loaches do some weird stuff! I love them! ☮ ♥
ReplyDeleteI'm with you! They are fun.
DeleteI never heard of a loach. I have heard it is good to get up early to get things done like writing.
ReplyDeleteLoaches are some of the coolest fish. ~grin~ Hope you're having a good day!
Deleteah music, when you can only hear the thunderous beat and nothing else, and I did not know about clown loaches, and don't even know what they are.
ReplyDeleteI guess deaf kids sometimes enjoy thumping music. ~grin~ You would enjoy watching the antics of clown loaches, I think.
DeleteNothing like some death metal to get you going in the morning!
ReplyDeleteSo true. ~nods~ Thanks for stopping by, Nick. I hope you are well.
Delete????WHAT???? Clown Loaches? HAHA...I had to open another tab to look that up. I had NO CLUE! HAHA...I did have a Fighting Fish that you could hear him eat. He also would come to the top of the water for me to pet him! Mr Squiggles lived to be 2.5 yrs old. This was before Dakota and the only kind of pet I wanted to deal with.
ReplyDeleteGreat name for your fish! Glad I gave you a chuckle. Dakota and Lily are blessed to have you.
Delete6:30 is way too early to get up.
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha...
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