Betas Don't Work Out

The female beta did not seem to like the nest from the beginning so she did not mate with him. I think they know that they are not going to mate and they are not killing each other, so I am not going to try and breed them I am just going to leave them together. I am also not going to get the new beta. I'm going back to school on Tuesday. I am not sure if I want to but I have no choice. I bought a new back pack. I have been thinking about and looking into getting a tank of Honey Suckle. They are plants that eat flies like Venus Fly Traps. I already have a lot of the stuff from when I had tree frogs. I put some new Steeler stuff on my web site so check it out. To go to my web site click here.

Betas Come Together

I released my female beta into the Male's side. They are not fighting they are doing what the video shows. I am not sure if the female will lay her eggs because the nest that he built is not that impressive to her. If this pair does not work then I will try again with these two betas and if they still don't then I will get a third beta and try to breed the new one with one of the old ones.

Betas

I noticed that my betas were looking strange so I looked up there behaviors and colors that they now had. I found out that they want to mate with each other. The female has vertical bars on her side and the male is going crazy, darkened his color, and built a nest. I am hoping to successfully breed them. Throughout the posts I do I will give updates. Over the weekend my family went to a wine festival. They left me behind because they said I wouldn't have fun. I stayed at my friends house. I did get a new pool liner and have been using the pool a lot lately. The only thing is that the water is very cold because it was just filled.

School

Today I finished my web site so it is up and running. I also went to my new school's orientation. I thought the hallways were confusing but everything else was much nicer than my last school. The teachers that I got my friends said were nice so I am glad. I go back to school soon. The day after labor day I go back. I am not sure if I want to or not because there are good and bad things about going back. Tonight I have to go help clean up a road. I hope it goes fast.

Mexico

These pictures below are from my trip to Mexico. My family always takes a vacation in August. This year we stayed at a resort in Riviera Maya, Mexico. The resort was called the Grand Sunset Princess. We were reading some of the things that people had to say about it and they were bad but we got there and it was wonderful. There were fountains everywhere and it was very pretty at night. All the floors were made of marble no matter where you were unless you were on the paths to the beach and pool. It was five star and it had many things to do. It also had many restaurants. It was all inclusive so you didn't have to pay for some of the restaurants because it was included in your other price. The pictures you see that are of green grass and palm trees was inside the resort. The pictures of little buildings were some of the small Mexican towns that you sometimes drive through to get where you were going. The statues are the ones that lined the paths in the resort. There were also lizards everywhere. They were wild and also they had trained ones that you can hold. The trained one is the one I am holding in my picture that is on my profile. The old Volkswagons are like a modern cars down there. There are so many of them. The resort was right on a beach so you could just walk along the paths and be there in about ten minutes. We also went to the Mayan Ruins called Chichen Itza. It was amazing. The carvings and everything were fantastic. I always was interested in that kind of stuff and so I wanted to go for a long time and when I heard we could then I was very excited. I think I took about 50 pictures there alone. I also learned an interesting fact. The gum called Chicklets was actually invented by the Mayans thousands of years ago as a sacred food. The pool of water you see is a sink hole that was found and it started to fill. The water is 165 feet deep. You can jump from a platform into the water if you want. It was very cool.

Cross Country

Yesterday I got new shoes for Cross Country. I got new clothes and socks too. I am very excited because I leave for vacation to Mexico tomorrow morning. Really early, at 3:45AM I leave for the airport. I am not sure if I will be able to do my blog in Mexico. I am staying at a really nice place and my family is going to an open market. I also found out that for every one US dollar you get ten Mexican Pesos. If I don't do my blog for a week or so it is because I can't in Mexico.

Getting Ready

I am leaving for Mexico in four days! I am very excited. We are staying at an all inclusive resort. It has five stars and it have seven pools plus hot tubs and all kinds of things. I am starting to pack but it is hard because you don't know what you are going to have there and also the airlines are very strict now. They wont let you have anything any more. Another thing that I don't understand is that you are allowed to have a pack of matches but not a lighter. Yesterday I went to Marshalls with some of my family and I got a glass turtle. It was just what I needed for a spot in my room. This is a picture of it.

Also my sister did get a spot in Heinz Chapel for her wedding. My dog is doing better too. He looks a little bit better and it doesn't seem like his eye it hurts him as much.