if I were a TURTLE

If I were a turtle, I'd pull, my head and legs back in my shell and sleep, sleep, sleep.

If I were a turtle, I'd want to be a gigantic sea tortoise, not a small pet turtle. I admire the grace and beauty of those big old things, even though they are slow. Slow but powerful, some weigh 100's of pounds. I love the majestic eyes, the deep green hue, the octagonal patterns on their shells, long graceful necks. Very fascinating- we saw them in the Galapagos and Gary actually swam with one for five minutes (of course I missed it).

When we were kids, we had 3 turtles named Oscar, Meyer and Weiner Tsang. Technically Meyer was mine because its the second child, but not sure we could really ever tell them apart. They'd eat raw hamburger meat out of our hands. The tank would be really dirty and I remember cleaning it. Small amounts of water with just one platform to climb up on. I think we flushed one down the toilet when we thought it died, but who knows if it was really dead, or asleep.