Dead Frog on the Back Doorstep!

Or: Defunct Joy in the Past.

I am currently on a quest to find Joy. No, not the person Joy, the feeling that makes you gasp, and laugh out loud, and jump.... that kind of Joy. So, last night, I shared with Chief Advisor, that according to Google, Frogs are one of the symbols commonly used for Joy. So, guess what's waiting for me as I open up the back door to let the slightly hysterical doggies in this morning?

If you guessed anything but a dead frog, reread the damn title, will ya? So, yes, a beautiful, perfectly preserved, little dried out frog. I took this as a sign that the Universe heard the announcement of my Quest, and was just letting me know that ok, we're up for this one, or somethin. No, Chief Advisor takes it a mile or so further, and speculates that this is a sign that we need to get some live frogs through the front door, or bring some joy back into the present.

Now, this may sound a little freaky, but we actually had about 4 froggies living in the house with us, during summer. Cos, we watch tv with the house lights off, and since we live outside the city, we've got shitloads of bugs, right? Buggies that like the light from the tv, and when they go all trancey and fall down after trying to fly into the screen, the froggies are there, on the floor, in front of the tv, like crocs in a moat. So, they liked our tv, and we liked them eatin bugs. Worked out well.

As they sleep all winter, the frogs have left, but I've been thinking that they'd be back in summer. So, according to CA, we'd better get them to move back in through the front door, eh? Here's to hopin that Joy's gonna start hoppin through the front door pretty soon then.