Neglected

    When I first saw this mug, I could not say 'no'. I didn't care how much it cost, although I'm sure the markup was horrendous, I bought it on site. When I took it home I immediately was a little worried. You see, it would be very difficult to clean on the underside of the octopus, which worried me a little bit about sanitation. After deciding I wouldn't ever know how truly clean the mug is, I made the choice not to really use it.
    At the beginning of the week, I ran out of clean mugs. I am very lazy when it comes to the easy stuff, like washing a mug, so I used the octomug.  I forgot about the coffee that was in it, probably because I didn't really need it, and my sister was making it weak in flavor. After about a day of neglecting the coffee, in a hot room, the liquid started to evaporate. After three days it was almost gone but left a beautiful stain in the mug. Today, the mug was cleaned but this one might end up in the garbage. I'll think about it.