I’ve killed all my house plants.  Except for my aloes, of course, but they’re used to harsh conditions.  I’m sad.  The one I just lost I’ve kept alive for just under 3 years.  My mum gave me it’s predicesor when I first moved here, and I killed it straight off, but this last one I kept alive.  Hoo.  I forgot to leave it with water when I went away for Christmas.  I was gone 9 or 10 days.  When I went to England I left it in a big bowl of water so that it could drink as it liked but I forgot to do that completely this time.  I didn’t know how long I was going to be away, for one thing.  Sad.  Now it’s all crisp and crumbling.  I gave it some water last night just in case, but it hasn’t absorbed any of it. It was so large and vibrant, and now it’s droopy and dead.