Tuesday, April 7, 2009

The Journey To The Ocean Has begun...


Well...the dreaded day came sooner than we expected...

We had to send Tank Marlin (Eric's fish) down the toilet so he can swim in the river and eventually ~hopefully~ he'll find the ocean. Eric was pretty bummed but he said his goodbye and wanted to flush him himself. He was very brave... but then got pretty sad that he flushed his fish down the toilet. ...Then he went back to watching his movie! He got over it pretty quickly!! I'm glad its a pet he wasn't able to hold and love so he didn't get too attached. He wants a new one so we'll get probably keep up with this fish thing. Hopefully they don't all die that fast though! That could get to be a real waste of money! His fish was always funny acting so I don't know if it had something wrong with it to begin with?? I would put the food in there and it wouldn't eat...the other one gobbles his up no problem and is a fun active fish. Eric's was mellow and I don't know...just kinda funny acting??? How are fish supposed to act though?!?!?!? His was just different than Alex's. I'm kinda glad it happened to Eric's first...that way if (when) it happens to Alex's she knows that its ok. I think she would have been a lot more sad had hers died first. Now she saw that Eric didn't cry and that fish like to swim to the ocean! I don't think I could handle it if they started crying. That would break my heart!! I remember my mom crying with us when our pets died. We would get so attached to animals and then cry and cry and cry when they died. I don't think my mom would've ever cried because a calf or chicken or especially a stray cat died but I always knew she was crying because we were so sad!!...she was such a good mom! (still is!!)

Have a good swim Tank Marlin!!

3 comments:

Mindy said...

That's too bad. Be careful about how many fish you buy though. We went to church one sunday and someone said we'd have them all back in the afterlife. We looked at each other, said that's a lot of fish, and we should probably not get anymore if whoever's rumor were true.

Andrea and Danny said...

Oh man! Your right though, at least its just a fish and not an animal they can hold and get attachted to! Thats so cute they're excited to see Jax! hehe!
Love you guys and see you soon!

SarahLee said...

I had a beta when I lived in Provo -- the thing had the longest life span of any fish, I swear! I had him for 3 years or something ridiculous, and the only reason he died was because when I was packing up to move to Maryland, I put his fish bowl out on my little balcony with a few other things while cleaning stuff out, and I forgot him out there -- and then it started raining. And HAILING.... Poor fish froze to death. :( How terrible am I??