I did not see it on the floor so I got down on my knees to look into the tank because I’m positive it has to be in there, no way that big fish got out of the tank! Confused as to its whereabouts, I looked even harder and noticed that another fish has the look of a child who just broke something.

This fish looked so suspicious that I started questioning it.

“What did you do?” No answer. He just hid behind a plant like he either saw what happened, caused what happened and wasn’t going to tell me what happened. He did favor one side of the tank though and seemed very interested in something on the floor. I turned to where he was looking and this is what I found 5 ft. away underneath a chair!!

From Blog Photos

Now I was still on the phone, my mouth is moving but no sound was coming out. It’s like that dream you try to scream in, but can’t. I disconnected my phone call and then I had an episode!¹

I need to find out who was eating rice under that chair!

How did this happen!! The tank has a lid and while there is a small space at the back of the tank, I assumed a fish would need the precision of a heart surgeon to maneuver that opening.

I was so upset that morning and not only because I woke up to a dead fish on the floor, but that my floor is not as clean as I thought. Just look at him, he had all kinds of trash on his body: a blue string, some hair and two grains of rice!

Even though I worked a smile or two in this post, this YouTube clip is how I really feel. It’s going to take me a few days to get over this one. Every time I look at that spot on the floor, I will think of Sylvester. I recently heard something on the news about medicine for depressed dogs and I thought how insane, now I’m wondering if it comes in fish form.

Fishography:
Sylvester X, 5 yrs. old approx.
Date of Death: July 25, 2008
Cause of Death: High Jump
Movie: Co-starred in Fish Food Fight, Netted over 75,000 viewers
Sylvester is survived by a host of other fish, friends and onlookers. In lieu of sending worms, eat chicken.
Favorite quote: “The glass is not always cleaner on the other side.”

EDIT:
Kat wrote a poem in the comments that made me smile. Thanks Kat!

1. I screamed like a girl!

i’m still behind in my internet activities, but the good news is that i’ve managed to complete some things around the house, like clean out my refrigerator. the bad news is that now i can see i have no food. it almost seems cheaper to eat out than to buy groceries.

it was nice having a three day weekend, most of the time i spent in the house cleaning and organizing stuff. i pulled out some old music cds, strapped on my tens unit for endurance and pretended to be on soul train.

i think i released too many feel good endorpines in the process, now i’m just in cleaning mode and don’t feel like going back to work, but i don’t get paid to stay home.

i need a vacation then.

we have tentative plans for canada in august and have to take the kid to get her passport, uh soon. oh, i got my passport back and it only took a week. i was so sure that they were going to send it back to me with a rejection letter saying the picture was too hideous and to re-take it.

i even showed it to my mom and she opened and closed it like it was kryptonite. what happened to having a face only a mother could love? she didn’t get the manual on parental behavior when kids bring home ugly art work. you smile at it anyway. my pillar of truth, my mom. gotta get her some acting lessons.

the regular schedule of this blog will resume, soon. here’s a video i made (with music) of my fish fighting over food. i have a new found respect for video editors.