I don’t advertise the fact that we have a fish and a dog mostly for the simple reason that Jackson and Tucker take up so much of my life that pets are now obsolete. I never thought I would say something like that.
Me. The girl who used to be obsessed with dogs. Not so much now.
Anyway, when we first moved into our apartment we were constantly on the receiving end of phone calls from the apartment manager and her peons notifying us that Jackson and Tucker were much too loud for the other occupants of our building. One such occupant finally moved, but before she did, she came over to thank us for the Starbucks gift card and the note of apology that we put under her door.
She also offered us her fish. The fish, a red beta, had no name and was purchased purely for his color as he matched her living room rug.
Okay. I guess I would probably do something like that too.
As the fish had no name, I asked Tucker if he would like to christen it. The first name that he came up with was “That”. I told him “That” was totally unacceptable. He decided to go with “Song”. Song died a couple of weeks ago after becoming more and more sluggish and disinterested in his food. We decided to purchase another beta to replace Song, so we went to WalMart and the boys picked out a blue beta.
This time it was Jackson’s turn to name the fish. I have no idea where the name came from, but his decision was quick and he was adamant.
The name?
Cavanolli.
We got goldfish a few months ago, I asked Kate what to name one of them and she said: “Blub.” Then Blub died, she wasn’t too heartbroken.
Hahahhaaa!
I remember the days when you would study your dog breed book. I remember the stacks of old Dog Fancy in tubs. I remember you wanting to buy a big pickup so you would have room to haul around all your future dogs. Hahaha guess some things do change!