Yesterday I decided that it was time for the fish (Trial) to go. His brother (Error) "went" a couple months ago, and he hasn't been the same since. Who knows why, and honestly I don't really care! Trial and Error were fun while they swam, but when they stopped swimming, it was time for the great white flush. Of course, it's not that easy. Early yesterday, I re-filled the tank to the top so I didn't have to listen to the running water so much (like I really need anything that makes me have to pee more). Then I cleaned the bathroom and did some laundry- regular day... Then I decided it was time for Trial to go. So I flushed him. Not the best for the environment, I'm sure, but what the hell am I supposed to do with a half dead fish, I ask you?! Then of course I had to empty out the tank I'd just filled, re-clean the bathroom, and clean behind where the tank was. Then I had to pee again, and realized that perhaps the fish was a little too large for the great white flush. The toilet was flushing, but just barely. This morning it wouldn't flush at all, so I had to go buy a plunger and fix the toilet. 28 hours later, the house is (relatively) clean, the toilet works, and we are done with the fish thing until Jackson is old enough to have one. A small one.
I tell you this story because it's very much the story of my life lately- everything backwards, total cluster, but works out in the end. Also because I had to share- it's really quite funny to go to Roger's Hardware at 7:30 in the morning for a plunger... I told the plumbing hardware guy I asked about plunger whereabouts to, not to ever flush a fish. He asked, how big was the fish? I replied: big enough, apparently!
Jackson is growing, kicking, rolling, and hicuping a lot. As of today we have 21 days before my due date. I'm hoping for an October 3rd delivery, praying for my due date delivery, and resigning myself to being late. We'll see!
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I was convinced I'd be late too ~ I've been hearing my whole life "the women in our family go late!" and Alex came a week early. I was showing zero signs that I was close before my water broke. So, you just never really know :-).
ReplyDeleteWhat a fish story! Somewhere there is a fish with a real interesting story, There are times when time drags and that makes all kinds of trouble move in slow motion. But now and forever you have a plunger . When used it will remind you of a fish story. I have a new poem about lines and the only photo I had with anything like a line was all the groom's men at your wedding. So they now illustrate the poem. Check it out.
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