infinity & beyond… May 4, 2010

this was an old post found in my drafts…. may as well publish – lol 😛

i wanted a fish for my desk… but, as the hubs can attest, i am not very good at having pets.  yes, even a simple, unassuming goldfish is in extreme danger of living a short & uneventul life in my hands.  fish are tricky little creatures.. they look like they are as low-maintenance as pets come but i’ve come to realize that that is one of the biggest misconceptions known to those that think they know better – aka “me”.  :p

we got Lil’Mister an aquarium for his bedroom 2 years ago.. it’s really cool to watch his 9 goldfish swim around the Spongebob tank.. it’s very calming really. that is, until the water gets murky & the 9 goldfish become 7  (one is nowhere to be found, while the other – a fish carcass lying in the corner of the tank, visibly eaten by another).  Lil’Mister has sent many a goldfish down (the toilet) to fish heaven that it doesn’t even phase him anymore.  He flushes them down then we go to the store & pick out another.  they’re like disposable pets.

so i was thinking of maybe getting a betta fish for my desk. they’re all uniquely, different & beautiful in their own way.  but then  i realize that if the water isn’t changed those little creatures can stink up a whole room.  and suddenly, they just sorta lose their appeal..   i dunno what is about me & pets.  i have the biggest heart for them but i am so very bad at being a good “parent”.  i go in with the best of intentions only to feel defeated in the end *sigh*.

this Christmas, while looking for a gift for my co-workers I finally found them.. my forever friends that i befittingly named, Infinity & Beyond.  they are so incredibly calming, uniquely different & beautiful in their own way.  the best thing about them is i can do no wrong & there will be  no fish heaven in their future.   i love my new fishies.  they are the perfect no-nonsense, no-pressure wonderfully low-maintenance wonders ever.

1 week later, they stopped swimming but they still floated in their tank & still had that wonderfully, calming effect on me.  i told myself they’d be fine until i could replace the batteries.. another week went by & the water evaporated until the tank was completely dry.   Infinity & Beyond lay lifeless @ the bottom.  i managed to do it again.  they were dead & visions of fish heaven taunted me.  yikes! i killed my fake fish.  lol how pathetic is that? so, this is them reincarnated.  no one really has to know.  one day, i’ll WILL get it down & i can graduate to live fish.  you’ll see.

…and since this post I have become the proud parent of an oh-so awesome lil’rat terrier named Bowser.. see! i’m growing up! 😉