Yes, those are fish in a bucket between my knees on the floor of my car. No, I'm not driving hahaha!My mom pointed out a pattern she sees in my life: Get 1 cat, and then another and another and another. Have 1 kid, then another and another. Get 1 fishtank, then another and another...
So what happened yesterday was I went to the Colchester Winter Carnival where 3 of my photos were auctioned off. I met up with my friend Astrid there and she mentioned that someone she knew had some large goldfish they were going to FLUSH (calling Mr. Rotorooter...). Me, being a sucker for all living creatures, piped up and said "I'll take them!!!" My husband, always wanting to make me happy, said "Sure why not" and we agreed to meet up at her house after the carnival.
Now, when I say large goldfish, I don't mean 3 or 4 inches long. I'm talking 10 INCH LONG FISH. Like the kind you can fillet and pan fry in lemon and butter sauce. Hey, they ARE part of the Carp family!!
The sweet woman who was giving them away also gave me beautiful 10 gallon tank on a stand that she kept them in.
The only thing left was to get them home : a 20ish minute drive on back roads!
Since they were so big we had to put them in a plastic mop bucket (just like if we caught 'em ourselves) and pray that no one rear ended us on the way. Our first challenge: making it down the extremely long dirt driveway from the house we got them from. Kris did good...right till the end where a surprise row of potholes got my gorgeous fake suede faux fur boots wet. All I could imagine was one of those suckers jumping in my lap and me having to TOUCH IT!!!
We made it home with most of the water still in the bucket and now Fluffy #2 has a new entertainment center!
PS: If anyone knows of a 20 gallon or bigger tank that is either free or cheap please send me a message or leave a comment as these Big Beauties are cramped in the tiny 10 gallon tank! I only need a tank, not all the other stuff (although a stand would be appreciated) :)
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