Happy Thursday, Inkerators!
Your DIVE art was fantastic (I don’t know why I’m even surprised anymore; you guys are consistently amazing.) Coincidentally, as you were all creating your art, I was at the ocean for a couple of days with my fishy family. We spent every available moment in the water, diving into the waves and inadvertently ingesting more that the recommended daily allowance of sand and saltwater.
We even pulled off an epic surprise by having my oldest son, Tate, and his family join us. I was in heaven hold little baby Simon and marveling at how much he has grown in just a few months. I laughed pretty hard as I remembered when Tate himself was a big chubby baby and had outgrown yet another set of clothing. Jake walked in as I was sorting through onesies and sleepers, putting the too-small items into a box and pulling out the next size. Jake exclaimed, “Wait, don’t put him in bigger clothes yet- he’ll just keep getting bigger!” I had to break it to my sweet 23 year old husband that babies aren’t like goldfish, and don’t grow simply to fill their enclosure or clothing. He was going to get bigger, no matter what he wore. Remembering the look on Jake’s face still makes me cackle.
We were recently (this afternoon) gifted a brand new GOLDFISH by my daughter and her husband as a thank-you for housing them this summer while they were looking for a place to live. (In case you heard the above sentence and thought “wow, a goldfish would make a great gift!”, slow your roll and maybe hold off on that.) We promptly named him Jonathon Jo Mama Parker and while in our excellent care, the thing lived for a good 40 minutes before sinking to the bottom of the bowl where it is either playing “hold as still as you can to see if anyone will panic,” or it has indeed bought the farm and I’ll be preparing him for burial tomorrow morning. He was a great pet during his short life, and he will be mourned appropriately.
In honor of our scaly, shimmery, good buddy, JJMP, show us your tribute GOLDFISH this week and try to keep your pets alive longer than the Parkers do.
-Alison
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