Friday, May 18, 2007
It didn't affect me much at first, but when I start to wonder how it has been with me. 4 years. Wow...most friendships struggle to go that far, yet it has followed me without any doubt. I'm talking about my pet lungfish. Yeah, most of you guys would be thinking "Oh get a grip, its just an animal, geez..." Pet deaths always gets me, I usually have a dark cloud looming over me at the back of my head. The last time was when the first sea slug I bought died. It was a pretty one, purple with yellow gills, it laid eggs too. It was about 4 years ago...yea around the same time I got...it. Come to think of it, I never named it. Well, I never liked naming my pets. Pet deaths get you thinking, did you took good enough care of them? Those neglected years...did it deserve it? After my marine collection slowly nuked out, I began to lose all determination to take care of any of my pets...plus the stressful O lvls period didn't help much. I don't think I would have the heart to have another pet fish ever. Fish are so easy to neglect and then the guilt hits you. It did, however lived its life to the possible maximum. During class, I checked up on the lifespan and it said 4 years. Somehow I breathed a sigh of relief.
In memorial of the African Lungfish that has been there and done that.
I was a little surprised on how it affected me. I even shed a little for it. After all...my negligence did take a part in its demise. But, life goes on and it becomes a memory. Friends leave you and sometimes stab you in the back, but pets never do that. I guess they are wonders in their own sense. From the water it came from and to the water it shall leave. Too bad I can't get a ticket to africa.
In memorial of the African Lungfish that has been there and done that.
Just Because
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