A Sign of Hope

If you read my last entry, you'll notice that our lives have been a bit dreary. Hard to feel good when the weather is so gray and things just keep happening.

In the last entry I wrote that the fish and the cat were still alive. So, yesterday after a trying day where I am trying unsuccessfully to fight off a cold... I am just trying to get home so I can collapse on the couch.

The first thing I notice is that Jack the fish, who has been sluggish for a couple of days, is laying on the bottom of his bowl. There is NO movement. I go and make noise on the side of the bowl and NO response. Then I wiggle the bowl and again NO movement. So, now I take the stick of bamboo and tap the fish. NOTHING. Eyes are dull, its little fins are not moving, and it is just floating there.

At this point, I am like, "Oh great, my life sucks and one of the ONLY two good things I had to talk about in the last blog is DEAD!" I was pissed. I don't even like the fish that much, but dang it...it shouldn't be dead.

I leave the dead fish there for a few minutes. Then I come back and start draining the water, so I can throw the little beta body out into the field which constitutes a burial in this crappy weather.

When I have the water out and I am getting the paper towel coffin and reaching to grasp the fish, Jack SUDDENLY jumps straight up into the air. He is ALIVE.............!

Now, I have to get some water to him quickly, so he will continue to be alive. I did and he is just fine. I don't know if he was hibernating or dying or what, but he is back!

So, just remember when your day or week or year seems as though it will NEVER end, maybe your fish will come back to life. Maybe there is hope for me yet!

Have a great day! I think I even see the SUN!