Disco

The morning after we acquired Gary, Lola woke up singing, "Goooooood Morning, Gary!" This is was a different line from her usual tune of, "MOMMY! MOMMY! MOMMY, WHERE ARE YOU?" (Note, the "where are you?" line is done in a voice that sounds very much like Arnold Schwarzenegger, which is something I have been trying to capture on video for the last week, because man, this little Arnold-girl is going to go viral.)

Happy that Lola remembered our new pet, I picked her up out of her crib and went straight to the fish bowl.

When I saw it, my heart dropped.

Gary was resting on the rocks at the bottom of the bowl, and the water in his bowl was PINK.

I've mentioned that I think my fish is gay, right?

I tapped on the side of the glass. Gary fluttered to life. "Goooooood Morning, Gary!" Lola said. Looking at the pink water, I was a little baffled. Then, I realized that the dye on one of his fake plants must be the culprit. But, I didn't know what to do. We didn't have another container for him, or water prepped for a quick switch, nor did I even have anything to use to scoop him out of his toxic environment.

When I called Josh at work and told him about the water situation, he suggested prepping some new water for Gary and waiting until he got home to do the big switcheroo.

So, I prepped the water, got Lola dressed, and took a photo of her with the iridescent bowl.


Poor kid. Polka dot turtlenecks should be illegal.

When Josh came home, he insisted that we move Gary into another container so we could clean out the fish bowl. Our big problem was that due to the narrow neck of our re-purposed vase/fish bowl, only my skinny hand could fit into the bowl. After a ten minute argument between Josh and I about how I was (NOT) putting my hand into the bowl and scooping out the fish, I demanded that Josh go to the pet store and buy a net.

Three dollars and twenty minutes later, we scooped Gary out (via the fish net) and plopped him in a mug.




Once we cleaned out his bowl, and replaced his toxic tree, we transferred Gary back to his home. Crisis averted. Kind of.