dory hitched a ride on the porcelain express :(

My little fish Dory died yesterday, after a record 6 months in my care. Actually 'Shark-bait ooh ha ha' lived a bit longer than that. I don't know what I did, there was a fish in our office by the name Commets, that one lived for over 2 years, and I think he may still be alive. Commets didn't have as much care as Dory, it would swim in green water and not get fed for a few days (please don't contact the RSPCA!) but I used to feed and clean Dory regularly - but to no avail. A few days ago he started looking a bit 'green in the gills', pardon the pun and sure enough I got home last night and he (yes HIS name was Dory) was a goner... Strangely enough though - he wasn't floating on the surface - isn't that meant to happen once they die?

Anyhoo as you have probably gathered I am not all that emotional about it, I am a little sad but it is only a fish and you can't really bond with fish. I couldn't flush Dory down the toilet though, I just don't like doing that, so I had to wait for SP to come home and do the final duties, of sending Dory on his final journey, hitching a ride on the porcelain express*.

If you know any ways of bonding with fish please let me know.

*If you haven't seen Finding Nemo - shame on you!

a new addition

On Saturday we went to a wedding of a good friend of ours, on all the tables at the wedding reception there was a fish in a glass bowl. I went to my seat and found a note telling me I was now the proud owner of the fish on table 11.

The fish (our first pet together - ahhhhhhhhhhh) is a Siamese Fighting Fish and has been named 'Dory' though I keep referring to her as a him?!?!?! I have named him after 'Dory' for a couple of reasons:

1. Finding Nemo has to be one of my favourite movies.
2. In England a very common nickname for me was 'Dory', if you know me - it is really self explanatory and if you haven't met me yet you will get it once you do..

So we are now the responsible owners of a fish.... We got little Dory a plant, some food (always good to feed your pets) and some water cleaner stuff. So far so good.

My past history with fish is not all that good, I killed about 5 or 6 in the first 18 months of being in Australia, my favourite of which was 'Shark-Bait Ooh Ha Ha' - another Finding Nemo name. Let's hope I am a little better with this one.