Bye bye Fishes

RIP fishies.

A year ago, in response to intense pleading, I bought Child #2 some fish. A small 10 gallon tank with a few fish, used to teach responsibility. Uh huh. I ended up feeding those poor fish most of the time. One by one they expired and were ceremonially flushed. Tonight the last 4 gave up the ghost. I noticed them being pushed lazily around the tank by the filters jet. "Syd. I think your fish are dead." She looks in the tank. "Nah. They always swim like that." "Yeah. Thats because theyre dead." So after the flushing I decided that the tank was to be disassembled. She didnt seem to mind either. I should have known better, she didnt even name them. I think it was becoming a nuisance to her AND to me. Since we're leaving in a week, it will be one last thing to worry about. The tank got scrubbed (by me of course) and all the parts and doo-dads put in  a bag which will all migrate up to the attic. Good riddance.