Fish Tales

"Stoops has gone on vacation."

That was the text I sent to my husband to let him know our family pet, a beta fish named Stoops, had passed away.  This was actually Stoops 2.0. He's gone on "vacation" once before.

We hadn't had the first fish very long when he made his departure.  He was gone for quite a while and when he returned, M who wasn't even 3, asked why he was a different color.  It was close, but apparently not close enough.  But everybody tans on vacation, right? So problem solved.

So Stoops 2.0 has been with us for over three years. I'm not sure about the life-span of a beta but it seems like a pretty long life for a fish.  And he's about to make a real quick return from vacation because in the absence of any kind of pet they may being to ask for a cat or a dog.

And I'm sure that will happen one day, but this point in our lives, a fish is about all we can handle.  Seriously, sometimes I think it's more responsibility to own a dog than it is to have a kid.  It's pretty easy to travel with a kid or to find a sitter...with a pet, not so much. So for now, a fish it is.

So I had one of those nights last night where being a parent was just really hard. Nothing that the girls were doing - it was completely me. But not 5 seconds passed that they didn't need something or ask me to do something. And I love my girls with all my heart, but I just wanted 10 minutes not hearing the word "Mommy". I just wanted to sit in peace. 10 minutes, that's all I wanted.  They were just absolutely exhausting. So I rushed them off to bed. And of course, they kept calling down or getting up.

It made me think of a really funny bedtime story I heard. It's TOTALLY inappropriate and SO wrong. It's pretty tacky but it's also very, very funny. Just because I think we've all those moments where we can relate...

So if you don't take it too seriously and aren't totally offended by the f-bomb, check it out the  funniest bedtime story ever. Just make sure your kids are nowhere around when you do...