secret fishies and more secret fishies

Last week, due to a clerical adjustment, Sarah and I found we had $75 of surprise money that we'd hadn't allocated to any need or want. It was technically Sarah's money, but it had been placed in my account, and she gave me the go-ahead to spend it as I chose, mentioning that buying a "secret fish" (our apartment discourages pets) would be one possibility.

So off to the pet store I went! I picked up a very small tank and a trio of red platyfish. I'll have to post a picture sometime. They're pretty cool, and we decided to name them after Gravity Falls characters.

Cut to last night. We're on our way back from the Provo Temple when Sarah spots what looks like a fish tank on the side of the road. We go around the block and come back. Turns out it's giant (very heavy) fish tank with rocks, grass, a castle, and three fish, plus a metal stand, a pump, fish food, and cleaning supplies. The sign said free, so we struggled the tank into Sarah's car and drove home with three new friends. (Definitely a blessing from going to the temple, haha.)

We haven't cleaned it out or merged our fish or anything yet (that'll be tonight), but we now have six secret fish in our apartment. Here's to hoping we don't kill them.

P.S. It's probably a very minor accomplishment in the grand scheme of things, but I've been working through Codecademy's HTML tutorials this last week (one of my five educational goals), and I composed this entry using the HTML setting instead of the rich text one. That's how I did this postscript. Step one toward success!