Unofficial Fish Lover

I'm feeling pretty guilty. I mean, I love Felix. He's a great little fish. But, the thing is, I'm not such a great little fish owner. I just get busy. And slightly forgetful. Let's just put it this way - I am very lucky he's so low-maintenance. I guess that is supposed to be one of the perks of fish as pets, but I think he's especially low-maintenance. He just sits in his little fish bowl, swimming around, minding his own business. I like this fish. And I am determined to take better care of him. I have three areas in which I have vowed I will improve:

1. Feeding

Don't freak out! I'm not starving my fish! He gets plenty of food. I think. I mean, he doesn't really look emaciated or anything. Can fish look emaciated? Anyways, the thing is Will usually feeds him. However, Will is gone. And has been for a few days. And I may have forgotten that the feeding thing needs to be done on a daily basis. But I did it today, and he's totally chill. To be quite honest though, I don't think Felix is really into eating. I watch him sometimes after I put the food in, and he usually ignores it. If he doesn't ignore it, he'll go grab a piece, stick it in his tiny little mouth, and spit it out. I don't get it.

2. Fish Bowl Cleaning

I. Hate. It. It's gross. And dirty. It's probably my least favorite job ever. It actually got so gross the other day that his little orange plastic plant (which I bought to add a little joy to his life) kinda turned dark green and was beyond saving. I know, I'm a terrible person. But to make it up to him, I drew him pictures of other little fish with my dry erase marker on the side of the bowl. He seems to like them. Cleaning a fish bowl is such a miserable job. I have to go through the hassle of fishing him out of his fish bowl (no pun intended) with that flimsy little net and sticking him in a little plastic baggie and scrubbing the bowl and filling it with fresh water - it's quite a production.   But I'm going to do better. Because Felix deserves a clean bowl.

3. Quality Time

Yeah, it sounds ridiculous. But actually, I think Felix likes to be talked to. He fans out his little fins and swims around with a little more excitement than usual (still not the much excitement though, he's pretty mellow). It's quite precious. And I figure he might be a good audience for listening to me rambling on, because he won't interrupt. We're looking at a win-win situation here. And besides, we're buddies. Why would we not spend quality time together?

I'm not a fish person. But I am going to strive to be one for Felix's sake. Because I love him.

I am an un[OFFICIAL] fish lover.

This is my boy Felix. He's quite the fish.