An Aquatic Adventure

This is the first time since I was 15 that I don't have a job because my school schedule does not allow it. I occasionally skip classes to Substitute at the school at my church (shameless plug: www.churchbytheglades.com) and spend about five days a week volunteering there with the Student Ministry and the 20-somethings ministry. I am taking five classes that are very intense. I tutor my cousin twice a week, and clean house from top to bottom every Thursday. In conclusion- even though I don't have a real job, I am not a bum.

My friend Nick and I recently realized that neither of us has anything we are obligated to do on Monday. after my classes are over at 10:50, i'm free till about 4:30. We decided that on Mondays we'll have fun dates. This past Monday, we made plans to go out to lunch and then to the new IKEA store that was opening about 15 minutes away. Long story short, IKEA doesn't actually open until Tomorrow, so we had to find an alternative plan. We decided on Petsmart, because Nick decided he wanted a pet. We spend about 15 minutes walking around looking at the various animals....everything from gerbils and hamsters (too creepy) to turtles (smell too much like turtles), and finally to the fish. We pick out a fantastic bowl, some awesome rocks for the bottom, and a really fun treasure chest decoration. Then we mosey on over to the fish wall where we find THE coolest fish ever. We decided that the species should be called fish balls because they basically looked like a bouncy ball with fins and a tail. Comfortable with the decision, we call over the fish girl who worked in that department. She wouldn't sell him a fish! She said she could not sell him that goldfish unless he purchased a 20 gallon tank. SERIOUSLY?!?!?! Thats like the size of my backseat in my car. She had a bit of a bad attitude, so we decided that it would be best to thank her for her help and find a different fish girl. We did, and this fish girl said the same thing! HOW RIDICULOUS IS THAT! Now i'm not exactly Jacques Cousteau, but I know enough about fish to know that if my sister could keep a carnival fish for NINE YEARS and I could keep fish for three years who lived in this decorative setting:

then I THINK it would be OK for a tiny little fish ball to live in a bowl that holds easily 1 1/2- 2 gallons of water. We settled on picking out a killer Beta fish that he appropriately named Killer. It was a fun day, good times had by all. Next Monday we're ACTUALLY going to IKEA. I'm excited!!!! And I'm totally going to buy Nick a fish ball and pretend that I have an imaginary 20 gallon tank at home.....