Babble

After spending 3 beautiful autumn days lying on the couch near death I finally began to feel better Wednesday afternoon. Having survived a brief exploration back into society to get my mail, it became obvious that I needed to spend some time outdoors and enjoy the warm day. Bryan picked me up and soon we were walking through Owen Woods. Within 15 minutes we came to a drainage tunnel where I used to play as a kid, and since I was now exhausted from our long 500 yard voyage we sat down to rest. As the sun started to go down it became chilly so we hopped down onto the cement platform below the tunnel and were disturbed to find a dead little fish lying there. Looking around we found at least a dozen dead little fish – Goldfish, Tetras, Barbs, a few Guppies, etc. Somewhat distraught, we were about to leave when Bryan noticed not all the fish were dead. Lying in about a teaspoon of water was a very sad, very cold goldfish, barely breathing. And clearly in need of rescue. So, to make a long story not quite as long, I now have a goldfish. We named him Rodney Jésus Keller. Presently he seems to have survived the ordeal quite well although I think he’s blind. And only swims backwards. And has some buoyancy issues. Pretty amazing though when you consider Rodney most likely came through the drain the last time it rained, which was 5 days ago.