I Think I Will Have The Fish....

So we have fish now. They are small and orange and apparently endlessly fascinating to all members of the household, both human and furry. I am not kidding - these fish are now the topic of several conversations a day. For instance:

**B.B. - "I think the rocks are artfully arranged now, you can probably stop. It looks good, really good. Okay, your hand is beginning to shrivel up, don't you think it is time to stop. Maybe? IT DOESN'T NEED ONE MORE ROCK."

Me - "Just a minute, I'm not done yet."

***

Me - "Now now, if you get to have the shipwrecked pirate ship with real rocking action -the best technology 1973 had to offer - then Sweetpea gets the Dora Mermaid figurine."

B.B. - "Have you seen that thing, it is so ugly."

Me - "Yeah, well so is the pirate ship and both of them are cluttering up the natural beauty and classic lines of my carefully arranged river stones, so deal."

B.B. - "That ship is awesome."

***

B.B. "Are you staring at the fish again?"

Me - "No."

B.B. - "You are! You aren't looking at the computer, you are just staring at the fish. Again."

Me - "I was thinking that if I moved that big rock, then I could use the plants to hide the filter..."

B.B. - "You are a crazy lady."

***

Me - "Look how fast that little one is, we should name it Zippy."

Sweetpea, rolling her eyes - "I think we should name it Charlie. Zippy is a silly name."

Me - "I really thought I would manage to get past the age of four before my child realized I was a total dork."

***

B.B. - "Honey, It's four am - what are you doing? Why is your hand in the tank? ARE YOU ARRANGING THOSE ROCKS AGAIN?!"

** I have decided to refer to the man who now shares a closet with me as Benjamin Braddock (or B.B. for short) for the purposes of this blog. It's not his name, it's a terribly sadassed movie reference, but it is better than SO or BF or any other acronym, right?