so long, ariel and hannah

As you may have heard in the Twitterverse, there was a huge storm here in Philly about 10 days ago that knocked out power for hours – even days in some areas – around our house.

We weren't home, since I was out in Ohio helping get ready for my sister's wedding. My first worry was the fridge. We weren't going to be home for ten days and I had heard rumors that we weren't going to have any power for up to 6 days in our neighborhood. In this 95 degree heat, I was thinking we'd probably need to buy a new fridge if we didn't get power soon. YUCK! Luckily my hero, Megan, came over and cleaned out my fridge so we dodn't come home to a stinky house.

But I never even thought about the fish.
Who were in the tank.
Where the filter couldn't work to clean the water.
In 95 degree weather.
For TEN DAYS.

Lets just say that – after I almost threw up when I opened the lid – we decided to just throw out the entire fish tank.

Yes, it was that bad. 

So now we are pet-less. Ariel lived a long and full life – three years is a pretty good run for a $2 goldfish. Poor Hannah only lived here for about three months. And probably wishes she went home with some other family.