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I'm not losing a son, I'm gaining a fish!

February 26th, 2013 at 03:07 pm

Well, more than one fish. He is going to bring his aquarium over tonight. Do I want it? Not really, but it will ease his mind that his fish have a home.

Does anyone have any words of wisdom about fish? I've only had goldfish before, and not much success there.
I don't know what I'm getting yet, but I do know they are not goldfish.

I babysat again last night, but tonight we will be getting a snowstorm, so I will stay at home. They got a lot of work done last night. My son filled his car and mine with trashbags and we hauled them to the dumpsters at my place. He still has a lot of work to do, though.

They both got a little emotional last night. The reality is starting to hit that they are making a big change and will be away from family (though they will have SOME family in Florida -- my son's half-sister lives there, as well as his aunt and a cousin. On my side of the family, I have a cousin and uncle about 30-40 minutes away.) But this will be a huge change, especially for my DIL, who has never lived anywhere but Illinois and Indiana. Moving to a new home with a new baby and a husband who is both studying and working -- well, I don't envy her. I plan to write every day for a while just so they have something to look forward to in the mailbox.

I have nothing financial to report, other than it was a no-spend day. I didn't even get fast food at the station, like I planned, and as it turned out I didn't need it, since my son had ordered a pizza.

They let me look through the books they are selling and I chose three. I have quite a stash of reading material right now!

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5 Responses to “I'm not losing a son, I'm gaining a fish!”

  1. laura Says:
    February 26th, 2013 at 03:09 pm 1361891369
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    Let me know what kind of fish. We've had aquariums our whole marriage (20+ years) and now we've branched out to include a painted turtle, toad, and bearded dragon.

    Your a sweet MIL Smile

  2. creditcardfree Says:
    February 26th, 2013 at 03:17 pm 1361891825
    1361891825

    Moving is emotional, but it doesn't mean it won't be okay. I think letters, even a phone call, will help quite a bit. A care package in the mail, might be nice. Smile

  3. JulieA Says:
    February 26th, 2013 at 05:36 pm 1361900174
    1361900174

    We've had fish tanks off and on for a couple of years. The best advice I can give is to make sure you have an awesome filter and clean it out on a regular basis. It is much easier to keep the water clean than to try to recover from the tank going really bad.

  4. snafu Says:
    February 26th, 2013 at 07:37 pm 1361907454
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    Moving out of state is a big deal, big change, big adventure big learning curve no doubt about it. Fl will even be a new culture, no winter, and storms are based on different factors. They will need to get established all over again, social, financial, medical, consumer, security and more. If they don't have internet, WIFI connections are available nearly everywhere.

    Most phone contracts include long distance as part of the benefits so you'll likely talk more than when they lived nearby. If DDIL isn't working she will need to make the biggest effort out of her comfort zone to develop a new supporting group of friends.

  5. My English Castle Says:
    February 26th, 2013 at 08:11 pm 1361909510
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    I wish them well; you've been through lots of moves, CB, which probably gives you lots of helpful perspective on this.

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