Shody went to be with his parents this morning. Abby had this little pet for less than a week. We don’t know exactly what killed Shody, but we’ll be replacing him/her/it with a gold [orange] goldfish tomorrow afternoon. Shody was flushed around 9:30 and showed very little resistance to the swirling drain. He/She/It will be missed for a short while until the new fish comes into play. Abby was upset when I said that Shody went to be with his parents. She said:

But Shody asked his mommy and daddy if they could come play with Abby. They said, “Yes, Sweety.”

Jessica and I were really, really sad when she said that, it was very disturbing for her to lose her first pet so soon.