# Re: Hot Tub Update

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Posted by LeviLovR on July 10, 2020 at 12:26:48

In Reply to: Re: Hot Tub Update posted by Ry on July 10, 2020 at 03:04:08:

Ry, leave it to you to think of something like that. Fortunately I did not have to take care of house plants this time. The wife has dozens of them and is always buying more or being given more by friends who know she likes plants. She definitely has a green thumb, I on the other hand, can kill a plastic plant. Everytime I had to water plants I was always afraid I would end up killing something that she really liked.

Three animals did die while under my care. No, I am not the Grim Reaper of small pets and animals. The first was a rabbit. They knew he was not well and did not expect him to live, so they did not blame me when he did the bunny hop to heaven. But they were hardly out of the driveway when he turned up his toes and croaked.

Then there was the goldfish incident. The husband's mother had just died from cancer and they went to Pennsylvania for the funeral. The boys were quite small and had never lost a family member before, and losing their grandmother was devastating. So I go up to their house and find "Molly" floating on the top of the tank. I removed her and flushed her down the toilet, officially declaring the death a "sewercide." So when they called me to see how things were going I informed them of Molly's demise. Since the kids were having so much trouble coping with death and trying to understand it all they just didn't want to tell them about Molly. Would I go to the pet store and find another fish that looked like Molly? Ummm..sure. I hardly remembered what Molly looked like, last time I saw her she was looking a bit flushed. Anyway. I gave it my best shot and went to the pet store where I explained my situation to the clerk - who laughed in my face. After looking at thousands of goldfish I finally found one that I thought looked the most like Molly. So I made my purchase, brought Molly II home and plopped her in the fish tank. So when they got home after the funeral I went up to see them. The boys ran to me and said, "Wow, you took really good care of Molly. You must have fed her a lot because she's gained weight!" OK then, let's hear it for the fat fish!

The worst thing was the death of Thomas, their first goat. I had found him for them and he lived to be 15, which is old for a goat. Again, they were going to Pennsylvania for the Christmas holidays. Like the rabbit, Thomas was sick and had cold like symptoms. I suspect he had pneumonia, which is quite common in goats. But I went to feed him and opened the door and found him dead. I hated to have to call them and tell them what had happened, especially right before Christmas. But with the extreme cold winter weather and his advanced age it wasn't totally unexpected, but a bit of a shock non the less.

So it's amazing they even let me take care of their animals at all after that.

By the way, I did drive up there this morning, but did not dress up. Still soaked in just jeans as it was very warm and humid and the water in the hot tub said 103 degrees. Too hot to have on a bunch of clothes. Will go jump in the lake later. Been told to do that lots of times by different people. Little do they know that I do - frequently, and actually enjoy it. I overslept this morning and was running late. In addition to the goats and chickens I also had to take care of the dog. The oldest son has been doing that, but he is a truck driver and had to be at work at 3:30 this morning and asked me if I would take care of Jamaica as well. She's a basset hound. I went into the house and called her name, but she didn't come. She was curled up on the couch in the living room between two pillows. She rolled her eyes up at me, expecting me to bring her food to her and give her breakfast in bed. No such luck. Reluctantly she crawled off the couch and went outside while I fed her, took care of the other animals, and took my dip in the hot tub. I'm sure when she went back inside she crawled back up on the couch for another snooze.

Later

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