This is another man blog. I feel as though it is my job to tell the story because I witnessed it first hand.

This week has been a roller coaster of emotion for me. I came home from Montana on monday (Montana was sweet. Chloe graduated, the food was amazing, the Kansas, Styx, and Foreigner concert was sweet, and hanging out with family was dang fun) and Claire stayed for an extra 5 days. Naturally I was lonely and school was no fun at all. I looked forward to Claires return all week. Last night she got back and it was so nice. I was at the peak of Happy Mountain!

This morning I woke up abnormally early with a stuffy nose, so I trudged into the kitchen to get a paper towel (TP can't contain my nose blowing). After blowing my nose I looked at our gold fish Glozelle, whose fish bowl was by the sink, to say good morning...She was gone! Naturally I suspected that one of the mangy cats lingering around our apartment complex had broken in and snatched her. My rage quickly turned to sadness when I looked into the garbage disposal and saw something orange. My heart broke as I flipped on the garbage disposal to give her a proper burial.

With my head hanging I started kicking rocks back to bed. Then I heard something kinda flip around. It was Glozelle! (Don't know what was in the disposal still) She had jumped out of the fish bowl, and flopped about 6 feet away from the counter. She was pretty much dead when I grabbed her. She was very dry. I put her in the bowl and she went belly up instantly.

When you catch a trout and have it out of the water for a while you sometimes need to "milk" them when you put them back in the water. You just rub their sides until they feel better and swim off. I ended up "milking" Glozelle for about 5 minutes and talking to her the whole time. She was saved! She is as good as new. What are the odds that my nose would need a blowin' at the same time Glozelle was plunging to her almost certain death? You decide, but for now I'll call this experience a tender mercy.

Here is my overall roller coaster of emotion--

Happiness (Montana)

Sadness (Missing Claire and hating school)

Glee (Claires return)

Stuffiness (Nose)

Panic (Where's Glozelle)

Rage (Future dead cats)

Sadness (Our first pet died a horrible death)

Happiness (She's kind of alive)

Concern (Is she going to make it)

Joy (She made it)