Last Friday, I began writing a post about our amazing 9 State Park weekend. I also planned to update my 50 before 50 list…but I had a bad craft show and our beloved ranchu goldfish, Mello died. It put me in a bad mood and I just didn’t get back to that post yet. But I will!

First things first,another disappointing show. The weather was beautiful, the sun was shining, people were out on the streets, but the sales were slow. I had hundreds of people complimenting, touching everything, asking me questions etc…but very low sales. I was tired as well and by 10 am I was ready to call it a day. The show ran from 8-3 so I had to fake it until I make it for quite some time. Thankfully my husband and son came to visit and my mom (my crafting partner in crime) kept me entertained! I also pay attention to the other artists/crafters and no one was killing it. We were all in the same boat on Saturday. Is it the economy? Is it the venues I am choosing? Everything is a learning experience and yes I made sales- just not the $$ that I want. I have one more Spring show on the 31st and then I am taking a break until 7/12. I hope this next one goes much better!

The worst part of the day is when my son and I got home that evening to find our favorite fish, Mello dying. A quick background, we are very into goldfish and fancy goldfish. My son takes immaculate care of his fish and takes fish keeping very seriously. Mello was a ranchu that was deformed- he wasn’t able to grow wen.(puffy stuff on that you see on a fancy goldfish face). He always had issues swimming and hadn’t been doing well for quite some time. Still it was a shock to see him floating and twitching at the top. We put him in a shallow tank to let him pass peacefully and I cried. Yes,I cried over a goldfish and I am tearing up typing this. Mello was the favorite, he greeted you every time you walked in the room. We hand fed him when he was sick, I would play music for him during the day. He had his own YouTube shorts. He had personality, and to anyone who think fish are stupid or dumb. Go do some research and pound sand. Studies show that fish have memories and feelings amongst other great attributes.

We froze Mello and I ordered a tiny 6 inch coffin (Halloween decoration) and he will be buried in the back yard with a small marker. We have buried other fish before, but this is the first time I bought a tiny coffin 😦 We miss him dearly and we have even entertained the idea of fish heaven where he is swimming happily. Until we met again Mello- you were the coolest.