Goodbye Alfredo

Today I had sweet and sour chicken and potato chips with French onion dip for lunch.  More just eating whatever’s in the house than craving.  I met my friends for afternoon tea earlier in the day which was nice.  Afterward, we took a walk around Pasadena City Hall just to have a walk.  The architecture was beautiful and it reminded me of when Joe and I took wedding pictures there over a year ago.  There were brides taking wedding photos everywhere we turned.  There were at least 5 brides plus 2 quinceanera parties.  Quinceanera’s kind of confuse me.  I get having a big birthday party for a girl, similar to a bat mitzvah or a sweet 16 but I don’t really understand why it so closely resembles a wedding.  15 year olds aren’t getting married, nor should they.  I think it would make more sense if it was just a big princess party.  The alarm at City Hall ended up going off randomly so we left.  It was so freaking hot out I just wanted to go home and jump in the pool anyway.

At home I was so tired I just ended up taking a shower and laying down.  Alfredo started acting strangely.  He randomly started convulsing and then died.  I had texted Joe when he was acting strangely and Joe called me.  Alfredo died while I was on the phone with him and I started crying.  Joe was really upset.  When he got home we both cried.  Silly to be so attached to a fish but he was a part of our lives for so many years.  Joe kept talking about how he was there when we got married and how he took care of him everyday and loved to take care of him.  It was just sad to see him like that, laying there and not moving.  We decided to bury him in his parent’s back yard next to Joe's pet cat.  I put him inside a jar filled with flowers.  We’ll bury him on Tuesday when Joe’s off of work.