Gone But Not Forgotten

Back in September, Jack, Greta, and I moved to Omaha.  We are nicely settled in our new home (although we are STILL waiting on furniture that we ordered about 6 weeks ago!)  The first month was groovy, but October has proved more difficult.  3 fish that we had for at least 3 years all died, one of the fish was a beautiful Rainbow (Melanotaenia Duboulay) that our friend Jennifer had given us way back when we lived in Cookeville.  We had moved the fish with us the last 4 times we moved.  They all died on the same day, which I think was a result of poor water management (although I'm not pointing fingers...)

Then Greta got out of our yard.  There was a break in the fence that neither Jack nor I had noticed.  We looked for three days, reported her missing at the humane society.  Then the Nebraska Humane Society called and said they had found her.  Jack and I were SO excited we grabbed her leash and rushed to the shelter -- we couldn't get there fast enough.  Then the nice lady at the counter told us she was deceased when they found her.  She had been killed in traffic about 6 blocks from our house.

In the last 6 years, Jack and I have had many pets: zillions of fish, frogs, crabs, snails, anemones, crawfish, 2 turtles (Tootle-One and Tootle-Two), 2 ducks (Dolly and Fafner).  You just don't get attached to other animals the way that you do with a dog.  Greta was the best companion we could have hoped for and she'll certainly be missed.