{"id":12618,"date":"2020-01-27T01:06:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T06:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=12618"},"modified":"2020-01-27T01:06:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T06:06:25","slug":"im-just-trying-to-be-the-best-fish-mom-i-can-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2020\/01\/27\/im-just-trying-to-be-the-best-fish-mom-i-can-be\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m Just Trying To Be The Best Fish Mom I Can Be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12619\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3DE83C7C-CDFA-4ED9-A03A-C50255799D2B-230x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3DE83C7C-CDFA-4ED9-A03A-C50255799D2B-230x300.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3DE83C7C-CDFA-4ED9-A03A-C50255799D2B-768x1000.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3DE83C7C-CDFA-4ED9-A03A-C50255799D2B-786x1024.jpeg 786w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3DE83C7C-CDFA-4ED9-A03A-C50255799D2B.jpeg 1638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When I got back to campus after winter break, I was so excited to see my fish again. My friend had taken care of Queenie and Mad Eye Moody (yes my two beta fish are named after characters in the Harry Potter franchise) for the two weeks because she lived in state. I picked them up from my friends dorm room the night I got back, and felt glad to have them back in their spot in my room.<\/p>\n<p>I added more fresh water into their containers, but then as the semester classes started I got too busy to switch it again a week later like I was supposed to. Instead, I didn\u2019t switch out their water again until yesterday. Now my fish are happily swimming in fresh water, but I\u2019m left floundering.<\/p>\n<p>The semester has been great so far. I\u2019m still enjoying my classes, \u00a0I don\u2019t have that much work, and yet for some reason I\u2019ve been feeling overwhelmed. I had the time to switch out the fish water earlier, but I never had the energy to do it. I don\u2019t have much homework and yet I keep mixing it up and doing it at the wrong time.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, \u00a0I\u2019m starting to pull myself back into the swing of getting things done. This is mostly due to the fact that so far this semester I\u2019ve become even closer with one of my friends. We\u2019ve started working out together which has increased my motivation, and we\u2019ve loved having Disney movie nights to de-stress together. Plus she\u2019s a great person to talk to. Here&#8217;s a random fact she told me: humans are somewhat closely related to fish, and we actually have gills early on in our development before birth.<\/p>\n<p>This fact doesn\u2019t really relate to me taking care of my fish, and I haven\u2019t checked to see if it\u2019s true, it\u2019s just fun and about fish like this blog post is this week. Anyways, hopefully I\u2019ll get more used to the different setup of this semester soon, and be as happy as my fish are in their clean water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I got back to campus after winter break, I was so excited to see my fish again. My friend had taken care of Queenie and Mad Eye Moody (yes my two beta fish are named after characters in the Harry Potter franchise) for the two weeks because she lived in state. 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