40. Get a sweet fish tank

Much like the plants, when I was single, I had a different hobby, (hobby should be in quotes as you'll see in a minute.) I used to have an awesome fish tank.

It was 44 gallons. 

Here's something nobody really tells you: the larger the fish tank, the less work you need to do for it. If you build a decent ecosystem, you feed them daily, and the tank will clean itself. 

After we were married a few years, my wife got me a kitten. It was because her cat was a dick and she wanted me to understand that not all cats sucked. 

Also, after a while, the fish tank started to smell. We though we discovered a leak and the water was going rancid in the base. 

We put the fish tank on Craig's List and sold it to a student. 

As we were helping him get the tank into his car, I realized something about the leak. 

The leak wasn't coming from the tank. It was coming from Athena my cat. She had been peeing inside the fish tank's stand for a few months. 

The weird, rotting fish smell was the beginning of kidney problems which would drastically shorten Athena's life. 

So, I'm in the market for a fish tank. I'd like something even bigger than 44 gallons, but I'm not in a rush to get it soon. 

I don't know where in the house it will go. It may go into the den after I remodel it. 

That'll be a few years though. 

Anyway, this is an explanation of my 40 things. From here on out, every post will be about my progress instead of just why.