I am what a plant fears most

I have moved my plants so that they are now precariously situated by my window. I've been watering them, yet they still seem on the verge of death, so it was clearly the lack of sun. Why can't I keep things alive?

I think I can only have dogs or cats. They don't require sunlight and they tell me if I forget to give them food or water. Fish, plants, other small creatures that live in cages and can't remind me to feed them — I probably shouldn't be allowed to interact with them at all.

There is a great deal of stuff I should be doing, but not very many things that I actually feel like doing. Welcome to senior year.

Maybe I'll watch my plants and see if they start to look less dead. That's a good use of time, right?