Well my deadline has come and passed and I still haven't figured out my life.
I guess it's kind of stupid to put a deadline on that, figuring out your life, but still. It would have been nice to have known by now.
As far as the weekend goes, not too much has happened.
Tom got back on Friday, I picked him up at the airport, we ate lunch at Burger King, and then he dropped me off at work and went home (I said a tearful goodbye to the car I'd been using all last week). Because he's so nice though he actually got all his stuff done in time to come back and pick me up from work so I didn't have to walk home. We then hung out at my house, ate dinner (mmm sandwiches) and then went out to the Downtime (bar) in Dinkytown to watch Jordan's brother's band play (the Jason Shannon Band - original eh?). They were supposed to start at 10pm but the group on before them didn't get off the stage until 11:30pm (they weren't that good so it was really frustrating having to wait). It also sucked because the place was kind of tiny and packed so there was mostly only standing room. So that was my Friday.
On Saturday I slept in, ate food, played on the computer, was pretty much just lazy until late afternoon when Tom consented to drive me to a pet store. We went to Petsmart first, and looked at the selection of rats only to be disappointed. They were all in one cage and all looked pretty full grown. When I asked how old they were the guy looked a bit lost and seemed to make up his answer of 6 months. To me, for an animal that only lives about 3-4 years, 6 months is a bit too old to start off with. So then we went across the street to the Petco, which had a much nicer selection. The rats were separated into 3 cages - small, medium, and large; and the size pretty much directly correlated with their age (what I thought and was also confirmed by one of the workers). I hemmed and hawed for a long time but eventually decided I wanted one. Tom helped me pick out bedding, food, water bottle, wheel, and a cage topper for it (he gave me an old 10 gallon aquarium to use as a main cage) and I picked out the little rat. I picked the smallest of the smalls - she has a white body with a black head and a black stripe down most of her back.
We drove her to Tom's house to get the aquarium and everything and on the way home we tried to think up some good names for her. I knew I wanted to name her something from either a book or movie I liked (I like using character names) but couldn't think of any. Finally, Tom mentioned 'Kaylee' (from Firefly/Serenity) and I thought it sounded perfect. So Kaylee it is! (If I ever get a sister rat for her, its name will be River - FYI). Saturday evening was then spent setting up Kaylee's home, playing with her, and watching her.
A lot of Sunday was spent doing that as well as playing on the computer and being generally lazy. I also started laundry on Sunday but kept forgetting about it so it still needs to be finished (hopefully tonight). Jordan's birthday was on Sunday as well, but didn't see much of him until late.
Back at work now, and not looking forward to another ridiculously slow week. On the plus side at least Tom is here to occasionally ease the tension at lunch.
I'm looking forward to getting home today and playing with my new baby (rat).
I guess it's kind of stupid to put a deadline on that, figuring out your life, but still. It would have been nice to have known by now.
As far as the weekend goes, not too much has happened.
Tom got back on Friday, I picked him up at the airport, we ate lunch at Burger King, and then he dropped me off at work and went home (I said a tearful goodbye to the car I'd been using all last week). Because he's so nice though he actually got all his stuff done in time to come back and pick me up from work so I didn't have to walk home. We then hung out at my house, ate dinner (mmm sandwiches) and then went out to the Downtime (bar) in Dinkytown to watch Jordan's brother's band play (the Jason Shannon Band - original eh?). They were supposed to start at 10pm but the group on before them didn't get off the stage until 11:30pm (they weren't that good so it was really frustrating having to wait). It also sucked because the place was kind of tiny and packed so there was mostly only standing room. So that was my Friday.
On Saturday I slept in, ate food, played on the computer, was pretty much just lazy until late afternoon when Tom consented to drive me to a pet store. We went to Petsmart first, and looked at the selection of rats only to be disappointed. They were all in one cage and all looked pretty full grown. When I asked how old they were the guy looked a bit lost and seemed to make up his answer of 6 months. To me, for an animal that only lives about 3-4 years, 6 months is a bit too old to start off with. So then we went across the street to the Petco, which had a much nicer selection. The rats were separated into 3 cages - small, medium, and large; and the size pretty much directly correlated with their age (what I thought and was also confirmed by one of the workers). I hemmed and hawed for a long time but eventually decided I wanted one. Tom helped me pick out bedding, food, water bottle, wheel, and a cage topper for it (he gave me an old 10 gallon aquarium to use as a main cage) and I picked out the little rat. I picked the smallest of the smalls - she has a white body with a black head and a black stripe down most of her back.
We drove her to Tom's house to get the aquarium and everything and on the way home we tried to think up some good names for her. I knew I wanted to name her something from either a book or movie I liked (I like using character names) but couldn't think of any. Finally, Tom mentioned 'Kaylee' (from Firefly/Serenity) and I thought it sounded perfect. So Kaylee it is! (If I ever get a sister rat for her, its name will be River - FYI). Saturday evening was then spent setting up Kaylee's home, playing with her, and watching her. A lot of Sunday was spent doing that as well as playing on the computer and being generally lazy. I also started laundry on Sunday but kept forgetting about it so it still needs to be finished (hopefully tonight). Jordan's birthday was on Sunday as well, but didn't see much of him until late.
Back at work now, and not looking forward to another ridiculously slow week. On the plus side at least Tom is here to occasionally ease the tension at lunch.
I'm looking forward to getting home today and playing with my new baby (rat).
2 comments:
OMG she's sooo cute! gratz on ur pet rat :). Now its time for me to get a puppy lol
you should get online more often, or text me, miss ya kitty. hope you're OK and having a blast!
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