First Pet

Guinea pigs were never really on my list of things to own. I'm more of a horse/big dog kind of person. I like it when my pets are large enough that becoming inadvertently squished or lost to the duct work mazes isn't even a remote possibility. But, being an open minded sort of person, or maybe simply a sucker, I thought that we'd give it a try. After all, China was never on my list of places to visit and I would go back there in a second so maybe the same applies to small rodent like animals?? The offer was too good to pass up really. 2 guinea pigs with all the necessary accessories, bought by an individual who was unprepared for the work, for free with an "if it doesn't work out, bring them back" clause. Although Skylar was quite willing to claim and accept responsibility for both guinea pigs, the moment Lexi saw them, she was completely enamoured....even though they aren't the chinchilla's that she has been asking for. She now wakes up in the morning and starts the day by saying "I need to go see the guinea pigs....they aren't chinchillas you know." *sigh* Somehow I don't think that there's any way those pigs will be going anywhere. Congratulations Linny and Henry, you have just found your forever home. And I have just increase my workload 2 rodents worth. It's a good thing they're kind of cute....even if they aren't horses.

- "you are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures..."

Somehow in the span of a mere two weeks, I have managed to unwittingly aquire 2 fish, a cat and a dog. This now brings the count to 2 dogs, 2 cats, 2 fish and 1 turtle (with talk of getting another turtle in the near future as it would not be fair to poor donatello to go without the luxery of same species conversation) I'm not exactly sure how I allowed this to happen but I'm thinking buying stock in glade plug-ins and that petfresh carpet stuff is probably not a bad idea. They say that pets are supposed to decrease your stress levels but after chasing a baby human and a baby dog around all morning I'm not so sure anymore. There must be some fine print that went along with that statment that I guess I missed. Except for the transormation of house to ark...not much new lately. The search for gainful employment continues slowly. I actually had to go shopping so that I too can prentend to be a responsible and competent professional. At this point though, I have to admit that it kind of feels like playing dress-up. The last interview consisted of being drilled on counselling practices before a panel of people...it was waaayyy fun. Unfortunatley I won't know for a while on that one....but I'm not holding my breath.