New Pets

After a pleasant visit with Lauren and her husband Paul in Tacoma, I feel very refreshed. It's hard to believe Lauren is almost 11 weeks pregnant. It's nice to see her tiny baby bump after a few fake pregnancies back in high school.

I brought home a new addition to my family: Mattimeo or Matt for short. He is month old rat.

I also have a new goldfish living at Mark's house named Alexandria. My mouse Shakespeare also lives at Mark's house with her remaining brothers and sisters. The problem with mice is that after you see a rat, they seem very small and boring. I don't think Breezy wants me to take her home; I'll probably just leave Shakespeare at Mark's.

I've never really had many pets, it's nice to be around animals now. I had a hamster for one year when I was 11 (Juliet), my parakeet died when I was 14 (Jean-Luc), the beta fish I won at a Mother's Day banquet lived a few months (Robert) and we know the tragic story of Giselle and Phelps...