Today was a sweet day. Poor hubby had to work today. In fact he had to be in Denver at 830 but had to go to the Colorado Springs school at 7 so he had to get up 6. Sweet man that he is, he fed all the dogs, birds, and fish before he left and told me. The night before I asked him to set the second alarm for 10am for me to get up because I wasn't going to get up with him. I need more sleep than he does, about 8-10 hours a night. Sometimes I wake up after 6.
So the alarm went off at 10, I got up and brushed my teeth. When I was done, hubby called me to make sure I was up, he is so sweet! We got to talk for a few minutes. He had to be in Denver to sell books for a particular class that was happening that morning. He had just gotten the books in yesterday and had to be there for the students. So when nobody came to the book store, he went down to the class and out of the 7 students registered, only 2 showed up for the class and they had bought their books elsewhere, so it was a mute point. But hubby also had to do inventory on that book store so he would have had to go up there anyway today.
I called a cab to take me over to my Red Hat social, tea at Judithmary's. The cab driver was so nice and took directions well and got me there quickly. It was $8.90 for the trip and I used my debit card to pay. When the driver handed me his phone, I approved the transaction, gave him a $3 tip and sent myself an email receipt. Then I got out and went in.
The tea was beautifully set up and there were 11 of us red hatters. 2 were visitors and told us about themselves. Virginia was an older lady that moved to the Springs 2 years ago. She is downsizing and when she told us she was wanting to sell her doll collection, I told her she should do it on eBay. She told me that several people have told her that but she knows how to get on the internet but that's about all. I promised to help her and we exchanged numbers. She is going to call me next week and I hope she does because I am not sure I know what I did with her number. I can always get it again from Judithmary. Virginia has a whole house full of dolls. I will be happy to help her.
I asked and got a ride from Jean home. Luckily when I checked, I had my keys in my purse because I didn't look before I left the house. I got in, set down my purse, put the leftover food in the fridge and went upstairs to change. Then I came back downstairs to get my phone out of my purse so I could call hubby and tell him I was home but I couldn't find it. Then I thought about when I had it last and I remember taking it downstairs when the cab drive pulled up front. So I figured I must have left it in the cab. I was trying to figure out how to contact the drive, I was going to have to wait until hubby got home so I could call the cab company and see if he had found it. Hubby had come home about this point and I started to tell him what happened when he said I left my phone in the cab this morning and he pulled out the phone and gave it back to me! Come to find out he called my phone and the cab driver answered. Hubby talked to him and arranged to meet him in Widefield, as the cab driver was off work now, and gave him $10 to thank him for taking care of it. I told you this man was sweet!
Hubby ate and laid down for a nap. I sat next to him, playing on the computer. Now when I say I am playing on the computer, I am cleaning up my email, going on facebook and craigslist, then looking up stuff on Google. I don't play computer games, ever. I did do that farm game on facebook for a little while but it got to be more of a drag so I quit. I don't play video games either. Anyways, when I was on craigslist, I saw on the free section there was a 2 hour post for a pair of large rats with their big, airy cage and travel cage. They also came with some bedding. So I called and talked to the lady. Nobody had called and I have been wanting another rat for the past several months now. But hubby kept telling me no, he thought it was cruel to the rats, the cats would terrorize them, the dogs would try to eat them and they would just become another thing he has to take care of. But this time, I decided to get them. The lady said that the rats were male and they had both cats and dogs and they were used to playing with them. So I arranged a time to go get them. Hubby slept through all of this and I didn't wake him up to tell him.
So I got up, changed into a pair of jeans and went to get them. They were free but I do have to go buy food for them tomorrow. They are so cuddly and adorable! The dogs have taken the longest to get used to them, Tally, one of our cats, was intensely interested in them and did climb the cage and lay on the top. She was very interested in their tails that come out of the cage. Hubby was mad, very mad and told me I am being cruel to the rats by bringing them into the house. But I know they will be ok and everyone will get along. Hubby also thinks this will be one more animal for him to take care of and I don't blame him. He does do a majority of the back end care of the animals, cleaning cages and feeding half the time. Cleaning litter boxes and the backyard. But that's not fair and I plan on changing that. Next week I am going to take over doing the cleaning so he won't have to.
We set up the cage on my craft room table so the rats, named Dylan and Zeke, would be another draw for me to go to my craft area and spend time there. It is a roomy space where they will have the wall behind them and the side of a bookcase to protect another side. Tally immediately climbed up the cage and laid on top. Zeke went up and sniffed her foot and tasted it gently, then went back to the corner to cuddle with Dylan. Dylan is the shy one and is a little reserved. Zeke is the adventurous one and loves to climb. I am looking forward to taking their pictures tomorrow and starting a facebook page for them in the next couple of weeks.
Hubby is now on this "If I want something bad enough, then I don't care what you think" mentality because I knew he would say no to getting Zeke and Dylan and therefore I didn't ask him. I wanted them and got them now I will have to pay the price and show him with actions, not words that I will take over taking care of the animals. He says he has heard this all from me before and he doesn't believe me. I will just have to show him.
Our big male cat came in and is interested in the rats but isn't overly so and won't knock over the cage to get them. It's are 3 story cage and has a bowl base so the bedding won't come out. It will need to be changed every day as food will be in there. And rats smell, especially the male ones. So tomorrow I am going to give both the boys a bath. The lady I got them from used groom clothes on them a couple of times a week so they were technically bathed but I see nothing wrong with a bath and doggie shampoo.
Tomorrow is church and then we will go, or I will go, to Petco and get rat food. Apparently they won't eat the alfalfa pellets but like the oats based diet. I will have to see what they have. I will also have to check the garage for some chewing blocks as they don't have any in there now and rats are like any rodent and need to chew to keep their teeth worn down.
Tonight I will do a little research on the net to look up how to take care of Dylan and Zeke. Just to make sure I am a good mama.
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