Updates - good and bad...

The Good
Yesterday, Munchkin had her first T-ball practice.  I took the dog along.  Munchkin has a good throwing arm but a lack of attention.  I spent the whole practice worrying that she would get hit in the head with a ball she didn’t see was coming because she was picking at the grass.  Casper was my good boy and allowed the whole team to surround and pet him.  I stopped things when he started to look a little stressed but he wouldn’t have been able to deal with it for even a little while 6 months ago …yea Casper! 

 

In our Manners class, there is:

-A female black lab who is three years old and pretty well behaved.

-A male standard labradoodle – 9 months old - very bouncy and friendly

-A male German Shepherd mix – mostly friendly but not very controlled.  He’s a rescue.

-A female Maltese – she is also a rescue.  For her first year she was a puppy mill dog; she lived in a tiny cage and had a litter before she was a year old.  Now, she’s just really timid.

-A Jack Russell Mix puppy – 6 months old, very bouncy, barks the whole class. 

-And Casper who is my darling puppy love but is really a dunce on leash behaviors.  He sits, lays down, begs, dances, crawls, and is slowly understanding “roll over” but he thinks he has to be at the end of any leash he’s walking on whether it’s 6 feet or 25 feet.   

 

Class is a little crazy with that many dogs but it’s good for Casper.  He needs practice paying attention to me. 

 

Today, I went to pick up my rats.  They are pure cuteness.  They’re just weaned so they’re still pretty small and being female, probably won’t get too huge.  I love their teeny tiny little hands and the way they hold food while they nibble.  They’re from a breeder who handles all of the little ratlings at least twice per day.  The parents were both super friendly and the little darlings swarmed out of their cage and up my arm as soon as the cage door was opened.  I’m in love. 

 

They haven’t yet been introduced to the dog or the rabbits yet.  I want to give them time to settle in and feel safe before I add new scary things. 

 

Tomorrow I have game.  After that session, I should (if I’m lucky) have enough experience to learn the second level of Protean.  Once my character learns that, she’ll be able to grow claws.  That’s an important thing because being a woman she’s not expected to carry a sword.  She can carry concealed knives or daggers but they don’t do as much damage.  The only weapon she has that will deal aggravated damage (harder for other supernaturals to heal) is her teeth and it’s hard to bite someone in the middle of a fight.  Claws will be better. 

The Bad

I was on my way home from picking up the rats when my sister called me.  They had to call an ambulance for my grandmother.  I'm guessing from the description that it was a stroke...but I'm not a doctor and the hospital just says that they have to do more tests.  I'm waiting by the phone for updates.  I thought about going down to the hospital but I don't think I could be much help.  I'd probably just be in the way.  Mom is with Nana and I've done my shae of sitting in teh hospital with mom.  If they need me there, they can call me.