You provide the birdbath, I provide the skin...
Well. Finally caught Chuck. Who's actually a girl. Under unfortunate circumstances, however. We tried catching her other ways (I had her once, but she escaped) and we ended up having to resort to poison blocks. I found her behind the fridge and she didn't try to run as I trapped her under a tote. I do feel bad because, well, I would've been happy to catch her and release her down at the park. But if she's on her way out, she's on her way out. My rats have lost toes and tails to her, so my sympathy only goes so far.
If, on the slim chance she looks better tomorrow, we'll take her to the park and release her. Otherwise, I've made her a comfortable nest in a tote so, when she goes, she'll at least be warm and comfortable. I guess that counts for something?
EDIT: Almost 24 hours later and she's still doing okay. Huh.
TJ's got me dicking around with Second Life. I'm only using it to make avatars because FFFF FREE CLOTHES. And, honestly, I like dressing shit up. I don't want to interact with people, I don't care about the world, I just want to dress things up. I just wish Xstreet + the SL client didn't lag so badly together.
TJ bought me a cute opossum av:
TJ and I went out this morning to Walmart for shits and giggles. Our furnace wasn't kicking back on, so we were going to buy another space heater (TJ has one he got from Angie) to put in the critter room for them, since it was super cold in the house. We also got some food and I splurged on some cookie dough for myself. YUM.
Came home, kicked the furnace back on and it STARTED WORKING. Yeah, I was shocked. So I get $15 back when I take the heater back, at least.
Around 9AM we went out to the mall because TJ wanted to check Best Buy for something. Ended up dicking around out there for a few hours before coming home. Scored some 75% of stuff at Gorant's (or the Hallmark store?), including something for Angie!
Then my mom called around 4PM, said she got her school money and she was coming to kidnap me.
Cue Walmart again, but this time with better goods. My mom bought food for all of my critters, lent me some money to buy a few things (like a Manbat for TJ!), and bought me some shirts because I really couldn't think of anything I wanted.
Yeah, I admit, I like the Miley/Max collection. There's some really cute graphic shirts, but most of the rest is...eh. The Animal shirt was bought purely for obnoxious reasons. Because, goddamn, it's bright.
After that, we went to a little bar and got wings and such. They were pretty good and I brought an order home for TJ. THEN we went out and I met Bud's cousin and his family, who are pretty nice. Two of their kids go to KSU, as well They als had a fucking adorable Jack Russel puppy who was wearing a puffy coat.
Then, home finally. Watched the Supernatural Christmas episode, took and bath and then fell asleep (I'd been up over 24 hours at this point).
Woken up quite nicely around 2AM (because someone couldn't sleep, apparently!). Now loafing around (after we caught Chuck). Considering laying back down again, mostly because there's not a whole lot to do.
Then, after that, I went back to sleep. UNTIL 11PM CHRISTMAS. I seriously didn't want to/couldn't wake up and everyone else we normally talk to wasn't online. Everything's closed, so we just stayed in bed all day. Not really a bad deal, all things considered.
I'm mostly happy that Christmas is OVER and it's TWO WEEKS to finanical aid and another week after that until school. It was enough stress trying to keep our heads above water the last month, now it's just a countdown until things are good again. Only stress in the meantime now is finding a place to live, and we have a few places we're interested in that sound pretty nice (and Angie reccomends one as being a nice place, so that's good!).
This has turned into, like, two entries in one. :X
If, on the slim chance she looks better tomorrow, we'll take her to the park and release her. Otherwise, I've made her a comfortable nest in a tote so, when she goes, she'll at least be warm and comfortable. I guess that counts for something?
EDIT: Almost 24 hours later and she's still doing okay. Huh.
TJ's got me dicking around with Second Life. I'm only using it to make avatars because FFFF FREE CLOTHES. And, honestly, I like dressing shit up. I don't want to interact with people, I don't care about the world, I just want to dress things up. I just wish Xstreet + the SL client didn't lag so badly together.
TJ bought me a cute opossum av:
TJ and I went out this morning to Walmart for shits and giggles. Our furnace wasn't kicking back on, so we were going to buy another space heater (TJ has one he got from Angie) to put in the critter room for them, since it was super cold in the house. We also got some food and I splurged on some cookie dough for myself. YUM.
Came home, kicked the furnace back on and it STARTED WORKING. Yeah, I was shocked. So I get $15 back when I take the heater back, at least.
Around 9AM we went out to the mall because TJ wanted to check Best Buy for something. Ended up dicking around out there for a few hours before coming home. Scored some 75% of stuff at Gorant's (or the Hallmark store?), including something for Angie!
Then my mom called around 4PM, said she got her school money and she was coming to kidnap me.
Cue Walmart again, but this time with better goods. My mom bought food for all of my critters, lent me some money to buy a few things (like a Manbat for TJ!), and bought me some shirts because I really couldn't think of anything I wanted.
Yeah, I admit, I like the Miley/Max collection. There's some really cute graphic shirts, but most of the rest is...eh. The Animal shirt was bought purely for obnoxious reasons. Because, goddamn, it's bright.
After that, we went to a little bar and got wings and such. They were pretty good and I brought an order home for TJ. THEN we went out and I met Bud's cousin and his family, who are pretty nice. Two of their kids go to KSU, as well They als had a fucking adorable Jack Russel puppy who was wearing a puffy coat.
Then, home finally. Watched the Supernatural Christmas episode, took and bath and then fell asleep (I'd been up over 24 hours at this point).
Woken up quite nicely around 2AM (because someone couldn't sleep, apparently!). Now loafing around (after we caught Chuck). Considering laying back down again, mostly because there's not a whole lot to do.
Then, after that, I went back to sleep. UNTIL 11PM CHRISTMAS. I seriously didn't want to/couldn't wake up and everyone else we normally talk to wasn't online. Everything's closed, so we just stayed in bed all day. Not really a bad deal, all things considered.
I'm mostly happy that Christmas is OVER and it's TWO WEEKS to finanical aid and another week after that until school. It was enough stress trying to keep our heads above water the last month, now it's just a countdown until things are good again. Only stress in the meantime now is finding a place to live, and we have a few places we're interested in that sound pretty nice (and Angie reccomends one as being a nice place, so that's good!).
This has turned into, like, two entries in one. :X