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This is the new rat. I'm having a few problems with him. Not only is he scared like hell, but the other rats seem to think he makes a nice chew toy. No matter what I do, they still enjoy chewing on him and it really pisses me off. So I have them seperated. I give my new rat (still needing a name if anyone wants to help me think of one) the new cage I bought and the other rats get to stay in the cat carrier for now. I think, what I have decided, is that the new rat can keep the new cage until he heals up from all the little bite wounds. They are small and didn't bleed too much, but they are wounds none the less. Once he has healed the cage will smell completely like him and he will hopefully be less scared and just sitting there while they aggressively groom him and instead he will beat them up so there is a full respect between the three of them. If they don't start acting more mature towards each other, I hate to say I will have to adopt out the cutie pie. I thought I could bring him home and make him happy. They said he's been there so long he was about to become rat food. But hopefully once he heals he will be happier and all. I just hope that works out in the long run.

If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them. I could use some at this point.

Katchua

So I got a call today from someone I never thought I would hear from. Sadly, I was in the middle of a game with my boyfriend, brother, and his brother. A nice game of Tichu and you know how I hate being disrupted during that. In anycase, it was this girl named Kat. Awhile ago, I had put an ad on Craigslist looking for female companionship and she had responded. We had set up a meeting to go out on a date with each other and she never showed. She had fallen and gotten a concussion, so I was genuinely worried. I wrote to make sure she was okay and called, but she said it hurt to talk as the entire left side of her face was bandaged, so I made myself content in just writing her. But then she stopped responding and my interest waned. Needless to say, I didn't really see it as a loss other than that of her seeming to be quite a wonderful person that I would have liked to get to know better. She was also incredibly attractive with a great smile and an awesome clickable personality that I enjoyed getting to know.

So we hadn't spoken in a long long time. Now, myself, I don't get angry. I go with the flow. She probably got busy and found someone for her life and just drifted. It happens. It happens with strangers you just befriend and with people you have been friends with for ages. I really didn't have any problem with it. And I am quite satisfied and happy now and although my mind is reeling from the fact that she called (not because of who it was, but more of a why she called), I would never give up what I have and don't regret for one moment the direction my life took. I'm happy to be out of the city and happy to have a loving and caring person in my life who I adore with all of my heart and soul.

When she called, she begged me not to hang up. Perhaps that was the first funny thing. It was very odd hearing from her and so I was already set aback, but then she acted as if I must be absolutely furious with her. I'm not, and I wasn't, not for a minute. Perhaps, back then, a little disappointed, but everything happens for a reason. So I told her she was being silly and I wasn't about to hang up. And then she gave me this huge spiel that she had a lot going on and she is kicking herself for never having gotten back in contact with me. And you know what? It felt, honestly, like Lynnette had crawled out of whatever grave she fell into and come back into my life. This girl here, this girl Kat, she gives me that same feeling of familiarity. I could have easily slid right back into the groove talking to her, catching up, chatting her up all night. She could easily become an amazing friend. I just feel like we already have a niche. We clicked awhile ago. So hearing from her just made me smile because I felt like I was getting a second chance at being her friend.

But what really got me was the fact that I haven't spoken to her, easily, in around 8 months. How time flies. But I haven't spoken to her in so long, and she saved my number to call me and apologize. That takes a big person to do something like that. It gives me a respect I hadn't previously had for her (only because I only knew her for a few weeks before she disappeared). I am hoping I can still be her friend.

Even with all this said, and even with the fact of me thinking about this a lot tonight, it was more just because it was an overwhelming feeling of both someone calling me after 8 months and asking for forgiveness, as well as the added comfortable feeling of everything just going right as I spoke to her. I just felt like she was my best friend and we were just talking again after a vacation or something. It was a nice feeling to feel connected to. In either case, I apologize for drawing this out. I know I had this on my mind for a bit and I wanted to show Chris a picture of her (so he could see what kind of woman attracted me, not who I am attracted to), but I hope he understands that he is my one and only. And if I could be so bold to say, I hope to spend a majority of my life with him. As much as he will allow. I am not interested in anyone else.