Monday, April 19, 2004
Baby and Daddy – Not Baby Daddy
Last night, Paul and I tucked ourselves in bed after the premiere episode of Queer As Folk. We talked for a little while and at about midnight, I drifted off to sleep.
At 1am, my little hamster guy, Jim, started running on his wheel. I fed him quite a few vegetables yesterday so I think he had tons of restless energy in his body. He ran on that wheel for hours without reprieve. Finally at 3am, I had enough of his tireless legs and I removed the wheel from his cage. I hate doing that to him, but I surely needed some sleep. I crawled back into bed with Paul and we went back to sleep.
Around 4am, I awoke to little feet walking on my face. I immediately sat up thinking that there was a mouse running all over my bed. When I flipped on the light, I saw little Jimbo sitting next to my pillow looking at me. I was like “Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa?”
I immediately woke up Paul and we marveled at how Jim had gotten out of his cage, crawled across the carpet, climbed up my comforter and got into bed with me. Are hamsters that smart? Did he really want to get into bed with me? Was he just lonely? Baby wanted to be with daddy.
I kissed him over and over on his little head and put him back into his cage. I noticed that one of the attachment pieces on the top of his cage had come undone. That was how he escaped. I am still in shock that he made the choice to get in bed with me rather than walk out the crack under my door and into the mouth of our housecat, Trey. It is very possible that I would have woken up to see Trey making a meal out of my baby hamster.
I have had quite a few scares with this hamster. I need to be MUCH more careful about keeping him in solitary confinement.
In other news, the weather is amazing. I had a beautiful weekend with my girls, Kelly and Angie. Then I read some of my new book The Poisonwood Bible (by Barbara Kingsolver) while eating a bagel and sitting by the East River. It was a truly wonderful hour of my life.
I watched some movies, made Paul and I a great dinner and did my best to maximize my time off from work.
I have a very busy week ahead of me what with theatre rehearsals, birthday dinners, and my parents coming down for brunch. Then the following weekend is Rita’s wedding! YAY! Busy busy busy.
Enjoy the weather ya’ll!
We are SO overdue for some sun.
Last night, Paul and I tucked ourselves in bed after the premiere episode of Queer As Folk. We talked for a little while and at about midnight, I drifted off to sleep.
At 1am, my little hamster guy, Jim, started running on his wheel. I fed him quite a few vegetables yesterday so I think he had tons of restless energy in his body. He ran on that wheel for hours without reprieve. Finally at 3am, I had enough of his tireless legs and I removed the wheel from his cage. I hate doing that to him, but I surely needed some sleep. I crawled back into bed with Paul and we went back to sleep.
Around 4am, I awoke to little feet walking on my face. I immediately sat up thinking that there was a mouse running all over my bed. When I flipped on the light, I saw little Jimbo sitting next to my pillow looking at me. I was like “Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa?”
I immediately woke up Paul and we marveled at how Jim had gotten out of his cage, crawled across the carpet, climbed up my comforter and got into bed with me. Are hamsters that smart? Did he really want to get into bed with me? Was he just lonely? Baby wanted to be with daddy.
I kissed him over and over on his little head and put him back into his cage. I noticed that one of the attachment pieces on the top of his cage had come undone. That was how he escaped. I am still in shock that he made the choice to get in bed with me rather than walk out the crack under my door and into the mouth of our housecat, Trey. It is very possible that I would have woken up to see Trey making a meal out of my baby hamster.
I have had quite a few scares with this hamster. I need to be MUCH more careful about keeping him in solitary confinement.
In other news, the weather is amazing. I had a beautiful weekend with my girls, Kelly and Angie. Then I read some of my new book The Poisonwood Bible (by Barbara Kingsolver) while eating a bagel and sitting by the East River. It was a truly wonderful hour of my life.
I watched some movies, made Paul and I a great dinner and did my best to maximize my time off from work.
I have a very busy week ahead of me what with theatre rehearsals, birthday dinners, and my parents coming down for brunch. Then the following weekend is Rita’s wedding! YAY! Busy busy busy.
Enjoy the weather ya’ll!
We are SO overdue for some sun.
