Worst Ferret Mourner in All of History

So yesterday, at rough 7:30pm EST, Bandit passed. Bandit was my bro’s first ferret, my second ferret, and our oldest one to date at almost 9 years old.

In order of the above photo, we have Whisper, Snickett Sunshine, and Bandit shown. Bandit was the one who passed yesterday.

Whisper and Snickett are two of her four playmates, all female. Whisper and Snickett will both be two years old come this summer. Both joined the family in the wake of Smore, my third ferret’s, death, a month apart, with Whisper being brought home two days after Smore passed.

In order of the above photo, we have Whisper, Lily Adams, Snickett Sunshine, and Rosie.

These are Bandit’s playmates and the current survivors past her death. Lily and Rosie were brought home last summer when a classmate of mine was looking to rehome them. We originally only went to visit…but Rosie was albino…and I’d always wanted an albino ferret since Flower passed…so we ended up bringing them home. Lily and Rosie are a year older than Whisper and Snickett, becoming three this summer.

So, onto the topic of this entry. Bandit passed away yesterday from old age, having lasted nearly a year longer than we expected her to. She did not suffer, having passed in her sleep as Smore did before her. Once the ground properly thaws, she’ll be buried near Flower and Smore in the garden outside of my window.

Mom and I had to go to the pet store today to get fish food and a few other things. Of course, there were baby ferrets there. Two tiny champagne girls and a dark boy with a white mask. So I play with them to help them exercise and nip train them a bit. I usually do that when I go because the owner, Rick, knows I’m good with them and have cared for seven so far successfully. And I won’t drop them when handling them, unlike some people.

So I’m handling the baby male…and love happened. And mom did not stop me, which I’m surprised at. We’ve only ever had female ferrets because the males get huge and tend to stink more. This…will be an experience.

I will post photos of our new baby, Duke Chipper Nipper, once mom gets them off of her camera.

Almost Free

Another slow day at work. No bosses, just the usual slow work. Nothing new there for weekend shift. Tomorrow should be roughly the same.

Playing lots of Dragon Cave and just got into Tales of Ostlea. Hoping my Ostlea eggs and hatchies don’t die…

Reading Tides of the Dark Crystal. skekSa is bae. Enough said. 🙂

My Books Are Here!

I’m so happy! My books came in the mail today. I’ve already started reading one of them, Tides of the Dark Crytal. The other is a game guide for Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee.

For when I get those games. Hopefully soon.

Halfway done with work this week. Almost there!

Long Day

First day of work for the week always feels like the longest day. At least nothing TOO surprising came up. Our online timesheet system changed during the week so I have to watch that to ensure my hours are right. Don’t want to lose any of my pay due to a system glitch.

It’s been a rather peaceful evening. Bro is in bed, watching a movie. Not drunk this time, thank god. Mom is painting circular saw blades for a friend. I just got done with a bath. I love bath bombs so much. Even if bro hates all the glitter mine leave behind.

Gonna finish dinner and stuff, then probably hop in bed. Got work tomorrow again.

Hopefully my books come tomorrow. Mom forgot to check our box at the post office. Please be here, books!

Progress

Another lazy day, mostly. Did the ferrets, a few chores. Nothing big.

I set up my Switch today. Registered and everything. Tomorrow after work, I’ll mess with it more. Charged my 3DS and stuff too. Hopefully I can jump back into gaming soon.

Bro apparently got mad about cinnamon rolls today. It was dumb. So he has to actually frost his cinnamon rolls this time. It takes two seconds, then maybe ten seconds in the microwave. Not hard.

Not looking forward to the 4-day work week. At least it’s timesheet turn-in. Payday next week. Woo!

Hopefully my books are in the mail tomorrow. Wanna read me some Dark Crystal.

Lazy Day

First day of Jan was a lazy day for me. Kind of. We didn’t go anywhere today. Just stayed home, did a few things, and spent some time together.

I did my laundry. Cared for the ferrets. They were wild as usual. Mom and I did bro’s fish tank and changed the filter on it. It’s getting kind of cloudy again, but nobody is dead. The filter is old, so that may be it.

Mom made burgers for dinner. We all watched Alpha together. We don’t do family movies often anymore. Hopefully we can change that. I enjoyed Alpha a lot. So did mom and bro. That was rather nice. Mom and I watched some Naked and Afraid after the movie. Bro went off to play his video games.

After my bath, I spent two-ish hours on Dragon Cave. I massbred a ton of prize dragons (Shimmerscales, my fave!) to the Abandoned Page to wall it in about two days when they drop. I doubt I’ll wall but lots of us in the DC Discord bred walls after some forum people complained about it. That should be fun to watch hit. I managed to breed more shims than Celestials (the only multiclutch year-round breed in the game) this time compared to my Nov 2 massbreed.

Now I’m just unwinding. The waterpick to help me floss still causes a mess but I’ve got the power as low as it can go so I can minimize the mess until I’m more used to it. I’ll probably go watch some Youtube or read a bit before bed.

I’m going to try, once again, to write here more often. Maybe daily, maybe not. We’ll see. I’m trying to write more in general. I’ve slacked on writing and drawing since college due to work and exhaustion. I miss writing and drawing. And gaming more, need to do that too.

I’m planning to set up my Nintendo Switch tomorrow. I got that for Christmas. Planning to get Pokémon Let’s Go for it soon. Should be fun.

Happy New Year!

Happy 2019, guys! I’m finally here!

Hoping this year will be better than the last. Had some nasty downs to overwhelm the happy highs that I had this year.

Starting off a bit rocky. Bro is drunk, mom is mad at him, and I’m just trying to get back into the writing, drawing, and gaming swing of life to balance out all my work. Hoping I can get back into doing my favorite things more consistently so I can have more fun.

Wishing you all a good start to 2019. Hope to write soon!

Second Snow

A second snowfall today and this one looks like it may be here to stay. I had to shovel slush from the back cubby and the front porch steps. Bro says the roads are bad, so it’s making mom rethink going to town…but it’s only going to get worse if this snow stays.

A whole month before it usually snows for keeps. Geezus.

At least we have apple cider and cookies. Mmmmm!

I just hope the Bicap fuel aid funds come in quickly before I have to shell out more of my savings to pay for propane. The funds didn’t come until December last year…

Death on Campus

Early today, somebody died on my old university campus. The one I graduated from this spring. I only found out because of club friends still on campus.

I know deaths occur, and have occurred, on and around that campus. But so close to a building I worked in as a student? It’s scary to imagine. I don’t really know what to feel except shock.

My condolences to the effected family. I’m sorry for your loss.

Snowflakes in September

I live in Minnesota. It is September. Today, we had snowflakes and weather that dipped into the low 40s and late 30s in Fahrenheit. The coldest it has gotten this year.

We just started losing our leaves. We just got into autumn. We don’t usually see the first snowflakes until mid to late October.

So this was…interesting. And very cold. I’m not ready for snow yet…