R.I.P. Sonic

I think in one of my original posts or my "About Me" page I mentioned my hamster, Sonic.  Sonic became a part of Kyle and I's family in February of 2012 when my grandma gave me too much money for my birthday.   I also desperately wanted a kitten and since no one in State College would give me one I bought a hamster instead.  He was cute and adorable and his fur had a blue tinge to it so Kyle named him Sonic.

Such a cutie.

Now hamsters aren't the best pets to cuddle with or anything but we enjoyed letting him climb around on the couch and roll around in his ball.  We liked to buy him new things to spruce up his cage and give him treats that made him fat.

On one of the breaks I brought him home and forgot the food at the apartment.  He munched on granola bars and apple skins for a week and got really fat.  He never did lose the weight.

When we brought Link back to State College Sonic kind of took the back seat.  Link was more fun and we couldn't really let Sonic roll around in his ball because Link would attack.  I still took care of him but once he had to be put up on a shelf out of Link's reach we didn't pay too much attention to him.  I felt bad for the poor guy.

So when I put him in the car to bring him home for the summer I was excited because Link doesn't stay at my house so I could pay more attention to Sonic.  The day I left I got him down from his shelf and he looked fine.  I told him, "We're going home Little Buddy".   I finished packing the car put Sonic and Link inside and took off.  When I got home I unloaded Link and Sonic first because it was rather hot out.  I checked on my little guy and he didn't look so great.  I left him alone for awhile so that I could unpack the rest of the car and my mom came out and said, "When was the last time your hamster moved?".  Oh boy, I checked on him and indeed he wasn't alive anymore.

I chalked his death up to a long, bumpy car ride and old age. It was no one's fault.  Hamsters only live for like two years and my drive way is enough to give a person a heart attack.

R.I.P.

So rest in peace Sonic, we'll miss you. Happy Tuesday!

Going Home

Today, after work of course, I'm packing up my car and going home! The only downside is that it's only for a week and then I have to return to State College for a rousing six weeks of summer classes.

So you're probably asking what will I do when I'm home....well maybe not but I'm going to tell you anyways.

1. Take my dog to Ohiopyle

 Ohiopyle is the most wonderful place in the world. I love it.  I also love my dog.  She adores car rides and I can't wait to put her in the car and go for a hike in one of my favorite places.  It will be pure bliss.

2. See my BFF's

My two best friends in the whole wide world live back home.  I can't wait to see them and possibly (probably) go out for drinks.

3. Beg my mom to make all of my favorite foods

I eat a lot of pasta here but I cannot replicate my mom's spaghetti and I've been craving it for weeks.  Also I just LOVE not having to cook.

4.  Spend oodles of time with my mom

My mom is also on my list of best friends she's actually number one.  I'm super excited to do super mundane things with my mom because I miss her so much.  Plus we'll also go out to the bar on Thursday and that's always fun.

5.  Spend time with my family in general

My family occasionally does things all together but usually it's hard to have everyone in one place.  But I can settle with just being in the same general area with them.  I like knowing my little brother is just upstairs playing playstation and not 150 miles away.

6. RELAX

This semester has been crazy and I'm sure taking 16 credits over six weeks while also working is going to be no walk in the park so for 7 days I'm going to relax as much as possible.

7. And finally, get my bake on

Next Sunday is Mother's Day and since I'm short on cash I want to make my Momma a gorgeous cake.         Don't worry there will be pictures.


That's all folks! Happy Sunday!

Caturday

This will probably be my one and only "Caturday" post unless while I'm home for the summer I feel inspired to post about my sister's cat. But we'll see, all in good time folks, all in good time.

Caturday is exactly what you think it is.  Talking about cats on Saturday.  This Saturday is all about one specific cat, Link.

There he is being inconvenient.

We brought Link home after Christmas break due to my excessive nagging about my dire need for a cat.  It was also very convenient that Kyle's parents had just took in two stray kittens and their mother.  I found this to be the perfect opportunity to bring our very own little kitty back to State College.

Now we're not supposed to have pets in our apartment but we'd already broken the rules with a hamster so what could happen if we brought home a cat?  Absolutely nothing is the answer.  At first we were worried about the maintenance people seeing him so we kept him in a closet, a very large one mind you, when we weren't around.  The clever little guy however figured out how to open the door so eventually that became out of the question.  Our worrying was however in vain.  One evening when our sink decided to overflow and make a royal mess the maintenance man came and saw our darling little Link.  He remarked that our cat was cute and that was the end of it. Phew!  

Here's the genius bird/squirrel watching.

So he was allowed out of his closet during the day but we kept him in at night.  That was fine until he started getting out again and now he has free roam 24/7.  He's the king of the castle.  Link chooses night to be his most annoying hour.  We're trying to sleep and he's usually trying to play.  

He sleeps all day just so he 

can torture us while we sleep.

All in all he's a really cute little guy and we love him.  Sometimes he thinks he's a dog, he love love loves to play fetch with his ball that he enjoys hiding in the apartment.  He's also a drooler which I've never had a cat do.  It's pretty gross.  I'd say his favorite thing to do is lay on our computers and/or climb all over us when we're doing something important.  His most recent hobby is trying to escape when we leave the apartment.  Yeah we're in trouble.

He's too cute.

I think I've covered everything I possibly can about the cute little ball of fur.  Happy Caturday!