The rat finally died. I was really beginning to think he’d never die, but this morning we both noticed he was wheezing really badly. We’re guessing that the tumor, as huge as it had gotten, ended up choking him. I wish I could say I was all in tears and going to miss him, but Tom’s sadder than I am. I just didn’t care much for this rat. Most rats are highly intelligent and friendly, but this one was rather antisocial. Biggest rat we ever had, though, at around 2 pounds.

I don’t know what I want next. Another rat? A dog? Nothing? Oh well, I don’t have to decide today.

It has been long enough since it’s rained that I’m starting to miss it, but I don’t want it around to cool things down either. Unlike yesterday it ended up getting warm enough to need the cooler and is to be warmer over the next few days. Hope it lasts!

I passed Esperanto 101 with a 98% jumps for joy Woo-hoo! squeals with delight My highest score yet! dances like crazy

Someone recently asked if most of my visitors come from elsewhere or directly. It used to be that they’d mostly come from elsewhere, but lately it’s getting to be 50/50, whatever that means. That damn Texskitzo is taking the lead from the star of my story. Well, I just might be a “nasty influence” on her. Those who know me know that people tend to get sick when they annoy me enough. My own family can vouch for that, including my SIL and MIL. I’d rather exercise my “witchy” side on scratch tickets, though, in a positive way. I guess this weekend will be when I’ll take another shot at it.

I’m too tired to get into the Maliheh dream now as it was a very busy day for me. I left a note to myself in Word to do it some other time. Her story is now just over 23K words.