Saturday Night with Freddie

I just got home after going to Jr's basketball game, running errands, grabbing dinner at Wendy's, and dropping Jr. off to play at a friend's house. I'm spending my Saturday night doing laundry and hanging out with the new male in my life, Freddie.

Freddie is Jr's guinea pig - a Christmas present. We got him a week or so before Christmas and I've been very surprised at how much fun we've had with him. I didn't know before we saw him that there are more than one kind of guinea pig - I can't remember what kind Freddie is but he's small and black and very fuzzy. His eyes are shiny and black and he makes a gurgling sound a lot of the time. He also chirps/whistles when he's happy.

Freddie loves hay which I realized (too late) has given me hayfever...which is why they invented Benadryl, I guess. Tonight we bought him a cardboard tunnel to play in and I'm sitting here watching him eat the cardboard, a ball of soft bedding on top of him. (oh wait, now he's pushed the bedding out of the tunnel.

We spent just a lot of money on this little guy - he has a cage that is almost as big as the love seat. Since it was the main present for Christmas I let Jr splurge and get pretty much everything a guinea pig could want or need...at least to start. It was worth every penny to see how happy Jr was...I think it was the best present he has ever gotten for Christmas...no offense, Santa.

I never knew a pet could be so entertaining. I talk to him, tip toe around so I don't startle him. He didn't show any interest in the baby carrots I was giving him until a week ago...I put one in there and a little while later it had disappeared. (he had dragged it into his bed.) Right now he's stretched up eating Timothy Hay - he'll climb up there and sit in the stuff in a minute.

I know Freddie can't talk back but it's nice to have him around. He's been a very considerate house guest, especially at night...I don't think he's woken me up once.

Freddie and I are going to go watch a movie...night!