Thursday, July 19, 2007

In Essence, Jubs

Friends,
Well, it’s happened. We’ve joined that (what’s the opposite of elite?) group of pet owners whose entire house shouts,
“ A SMALL, SMELLY PET LIVES HERE!!”.

Here we are, a family of 5 (2 of us pre-adolescent boys) and our .37 lb. hamster (so says my postal scale) out-smells us. Even the lemon air freshener I bought specifically to “hide” pet odors results in a smell I can only refer to as “hamster fruit salad”. As it is I clean the hamster cage more frequently than the rest of my house and yet she remains ever-present. So I resign myself to the fact that this is who we are now and I often hear myself saying the same thing I said when the kids were in diapers,
“Good thing you’re cute.”

Have a great (rest of the) week,
Carol