Current mood:	calm
Current music:	The Orb - Fluffy Little Clouds

New pets...
Today we got a new pet for the boys. A guinea pig, which was originally named Tink. The name is either Piachu (a corruption of the PokeMon Pikachu) or Tank, or some other variant of Pikachu. Yes, we are still in PokeMon mode in this house, and I suspect we will be for a few more years.

This animal is 4 weeks old, and especially cute. Plus it is still young enough that we can imprint it. Jared wants to train it to jump through a hoop and stand on its hind legs and dance. And roll forward like a ball. Bradley seriously debates the ability of guinea pigs to be trained to do these things.

We were originally going to get TWO guinea pigs, but that changed. The previous owner couldn't bear to give so many away. She apparently received two males for Christmas, that ended up being a male and a female.

Having one will be MUCH cleaner than having two.

A cute Jaredism from the snow day last week:
"Did you have fun with Mom today?"
"No, she just yelled at us"
"What did she yell?"
"What she always does; Jesus Christ. She's going to hell."

And speaking about snow, they are calling for another big storm starting early tomorrow. Well, we'll see about that...

From Weather.com alert notice:

BY LATE TOMORROW EVENING... AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE ARE
EXPECTED TO SEE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE
INCLUDING THE BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREAS... 6 TO 10
INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED.

THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY
AS TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. A SMALL SHIFT IN THE TRACK
OF THIS STORM CAN YIELD LARGE DIFFERENCES IN SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS....