i have two pet rats, Gretchen and Eloise. they are sisters, which is awesome because they love each other. the thing is, they don't like me very much. this is because i used to have another rat, Freya, who was sort of their surrogate mom. when Freya died last june (from being an old old lady), the baby rats stopped liking me as much. i've been trying to play with them more, but they are pretty skittish. i think it's also their genetics, because they were bred to be pretty rats, whereas Freya was bred to be a hardknock snake meal.

here's the point: i bought Gretchen and Eloise some delicious yogurty treats tonight as a peace offering. they LOVE yogurt drops. the ones i bought are blueberry flavored, and they smell pretty good. Eloise was a meanie and stole Gretchen's treat, so i gave Gretchen a new one, which Eloise promptly stole. jerk. and she used to be the shy one.

in coffee-related news, i think i might write in to Dirty Jobs and ask Mike Rowe to come to the java house for a day and get all espresso-y. mostly i just want Mike Rowe in the same zip code as me.