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Another present from Florida!!!

Rachl was in her pjs and about to go to bed last night when she went to say goooodnight to me.  She peered in at me through the bars in my cage and said, "Night-night, Obe!"  Then all of a sudden she said, "Oh, my gosh!  i just remembered something!  i have something else i got for you in Florida!"

i watched from my cage as Rachl hurried over to her bunkbed, crouched, and, from under her bed, pullled out her pink suitcase, the one she had taken to Florida.  She unzippped a side pocket and pulllled out a smallll white bag.  She stood and came back to my cage that's on top of her dresser. 

"Here's something else i got for you in Florida," said Rachl as she reached into the smalllll bag.  "it's a little starfish!"

"You...you got me a littttle starfish, tooo?" i said -- but, of course, Rachl being a human and i being a gerbil, she didn't understand a word i squeaked.  i was so touched.  "Wow!  Thank you so, so much!"

Rachl opend my cage and placed the littttle starfish on top of my blue refrigerator.  So now i have the prettiest seashelll and a starfish in my cage! 

you know what?  i'm kind of glad now i didn't go to Florida.  if i had gone to Florida, Rachl wouldn't have brought me home anything.

The Armstrongs are back!!!

Guessss what?  The Armstrongs are back from Florida.  They came back on Saturday.  i thought they were going to be gone for much longer than that, but i guessss not.  While they were gone, Tad fed me and the other pets.  i sure like Tad.  Of all the pets, he feeds me first.  How could you not like someone who feeeeds you first?

And guessss what else?  Rachl brought me back a shelll from Florida!   She told me (as she was placing the shelll in my cage) that she got the shellll in a shellll shop.  She said before it was in the shell shop, it was in the ocean.  Now it's in my cage, hidden under a pile of cedar shavins.  it's a very pretttty shell, with brown spots on it.  when i place my ear to the opening in the shelllll, i can hear the sound of the ocean. 

the armstrongs left for florida without me!!!!

i...i...can...hardly....type...im....i'm....i'm...so upset....

the armstrongs left for florida this morning...but but they didn't take me.

apppparently, when rachl asked her father if i could come to florida with them and mr. armstrong said he wouldn't dream of going to florida without obi, he was he was only kiddddding.

so here i am.  stillll in konnnnectikut.

oh, no, i think i hear one of the cats coming up the stairs.  i guesss the cats didnt get to go, either.  gotta go.  cant let sweeetie smoochkins, sugar smacks, or honey buns seee me out of my cage.  not when the armstrongs aren't home.

just one more day!!

i'm sssooo eggsited i can hardly type.  just 1 more day and then offff wee goo to florida! 

The trip is on!!

Great news!!  The trip is on!  Rachl is going --- even though her bedroooom is still kind of messsy.  She spent most of yesterday afternoooon packing.  All of the Armstrongs did.  We're alll leaving bright and early on Wednesday morning!  That's just 2 days away!!!

i can't wait!!!!

Rachl's bedrooom is a messs again

Rachl's bedrrroooom is a total messss again!  What's mrs. Armstrong going to say?  i'm sure she's going to say, "Welll, Rachl, your roooom is a messs again.  i guessss we're just going to have to leave you at home." 

if the Armstrongs leave Rachl home, would they leave me home, too?  My cage isn't a messss.

Stilllll no word from mrs. Armstrong

mrs. Armstrong stilllll hasn't said anything to Rachl about Florida.  Why hasn't she?  if i had told Rachl she might have to stay home because her bedroooooom was so messy, but then Rachl cleaned up her bedroooom, i'd be sure to telll her that she was going to Florida.  Yet, mrs. Armstrong hasn't said anything, not one word.  it's making me very tense. 

i think i'lllll go for a run on my exercise wheeeeel.  That always makes me feeeel bettter when i'm feeeling alll tense and neeeeed to unwind.

Rachl finallllly cleaned up her bedrooom

Rachl cleaned up her bedroooom.  i keeeep waiting for mrs. Armstrong to say something about it, but she hasn't.  i would've thought she'd say somethin like, "Oh, good, Rachl, you cleaned up your bedrooom! You and obi are definately coming to Florida with us!"  That's what i would've said if i was mrs. Armstrong.  But she hasn't.

mrs. Armstrong

Oh, no!  mrs. Armstrong got mad at Rachl this morning because Rachl didn't pick up her bedrooooom like mrs. Armstrong ask her to last night.  "i guessss we'll just have to leave you here when we go to Florida!" mrs. Armstrong said to Rachl.

i stared at mrs. Armstrong, stunnned.  They can't leave Rachl home!  She neeeeds to go to Florida!  i neeeed to go to Florida!  Rachl neeeds to pick up her bedrooom!  i was hopin Rachl would pick up her bedroom when her mother said that, but she didn't!  She couldn't.  She had to go to skooool.  mrs. Armstrong closed Rachl's bedroooom doooor so she wouldn't have to seee Rachl's messsy bedrooom when she walks by in the halllway.

The weather

Rachl went on a website yesterday to check the temperashure in Florida.  "Wow!" she cried.  "it's in the 70s and 80s there right now and in the 40s here!"  

That's allll i needed to hear.  i can't wait to get to Florida!!