Ulli has been dancing up a storm lately. She danced last weekend and she danced again last night. She will be dancing next weekend as well. She wears a new/different costume to each performance and she always looks great!
Squeak is as lazy as ever. She has been practicing her stretches, bunny-feet, and playing dead. She's quite good at her super-kitty pose as well.We have two relatively new additions to our family: Blue and Pink. They are both Betta fish. Since Blue does not like to share tank/jar space with anybody, Pink ha
s her own jar. I tried adding some ghost shrimp to their jars to help keep the water cleaner, but the ghost shrimp all jumped out of the jars onto the desk or onto the floor. They thought they had a better chance of survival outside of 
the jars. I didn't find one of the ghost shrimp until it was all dried up. So, we now have another jar with three ghost shrimp in it. Eventually, we hope to introduce the ghost shrimp into our ten gallon tank with all of the guppies and cory catfish.Last month we lost our beloved Jackie. She was diagnosed with a brain tumor a few months earlier. She was on steroids to keep the swelling down. She was still running around and dragging her papers all over the place, but then she got a respiratory infection. She fought hard, but after five days of fighting, with no recovery, we had to take her in to have her put to sleep. She is buried with her many sisters, brother, and cousins in my parents' field. My dad, Ulli, and I attended her funeral. She is greatly missed! The rat room is so empty now.
It has been snowing quite hard today, but I'm still off to play basketball at the Sorenson Center with some friends and students. I have to pick up a bunch of the students, so I have to leave soon. Ulli will have to update more soon!
