The nasty, make me want to die rat lab, Days 2 & 3

So days two and three have passed now, I still don't like it. So Fred, the rat, is kind of stupid. He doesn't want to do the things that he is supposed to and just sits there and looks at us. BLAH. We don't like him that much. We are trying to get him to press a bar and he just won't do it. We think he is a pretty boy because he spends most of his time cleaning himself, seriously how many times can you do that in an hour. Hopefully he will pass of the second task tomorrow... he is the only one who hasn't. We want to exchange him for a new rat...

The nasty, make me want to die rat lab, Day #1

So today was the first day of the dreaded rat lab. My rat is a nasty little albino rat with beady red eyes and a long nasty pink tail. Luckily, I have a really nice lab partner who will actually do all the handling of the rat.... So we brought the rat out and I got all lightheaded and dizzy and wanted to faint.... yeah that would have been embarrassing. Today we had to train him, or Fred the Death Creature, to respond to a sound signaling the availability of water. Yeah, Fred wasn't that smart... hopefully he will catch on tomorrow... All in all, I still HATE rats, and I am dreading the next 3 weeks...

The nasty, make me want to die rat lab....

So I am in a behavioral psychology class.... while in this class we have to train a rat... one of those nasty little white lab rats with the beady red eyes. This is the first time I have considered attending another University besides USU because of this lab... At SUU they get to train pigeons, not nearly as bad. I am absolutely TERRIFIED thats right TERRIFIED of rats. I honestly don't know how I am going to make it through this lab. I would drop the class, but I have to have it for my major, yikes. I am so scared of rats that I even had a hard time putting the picture on here cuz I would have to look at it and believe me I did as much as I could with out actually looking at the picture. So I am going to try and blog about my experiene with the dreaded creature, that is if I live to tell about it. I really might pass out, hit my head, get bit and get a disease, and then die.... lets hope not... I can only hope that my lab partner will be kind enough not to make me touch it. So lets all pray that I make it through this experience.....

one of the nasty little evil creatures... why don't they use something cute and nice for testing????

update,,,,

Here is some of what I have been up to since I moved to Logan... backwards, starting with the most recent event..... Gracie's blessing.

cute cousins
sisters
the star


I also went to baby Randy's blessing.... while there I ....
met Eliza the spider girl
got Gracie to smile
and got to hold tiny Randy

Before that.... I went to Canada with my mom and aunt Becky... We stayed at grandma and grandpa Thomas's house.

me and aunt Becky
Me and mom....

And that is what I did. I am in school again at Utah State and not necessarily loving it. Oh well. I got my hair cut and I kinda hate it and in the next couple of weeks I will have to train a rat... YIKES!!! I hate rats..... More to come....