I got up earlier than I normally would on Saturday so that I could go in and work with Ping Pong and my partner’s rat. I had to work at noon so I went up there at 10:30 so I would have time to spend with both rats before having to go to work. I got up to the lab though and the colony room door was locked. We got keys for the building and for the lab hallway but not for the colony room door. They trust us with the entire building but not with the one room we actually need. I can understand it I guess but it’s still kind of annoying.

I called the lady in charge of the project, both her cell phone and home phone, and couldn’t get her on either. Then I called the next person down on the hierarchy. After already leaving messages with the first lady I wasn’t in the mood to leave one with the second so I ended up hanging up when I got her voicemail. Thankfully she got the missed call though and got back with me before I had gone too far. She was able to come up and unlock the door by 11:00 so that wasn’t too bad.

On Friday I hadn’t really been able to get Ping Pong to leave my arms but I was a little more forceful on Saturday. And by forceful I mean that I put her down on the platform and moved my hands away before she could climb back up. This worked pretty well because she ended up exploring the platform without too much trouble. After about thirty minutes with her I put her back and got out my partner’s rat. His rat is a little more adventurous. She was much more willing to leave my hands and walk around the platform. I wasn’t going in on Sunday but I think that was the day my partner was going to start with the treats to get the rats to start walking down the ladder. I think we’re making pretty good progress even though it’s only been a few days now.

After leaving the rats, it was time for work. Yay work. They recently started the automated system so my job is pretty much obsolete now. Before I just had to go around and push a button. Now I don’t even have to do that. I just have to be there as everything starts to make sure everything goes alright. It’s kind of dumb because if I’m already there I might as well push the button. Oh well. There are still enough problems that I actually have to do a little bit of work so I don’t feel completely worthless. I spent most of the shift downstairs hanging out with my friend.

When I got off I went over to my grandma’s house for dinner. No one had decided on anything but eventually Wendy’s became the consensus. Then my sister mentioned Jimmy John’s and that is what we ended up going with. Earlier at work we had been talking about Jimmy John’s and I thought it had sounded really good but I didn’t say anything when my family was deciding because I like other people to have what they want. If that makes sense. Anyway, I was glad when we decided to have Jimmy John’s.

My mom and I drove down there and she came in with me because she wanted to get a drink. After ordering all the sandwiches we were standing there waiting for them to get everything together and my friend came in with her mom. She had mentioned at work that she might end up going there but I had forgotten all about it. It was a cool surprise seeing her there.

After finishing dinner I helped my sister a little bit to finish the filing cabinet that she and my mom had bought my grandma. Then I took a very brief nap before we left.

When we got home I messed around with some new pictures on my computer for a little while and then called my friend to see if she wanted to come over and watch a movie. She had rented Live Free Or Die Hard so we decided to watch that. I guess technically I decided because I wanted to see it again but she was the one that had rented it so I guess it could be considered a tie. She came over a little while later and then she, my mom, and my sister ganged up on me a little bit. I’m not a fan of girls in groups.