Thursday was a fairly normal day. It was yesterday but I've already forgotten most of it.

As I was finishing up with rat training one of the girls that is also training came in. I was feeling pretty good because I had gotten the rats higher up on the ladder. She pulls out one of her rats, walks over to the other platform, and it runs all the way across the rope to the other platform, down the ladder, and eats the treat. This happens several times and then she pulls out the other rat and it does the same thing. That kind of burst my bubble.

This morning I redeemed my self-esteem though. I got Ping Pong out, weighed her, and then started with the training. I fed her a couple Cocoa Crispies and then put her on the ladder. She came right back down for another treat. I put her a little bit higher on the ladder and she came down again. Then higher. Eventually I put her on the top of the platform and she came down the ladder and got her treat. Then I put her out on the rope and she walked back to the platform, down the ladder, and got her treat. We made it about halfway out on the rope before she kind of got tired of it and didn't want to do it anymore. Then I went and got my partner's rat and did the same thing. I managed to get her all the way to the other platform so she was crossing the whole rope. After awhile of that I got Ping Pong back out and got her to go across the entire rope also. It's ridiculous but seeing her cross the entire rope made me feel really good. I felt like a proud parent.

I only had one class today and it only lasted 20 minutes which was pretty nice. Then I went home and planned on taking a nap. Somehow I got distracted and only got a 30 minute nap. Better than nothing.

Then it was time for work. Three whole hours. I finished a book and continued in another so I guess it was a fairly productive day. I'm reading A Clockwork Orange. I'm a few chapters in and I'm not too sure about it yet. The extensive use of slang is kind of annoying. I'm getting through it though. Baby steps.

After work I had left overs from last nights dinner. I made some rice, tater tots, and then I cooked some seasoned fake chicken in a pan and added in salsa. It was delicious, both last night and tonight. I ate way too much tonight though. My stomach was saying 'no' but it tasted so good.

I've spent my time since dinner playing guitar. I'm still making progress on Hoobastank's "Inside Of You" so that's good. Later tonight my friend might come over to see a movie. If not, I'll probably watch a movie anyway.