Wow, where to begin. Well needless to say this is a well over due entry seeing as how my last one was last year in August, lol. I've been working pretty slowly through my project pile, but at least I'm working through it, neh?

Any who, I've noticed that I haven't mentioned anything about my total ferret addiction here on DA. It all started a little more than a year ago when my husband's brother was getting rid of his year old ferret, Mr. J. I remembered a conversation I had with my hubby about desired future pets and that a ferret was on his list at the top, so I suggested that we adopt him. When we got him home, I had no idea at that point how deep this little creature could dig his way into my heart. I've never given the kind of love and affection that I gave to him to any other pet I've owned, not even my favored cats. There's something about a ferret that if you don't watch your guard, they'll pull you in so close that you'll never be able to live without a ferret again. And that is where I'm at, completely smitten and devoted to the "carpet shark" way of life. Mr. J was a complete joy to have. He required alot of attention and care, but tried my best to give him the life he deserved. Needless to say, the first week we had him I began to do a bit of research on how to take care of one of these little critters. Like many unexperienced people, I figured a ferret was like a rodent or such and was taken care of like a hamster, guinea pig, or even a rabbit. I was actually very shocked that the little guy survived a year in the conditions he was already use to. With the knowledge I acquired from the net, Mr. J's life was given a complete 180 in a proper direction. I'm sure he felt he was living the high life when I was done with all of the alterations to his lifestyle, lol.
Life was wonderful and exciting having him in our home. But I just felt that I was never doing enough for him. I read that ferrets almost always like to have companions/cagemates so I suggested we get another one to accompany him in his cage. At the beginning of January of this year, we went out and purchased a 3-month-old female. She was so energetic and spunky, I was sure she would keep J on his toes. Sadly, he didn't take to her very well and refused to acknowledge her. I was crushed to say the least, and over come with depression when I noticed his health started going down hill. After several trips to the vet, I was met with horror that Mr. J had cancer. It was just a horrible coincidence that when I brought the female home that he was hitting the worst of his condition, making me think that I was the cause of his illness. When he could no longer walk, I made the choice to have him aided to sleep. That day, Jan. 24th 2008, (Shortly after his 2nd birthday on the 22nd) was quiet possibly the worst I've felt in a long time. Ferrets are really good at being thieves, and the one thing they steal the most and never let go of is your heart; he'll be forever missed and loved.
So here I am, months later and taking care of the little female I had bought to be J's cagemate, named Harle "Quinn", and an adopted female albino we call Nora "Freeze." An amazing story about Nora: the day Mr. J's suffering was lifted, we were given a call no more than 10 minutes after we had buried him at our friend's property. It was a woman from the base telling us that she heard that we had a ferret and she had an albino ferret she couldn't keep and wanted to see if we wanted her. I was pretty much in shock at the pure timing of the call, but was willing to take the opportunity to meet her and see how well her and Harle got along. To my relief, Nora and Harle hit it off very quickly. They have been best buddies ever since then.
As a ferret owner, I would like to say to all of those that seek to be the future parents to a "fur kid" I insist that you do VERY through research on them before you make a commitment to caring for one, or two...or three, lol (The logic of ferret math generally means: 1+1=5).

So anywho, in other news: My husband and I are being moved to Japan in October! I'm really excited and freaking spastic about going, not to mention scared and anxious. I love the fact that for 4 years I get to stay in a country that I've ALWAYS wanted to go to, but all the preparations to get squared away and the heart break from my family is tough to handle. But, I'm sure once we've gotten things smoothed out and actually get some of our family to visit, things will just be peachy <3

Well, I'm going to end this journal with a hope to get some more art posted and open commissions once those other projects are finished. Later!

BridgeChan~!