Sir Poopsalot
Well, things are going pretty well with the whole Mage-staff bit on Monaco. The response from the players has been almost overwhelmingly positive, and while a few are understandably leery of getting too excited till they see some realk changes and not just another Wiz making promises, things are looking up. I’ve still got a lot of preparation work to do before I can start running new plots for the players, but it’s all going much better than I’d hoped. Wish me luck and hopefully things will continue this smoothly once the plots start running. Oh, and for those players who’ve found my humble blog, welcome! 
In news more accurately relating to the title of this post, I wanted to mention that the rats are doing good, and growing as quickly as ever. The 4 week mark has passed, so we separated the boy, Mr. White, from the gaggle of girls. We had to buy yet another cage to put the 5 girls in, while the boy got to keep the previous big cage. The new cage for the girls is even bigger (and anyone who’d seen the old cage will likely be surprised to hear that) but they seem very comfortable in it, they have room to spread out, and even a big excercise wheel that’s good for rats (no open bars for their tails to get stuck in. La Blue loves it.) However, the boy is all alone now, since we can’t keep him with the girls. Since rats are very social animals, we’re spending extra time with him (the girls do a good job of keeping each other entertained), and he seems to appreciate it. The only problem we’re havng with him is that he seems to love to poop. If you’re holding and playing with him for more than 10 minutes, you can be pretty much guaranteed that he’ll poop on you at some point. We’re hoping as he matures he’ll stop that. I mean, after all, La Blue never poops on us, but she’s also older. We’ll see.
In other, probably more important news (which is, of course, why I mention it last and don’t say anything about it in the post title 
), Natalie and I are looking to move. Like, yesterday. The apartment’s been a source of trouble practically since we moved in, what with the leaky roof, the termites, the fact the we live in someone’s back yard, random animals wandering outside at night, and now the sink in the bathroom beggining to, literally, crumble. The little apartment is falling apart, in a most spectacular fashion, and we’ve had about as much as we can stand. So we’re looking for a new place to live soon. I’ve allready got my people out there looking for possible places, and Monster mentioned one pretty good possibility, so I’m hoping it won’t be too long before we’re out of here. Of course, Natalie’s leaving for Dorado to be with her mom while her mom recovers form an operation, and that means she’ll be gone for a little over a month, so I might end up doing the move alone.. I’ll keep y’all informed.
