Luke, I Was Your Father (sort of)

As many of you know, Patrick's hamster, Anniken, came to an untimely end at the vet few months ago when a tumor was discovered to be the cause of his weight loss. Since Patrick had done an excellent job, for a four- and five year-old, of caring for the little dude, we told him that when he was ready, he was absolutely approved for another pet.

Today was The Day.

During a regular trip to Petsmart, we noticed a new addition to their hamster collection - long haired ones. We particularly fell in love with this one, the only albino in the group:



As you can see, he has some hair to spare!!! He looks like a giant cotton ball that has gone through the dryer. Even better, since he has such trailing hair on his bottom, it hides his, um, boy bits like a little skirt. Excellent!!! (BTW, why on earth ARE their boy bits so HUGE?! I mean, proportionately, a guy would need a SLING to carry those things around!!!)

What is the newest little dude's name, you ask? Well, since the previous guy was Anniken (actually, ahem, for those in the know, it was really Anniken II, ahem, but what certain people don't know didn't result in hours of sobbing the week after Anniken I was purchased), this guy is OF COURSE Luke Skywalker. I mean, really, what else could his name possibly BE?!

At any rate, he has been very sweet, and despite what I imagine must have been a very traumatic day (rudely awakened, plopped in a cardboard box, driven in a car held by two maniacally giggling children, put into a home that smells like predators, etc), he has not once made a move to nip. Best of all, his adoption has resulted in this: