To be honest, I was going to just come in here and post "Updated discography pages and the concert schedule", then go to bed... then I came face-to-face with Drea and started to cry.
Less than two weeks after that last entry, on June 23rd, our little Drea-monster developed an abcess and died during surgery. We all really miss that bunny. She was quite a character - willful and onery as heck, but she just had a way of working her way into everyone's heart. I think Dan, Mr. No-way-are-we-going-to-have-a-rabbit, took it harder than anyone when she died.
We've since had a couple other rabbits enter our home and family, adopted from the local shelter. When we decided we were going to adopt a rabbit, we knew we wouldn't be replacing Drea - there's no way we could - so our only requirement was that they had to be able to handle our three cats. When we were looking, we were surprised to find they had several bonded pairs there as well as single rabbits. We had talked about maybe getting a friend for Drea before she got sick, so it didn't take much convincing for us to decide on not one but two bunnies!
Meet Misty and Jupiter. You can't tell it in this picture Misty is quite a bit larger than Jupiter. Misty is the dusky-brown one with the longer ears nearest the hay. The kids refer to her as "dust bunny" because of color. She's the more adventerous one and very intelligent. We thought we'd had the house bunny proofed before we brought them home, but she keeps showing us all the little areas we missed. It's a fun challenge trying to stay a couple steps ahead of her. ^-^
Jupiter - I call him "Jupi" - is smaller and a bit shy. It took a couple days before he would open up to us much, but he's starting to come around and be more active now. He's more of a tan color with a bit of a white under-coat, but he really is different from Misty in more than just color. His body is smaller, but his legs are longer making him very agile. He jumps and climbs all over the place. His favorite hidey-hole is on top of a drawer unit we keep under the table we keep the guinea-pig's condo on in the living room. The space is hardly 4 inches tall, but he hops up and scrunches himself in there with his chin hanging slighly over the edge. I can't help but laugh when I see it!
Considering the heat wave that started just after they moved in, the two of them seem to be adjusting pretty well. A lot of our focus this last week has been on just trying to keep everyone cool, hydrated, and healthy in this heat. It's put a little bit of a crimp on the bunnies exploring their new home. Everyone's mainly only been active at night after things have cooled down a bit, and even then they haven't tried to explore much beyond the living room. Today's high was only (only!?) in the low 90s. I'm hoping that's a sign the heat wave is finally starting to die down. Once temperatures return to normal and we can all settle into our regular routine, I'm sure we'll be seeing a lot more of their personalities come to light.
Anyhow, I've got more pictures of the rabbits (and the cats and guinea-pig) that aren't on my computer yet that I'll probably upload to my Facebook profile sometime this weekend. Yea, I finally broke down and got a Facebook account after searching for an old friend and finding him there. Then a friend from work got me hooked on the Hatchlings game... which I'll play tomorrow - after I update the Japanese version of my diary. Too tired for anything else tonight.
Oyasuminasai ^^b
peace
