Scratchy Woes

Some days I hate this hamster.

That would mean any day that it places any requirement on my time other than being in the background.

When it

• smells up the living room
• needs its bedding changed
• sprays pee out of its cage onto the wall, the shelf and the floor
• requires food or water
• gets played with by the girls
• gets squeezed so hard it poops (I swear!)
• gets fought over
• gets forgotten about on the floor of the living room
• gets nearly drowned while being "washed"
• gets put into its ball and kicked and thrown around
• has food  that my 2 year old likes to sample on the sly -- complete with the artificial colors therein
• scratches bedding out of its cage onto the floor
• runs so hard nightly on its wheel that the "thump-thump-thump-thump" drowns out evening movies and wrecks the coveted quiet of the evening
• becomes something we have to get someone to watch every time we leave the house for more than a day or two

I know pets are good for kids and everything, but I'm sure they are not that good for mommies.

Maybe it will just die soon.

But even if I threaten that she will die if you squeeze her so hard I hear "Oh, Mommy, then we will just get a new hamsty!"

Oh, please.