(this is honestly gonna a rant. also clever title, huh? hehe. also also ignore my shitty grammar. but im not sorry about it, idgaf.)

Oh, Rats!

i want to get rats  no no, i AM getting pet rats.

why i want pet rats:

• cute
• misunderstood
• i chose rat keeping as a mandatory project for my agriculture class. (rats are technically exotic pets, and that counts as an SAE project)

My dad does not want me to get rats. at all. he hates rats SO MUCH! he said "they're pests and that's all they're good for" like wth?? he literally gags when he sees ANY rat. even a cute squishy one chompin on a cheerio!! i dont get it, but my dad is weird and has undiagnosed and untreated anxiety. (thats where i got mine from, but im medicted so its not nearly as bad as his. also i was never beat as a kid like he was so im sure thats a factor.) luckily, my mom LIKES rats. she's like me! she likes the weird and misunderstood (that's probably how she ended up with dad lol)

i tried my hardest to explain how much this meant to me academically so he agreed to a deal. if i can clean my room, i can get rats. with my own money. (at the time i had 7 dollars to my name.) i knew this was the only way he would ever let me get rats, so i agreed. one thing about me is that im a total SLOB. always have been. so are my parents! i was never taught how to keep my space clean. im having to change my habits myself. 

because of this, my dad probably thought "ill just raise the standards and he'll never reach it and give up". i showed him my room a bunch, and it was WAY cleaner than it had usually been, and he said it was still too dirty. i did it again, too dirty. i showed him today and he looked under my bed and literally admitted that he didnt think i would be able to do that. he still said it wasnt clean enough. but look at me now! i swept and vacumed!! now im just taking a rest and writing this post before i clean my desk and make my bed. if he doesnt say yes to me getting rats now, im gonna get mom involved. 

also! why do YOU get to set the standards for how clean my room has to be?? look at your gaming room! i wont even walk in there without shoes lest i step on a dorito, you dirty filthman. plus, its already too late! i already have supplies for them!! i already have their cage! i AM. GETTING. RATS. he keeps correcting me saying "if" like, No. i AM. 

NOTE: despite all I have said, I love my dad. sometimes he gets on my nerves, but I love my dad.

here's a list of names. vote on ur fav 3!!

• Houdini
• Socrates
• Algernon
• Plato
• Dusty
• Chuck
• Salty
• Grubby