A tad low Christmas

It's been a while! I'm sorry I haven't been posting since the last time. I've really just been so down lately. Melon is well though she is a bit mellow these days. I've been a bit concerned about her because I see that she's been hunching over when she walks and her legs look so bare-ish. She also has a little patch on her back that lost fur. I don't know what to do, really. Maybe it's because of aging? She's two years old now so that might be it. Either way, if I can't find a concrete reason for this I'll take her to the vet. So many things have been happening lately that I really just feel so overwhelmed.

After my grandmother passed I haven't really been too motivated to do anything. School was going fine I guess, but I didn't really know how to cope at home. I started slacking for a bit and even forgot to clean Melon's cage one week! I felt so bad that I started cleaning it straight away the other day. That's when I noticed the patch of skin on her back. She seems a bit down but she still runs a lot and eats and drinks.

On top of that, I got a toe injury and had to go to my hospital for treatment. They said it was to infected to do anything that day so they prescribed some antibiotics and gave me some stuff to keep it clean. Now, I was supposed to go today for the operation but I had to reschedule. If I had gone today then tomorrow I'd be in bed until it healed and that would mean missing a lot of things that have been already planned. Already, the doctors prohibited any gym or physical practices for two weeks. And so, I'll have to get the operation on Monday. I've been having some trouble cleaning Melon's cage because of my toe and it's really worrying me what I'll do after I come out of the hospital. Will I have to get someone to take care of her? This really sucks...

Anyways, with Christmas literally around the corner, I feel a bit disappointed. There's not going to be a white Christmas again this year, I haven't been able to get Melon her present yet, and everything is so gloomy! Oh well, let's make the best of it I guess. 

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone.

Drive safely and careful with that eggnog!

Another video! Compilation of pics of Melon~

Hey people, I know I posted a video yesterday of Melon on YouTube (and here too) but I can't get enough of Sony Vegas! I love it, I can do SO many things! So as I was checking out all the effects and transitions and stuff I somehow ended up making a short compilation of (most) of the pictures I have of Melon.

I had actually been cleaning out and sorting my pictures and I found that I had a LOT of pics of her stacked up. I decided to add all the good ones to my project to have some material to use. I then got the idea to make it sort of like an intro or opening sequence for all of Melon's future videos and this is what I ended up with 

~Enjoy~

Hello! ~We've got a video on youtube! Finally :)

Hello, everyone. It sure has been a while. So sorry about that. Quite a bit has happened since my last post and, unfortunately, not all those things are good. First, I'll start off with a Happy Thanksgiving! I know in the UK it is not celebrated but here in the US it's a big big big thing! I know it's late because Woah~ It's December 1st! But anyway, here's what's been going on.

My birthday came and went quickly (November 20th) and sadly I was sick so all I did was sleep >.> Melon's birthday was supposed to be celebrated the 26th as usual but a whole lot of things happened in that week that really turned our world upside down. 

On November 24th we (my family and I) all went to my Godmother's house as usual for Thanksgiving. Our family is outrageously large so we started cooking right away (two turkeys and two chickens as well). While decorating cupcakes we received a call. My sister had called to inform us my grandmother was sick. She's been sick for a while now with cancer and, by the looks of it, she only had hours left. Our family is strong, especially in numbers but this was just the fall of our world. 

On November 25th, the day after Thanksgiving, at approximately 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time my grandmother, and our Sun, Modesta Peña passed away. 

Melon's birthday was not celebrated. No one's tears were unseen. And our life was just... practically over...

For the first few days I couldn't do anything but sob. I screamed at night. I banged my head against the wall, hoping to wake up from this nightmare. I didn't go to school for a few days, and when I finally got up and headed out to class I ended up crying into the nurse's arms for who knows how long. 

It really is an awful thing. I still can't go a day without sobbing hysterically.

And so I decided~I'll savor every moment of my life with my loved ones. I'll take pictures, videos, I'll thank them as if it was Thanksgiving everyday, I'll APPRECIATE my family before they go as well...

And I really didn't want to rant but I really felt it was important. And so after all this happened I decided to make a video, at least one, of Melon~The teeny little furball that helped me through this. I'm definetly not healed yet, I don't think any of us are, but I know I'm getting better. And I know that my Grandmother would want me to keep going, to live on. And so I will. With Melon, and with any other hammie that falls into my grasp.

 Thank you for reading~Please, love and appreciate what you have before it's too late. My grandmother had more love from all of us than I can even comprehend and I know she is at peace.

Now here's your video :)

Melon Was Lost! *Happy Halloween*

Hey people, sorry I haven't updated in a while. I've been busy and all but also I just didn't have a lot to say. Other than all the crap I had going on with school I didn't have much going on with Melon. I was sort of itching to update because of certain things that happened in my regular *human* interaction filled life but then that would turn this blog about me and not Melon. And we don't want the crazy mummy to take Melon's spotlight now do we?

So, on with today's post (I almost said "lesson" instead of  "post" 'cause that's what my teacher always says o.o), on Friday we (cousins an I) went to my cousin's house for a party they were having. All that was fun especially since we went to the Bayville Scream Park and had an awesome night. Anyway, back to the point, I had Melon with me because I was staying the weekend and I don't trust my cat alone with her. So today, when I get back to the house to grab my stuff to go home I notice someone had stupidly let one of their blanket's corner fall into melon's cage which I had *stupidly* forgotten to put the lid on. I, being the completely paranoid person I am, immediately ran over and checked to make sure she was in there and hadn't climbed out. 

Igloo: Empty

Tube: Empty

Under the bedding: Zilch

Inside toilet roll tube: EMPTY

Melon Was Nowhere To Be Seen.

The park was scary enough and I had even discovered my scream is actually VERY high-pitched but THIS. This was definetly the most frightening scenario I was going to experience this October. I swear, I broke down sobbing, I couldn't stop. I thought for sure she was suffocating under the bed or ate some weird plastic or chewed through a wire or dug through the wall or went out of the room. If she had left the room I don't think I would've been able to Ever find her. 

After I calmed down enough to think straight I started looking. I checked the pillow cases, under the rug, the covers, the drawers, my shoes, the closet, the air vents, EVERYTHING. I couldn't find her anywhere. I started to pray like crazy, begging God that at least let me know she wasn't in any pain, expecting the worst. 

Then, in the silence, I heard the sound of little paws frantically trying to dig. I swear I almost jumped through the roof! I was so desperate to find her that I almost didn't realize that the sound was coming from right next to me.

Melon was trying to dig her way through the plastic of her cage to get in! When I saw her I just started sobbing again, scooped her up, and put her in her cage. I still feel so stupid for being so careless as to forget to cover the top. I tell you, the only time I've ever been this scared (for a pet) was when my previous hamster Nunnalie was dieing. 

And now in front (?) of all of you (or just me) I promise that I will NEVER be so careless as long as I live. 

It's amazing how Melon is such a handful even when she's smaller than half my hand!

An old pic I found of Melon. isn't she cute!

Thanks for reading, and please, don't lose your hammies ;)

Breaking News!--Finally a video on youtube? & Melon's Royalty?!

Hey everyone, greetings from melon and I! We're home and I'm so happy we're back. As I was laying in bed the other day (I caught a summer cold) I thought about something interesting (at least to me it is). To me, Melon is the Queen of my life (though of course its just playing because Her Highness is the real queen [UK]) so I thought of making a sort of little monarchy of hamsters. I know, it's weird but I tend to come up with the weirdest ideas while I'm bored. My thought process went like this: "Melon is the Queen! her children would be Princess's and Prince's..So when I get the Teddy Bear hamster she would sort of be a princess.. and when Melon moves out she would become Queen.."and yada yada yada..

And therefore now I'm on the verge of making a whole ordeal with this. Then, I thought of the fact that even though I've had a youtube account for years I've never put a video up! Well, there was one of my previous hamster, Nunnalie, but that doesn't count since that was years ago and she's no longer with us. So I started thinking of ideas and I figured, Well, I might aswell do a video now before I become lazy again and then I'm not in the mood. Sometimes I feel like I shouldn't take advantage of the time she's awake during the day/evening but then again I see a bunch of videos of hamsters on youtube and they seem fine. I guess you can expect a video in the next month or so.

I also thought of making her a castle and a crown, maybe even a throne! Lol, I think I might go overboard but I'm probably going to end up just making a cardboard castle to put in her playpen. Plus, even if I made her a crown she's so hyper she probably wont wear it and will just end up leaving it on the floor or chew it up! I feel like I'm ranting but I wanted to post something and since this just happened I decided to put it up. I was debating whether or not to post this because its so short but then I decided I'll just add some pictures and be done with it.

 "Yuh have cheese?"

I love her expression here. ;)