5 Week Assessment - by Ben Norsworthy

It has been five weeks now in this new strange place, but it is beginning to grow on me.  I still think my last place was pretty great - they kept the heater on, I had this great waterbed and no one made me wake up when I didn't want to.  But my new home has some nice additions.  

Two people take care of me all the time and I like them a lot.  The tall guy is pretty funny.  He likes to play with me and he tries to make me smile by singing to me and making goofy faces.  The lady is really nice too.  She snuggles with me a lot and talks to me all day long.  When I don't feel good, she will hold me close against her chest and sing to me....somehow it makes everything feel better.  The only thing about her is that she has this weird black box that she keeps holding in front of my face that flashes and clicks all the time.  Whenever I make a face she pulls that thing out.....come to think of it, she pulls it out whether I am making a face or not.   I think it might actually be attached to her arm.....

I keep trying to talk to the nice lady and man, but they never seem to understand me.  I even will say it REALLY LOUDLY to help them get it, but it doesn't always work well.  They usually just stick this plastic thing in my mouth and bounce me around while they thump me on the back.  I don't get it, but sometimes I just humor them and suck on the thing.  That seems to calm them down. (They can be so uptight sometimes.)

Everyone here talks to me in this sing-song voice....I think they sound funny and I smile at them, which makes them do it even more.  Silly big people! 

There are some strange things that happen around here.  Every couple of hours they take off my clothes and wipe something cold over my bottom and then put my clothes right back on again.  Just when I had made it all warm and comfortable in my pants, they have to go and ruin it!  Oh well, I will have to just work on it again.  

The best part about this place is these great fountains of milk - anytime I want it!  The nice lady holds me and I get to snuggle and eat at the same time - what a deal!  

So, overall, this new home isn't too bad.  I think with the snuggles and nice people I will give it 4 stars.....I keep hearing about something called "food" and it sounds pretty great, so I will reserve my 5th star until I get to try that stuff out.