Blog Résurrection: The Missing Hamster

It is hard to imagine it has been over a year and a half since my last blog post. As I sit here tonight, with a million other things I could be doing, I felt compelled to resurrect my blog.
A laundry basket sits in the corner with nice clean clothes waiting to be folded.
My text book sitting next to me with two more chapters to read by Friday.
My computer screen with my school browser open in another tab waiting for discussion dialog to take place with my classmates.
My Windows program open with my half finished assignment that is also due on Friday.
Oh and Boomer, where is that guy?!
The kids and I have spent the better part of today on a hamster search and rescue mission. His last known whereabouts were around 8pm yesterday evening when the kids fed him his carrots and seeds. My youngest, having gone back in at some point before he went to bed, opened the cage door enticing him on another late night adventure.
This is not the first time our furry friend has escaped and went roaming around. Often times we locate him fairly quickly. There was one early morning several months ago he paid me a surprise visit in the hallway bathroom. I did not have my glasses on at the time but as I walked in and turned on the light a furry blob entered my visual field and sat by my feet. Well, good morning to you too Boomer. The part that perplexed me the most was how in the world he had gotten so far. Normally he stays in the kid's upstairs bathroom. The convenience of tile flooring and away from the general public made the placement of his home there practical. He had to travel down 15 stairs that are longer than the length of his body and still continue on his adventure through the house to find his way to that bathroom. When he did have his previous escapee adventures he would mostly stay in the bathroom, hanging out in there waiting for us to find him, offer him a treat and place him back in his home. This adventure however has lasted a little longer than I am comfortable with. We have looked in every corner, under every single piece of furniture in this house. There seems to be no place we have not looked and yet he continues to evade us. And so we go to sleep tonight wondering where is our friend Boomer and a reminder to everyone to make sure they turn the lights on when they get up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night.

My hope is to continue to write on my blog as I find I have missed this outlet and writing over the last 19 months. Hopefully I can catch up on all of the things that have happened and the shenanigans that continue to happen in our house as we continue to balance life on the edge of the scalpel.....To be continued