Boredom Takes Over...

So I'm pretty much just super bored and have nothing to do. It's a weeknight, so pretty much all my friends have gone to bed because they have either work or school tomorrow. So there isn't anyone to talk to. I mean, I have school tomorrow, but I don't have it til night time, so staying up late isn't a big deal. But tonight, I don't want to stay up too late. I have to get up no later than 2:00pm [and I could very well sleep in that late, depending on when I go to bed]. I gotta then be ready by 2:30 and get out the door to head to Best Western, becauuuuuuseeeee I'M PICKING UP MY BABY SUGAR GLIDER! I've been waiting for her for like 3 or 4 weeks now! I can't believe it's already time for me to have her! Initially, I thought we were going to have to wait another whole week before I was gonna get her, because Terri, Dustin's mom's friend, is getting 2 sugar gliders from the same company. She called to pester them about the date they would be ready because she wanted to be sure to take off work that day and everything. Well they told her March 30th was going to be the date that they would come back to Westminster, which was about the date that me and everyone else predicted from the start. But on Friday, or maybe Saturday, I think it was Saturday, I got an e-mail from the company, stating that the babies were ready to be picked up on the 23rd at this Best Western that's in Westminster. They had appointment times we had to sign up for, so I went to the site ASAP, because I wanted as early as I could get, because unfortunately, I have class tonight, and Dustin goes with me and hangs around Pikesville til I'm done, and we have to leave no later than like 5 or a little after 5! So I was hoping, since I got to the site only a few hours after the e-mail was sent, that I would get a rather early time slot, maybe the first, if possible, since a lot of people might work and not be able to get em til they get off. I was lucky for the most part, unfortunately, the company isn't starting appointments until like 3:00pm! I was a little disappointed, as I wanted to be able to spend a little more time with my baby before I had to go to class. The first time, at 3:00, was taken, sadly. But it seemed they were offering slots in 10 minute increments, if I remember correctly, and so I was able to get the second available time slot there was, which was 3:10! The place is nearly 20 minutes away though, I figured they were gonna be at some hotel in the city, but, maybe Best Western was the only one they could get, hmmm. So yeah, we gotta get outta here not long after 2:30, because I do wanna be there a little early, just so we're THERE and we can get our baby right at 3:10, because they do have a lot of people to give babies to, and they only have about 10 minutes of time in between each appointment it seems, so it's VERY important for us to be on time, that way, we can go in RIGHT at 3:10 and get it over with, or as soon as they will take us, they could even take us early I suppose if the person before us is done quickly. I cannot WAIT to get her. The company says that for the first couple days we shouldn't mess with them and should just leave them in their cages and/or bonding pouches, but I cannot help it! I want to hold her and everything, but I wont hold her too much. I will, however, keep her in the bonding pouch and wear that for a while. She's gotta bond with us, and the sooner the better. I'd like her to start bonding with us before she starts meeting and bonding with other people, and I know there are A LOT of people anticipating coming to see her sometime, including Dustin's family that lives in the house. But she has to trust SOMEONE before we go scaring her with tons of big, scary people. So, as long as she begins to get used to me, that will be good, but I'd like her bonded with both Dustin and I. I don't want her to bond with other people more than me or him, since we're her primary owners. It needs to be me and Dustin first, then the family that lives in the house all the time, like Dustin's parents and brothers, then Dustin's step brothers, since they're here Wednesdays and weekends. After they've been bonded to them is when she can start bonding with the animals and with friends. I mean she can be introduced to friends before bonding with the people in the house, just, hopefully not too often. I think it's more important that she's comfortable around everyone that's going to be around her more often first. I wish I didn't have class though. I'll only get to spend like a little more than an hour in a half with her before I gotta go. Then she's all by herself since Dustin doesn't come home while I'm in school! I don't wanna leave her alone, the company encourages us to bring our sugar glider with us wherever we possibly can, which isn't too terribly hard. We have a bonding pouch that you zip them up in, this is perfectly comfortable and warm for them, as they love pockets, and this is one BIG pocket! The pouch just can go right around your neck with the string attached to it, enabling you to carry them hands free! And if you maybe have to go somewhere they're possibly not allowed [or somewhere cold] you can zip a jacket or hoodie over the pouch so it's covered up. The sugar glider will be perfectly content. Gliders tend to also get predictable bathroom habits and wont tend to go in their pouch often [a lot of debate goes on about this, but a personal friend had a glider, and said she never had to wash the pouch because her glider never peed or pooped in it]. As long as they're taken out every so often, like 3 or 4 hours maybe, depending, kinda like humans, to go to the bathroom [and you can just use like a little wipe or something to hold under them and let them go on that] they should be okay. And, also, you should keep a slice of apple in there with them, this provides food, and even hydration for them. If they're going to be in there for a long period of time, like several hours, you just have to be sure to maybe bring their water bottle along or some water and a bowl they can drink from. Bringing some food pellets or whatever you feed them is a good idea too. Since baby would be home alone, for like 5 hours or something, I told Dustin maybe he could bring her along with him, in her pouch, while he sits in Barnes and Noble while I'm in school. I don't see really any harm in it, as she'll be in her pouch. If he needs to let her go to the bathroom, he can just step outside to his car, grab some wipes/paper towels, what have you, and let her go, same goes for water. Just anytime he needs to take her out, he can just step out to the car and leave his bookbag/laptop to save his seat [this is not a bad community, it's actually a predominantly Jewish community, and he's seen people leaving laptops sit unattended for periods of maybe 20 some minutes without someone even sizing it up]. He could even let an employee know he needed to run out to his car and to just glance over at his stuff, or even someone in the area of where he's sitting if they plan to stick around for like 20 minutes. If he's really not comfortable leaving his lappy, he can always take that and just leave his backpack, theres not anything in there for people to take honestly, so -shrug- or even just leaving his hoodie right there and letting people around know he'll brb and to not let anyone take the spot [spots are hard to find at B&N sometimes]. So that covers just about all the bases. And I mean, she'll probably sleep most of the time anyway, since she's just a little baby. The ONLY worry I have, honestly, is that she might make noise. Gliders aren't always noisy creatures, but when they DO make noise, it's pretty loud. And she's brand new and just a baby, and has just recently left her momma, so I'm just afraid she might start crabbing or something. I would think though, that the dark, warm pouch, with Dustin's jacket over it, would keep her rather secure and comfy, to the point where she'll just wanna sleep. I told Dustin, if she makes noise. He can quickly, get himself outside, and, just as when he would take her potty, he can leave something at his seat, and then calm her down by peaking in at her, or by taking her to the car for some attention. Also, he could peek in at her for attention in the bathroom, not let her out of course, but just go in a stall and comfort her with a hand, or talking maybe if no one's in there. If the employees or other customers there wonder what the noise was, he can just say it was his computer or just his cell phone. I think it sounds okay to me. I don't know, it's up to him and his comfort zone with the idea. I just don't feel so great knowing that my baby is going to be cooped up in her cage, in this room alone! We could put her downstairs with the family, but, we wont have had much time to introduce her to them, and like I said, I want her to be bonding with US first, and everyone else doesn't know the rules about gliders and stuff and what should and shouldn't be done, we need to talk to them about it first, and not everyone is home when we leave. Plus, there's the cats, and the cats might try getting a little over curious and scare her. I don't want anyone tempted to hold her yet either. Cause I'm not even supposed to hold her, I'm pretty much keepin her in the pouch for safety, let her get my scent for a couple days, since that's what we're sposed to do. So yeah, we'll see how it all goes, I think it'd be fine, but it's honestly up to Dustin! I JUST WANT HER! Time is passing too slowly, and I have nothing to do. I'm kinda tired but whenever I go to bed too early, like this time, I'll wake up at like 4 or 5 or something in the morning, and can't sleep anymore, and I want rest! Hence this long stupid blog post v_v;