Monday, February 1, 2021:  Here we are, in another part of the journal! Buddy continues in good health and turned 40 years old today!!  Blueberry is 21 and really showing her age. She beeps every 10 minutes or so with completely empty hearts, but I'm doing my best. They were both asleep last night when we watched "Muriel's Wedding"and then I ended up falling asleep in the middle of it! We will have to try and watch it another night as I really love that movie.  They've also been watching "The Conners" with us.  I finally caved and started watching after nearly 3 years of Roseanne being fired....!

I felt like having another virtual pet around this afternoon, so my RakuRaku Dinokun was born at 3:27pm. I've named him Flub! In his early life he (as well as the others) have gotten to watch two episodes of "The Conners".

Tuesday, February 2, 2021: Blueberry awoke at 9am this morning and I was ready for her.  She made one final beep for attention and thankfully I was able to tend to her needs before the screen faded and the final transformation began. Bye bye little Blueberry! I will miss you! I enjoyed having you around for your 22 years/days. :) She is currently on the angel screen.... I will need to tab up the blue/pink Tam and bring it back to Moms.

Flub grew into a bigger blob this morning! Soooo cute! I can't wait to see how he progresses over the coming days. I may need to make a RakuRaku Dinokun page.....!

Saturday, February 6, 2021: I haven't been around to write much about Flub, my RakuRaku Dinokun.  He is *so* cute! He started out as a little blob and is slowly growing into a cute little Dinosaur.  I can't believe I've had this pet since 2007 and only now getting around to running it. :-) I am still debating if I want to make a page for Flub or not...!

Buddy couldn't be better! I love this little ball of joy so much. :) Speaking of GigaPet's,  I got my Baby T-Rex in the mail yesterday. I will definitely be running this one in the future. I have been keeping track of shipping for my Bobo Panda Byte, but that won't be here for a while yet.  Buddy and Flub are keeping me company while we wait for dinner (Chinese food) to be delivered!!

Wednesday, February 10, 2021: I think my RakuRaku Dinokun, Flub has reached his final stage of growth (T-Rex).  I heard that these guys pass away young so I am cherishing all my time with Flub.  He is 10 years of age now! I want to try and get the other two adults - the Brontosaurus and the Triceratops. My friend Erem (Ra) said that what you feed them as babies will determine what dinosaur you get!  I really love this little pet....!

Buddy and Flub got to watch "The first Wives Club" with me yesterday! Such a funny movie!! I laughed a ton. Mom and Matthew couldn't believe I had never seen it before.  And now it will most likely be one of those movies I watch 200 times.... ;-)

Friday, February 12, 2021: Things took a big change with Flub yesterday, but it wasn't a surprise.  Yesterday after waking up at his usual time of 9AM, Flub changed into this adorable little Dino Angel, which I thought meant he died a "good death".  However, according to some reliable sources online, this angel was one of two secret characters; meaning I took extremely good care of him.  This morning I woke up to see yet another screen, and this was the death screen. Poor little Flub...!   I decided to start a new little Dinokun at 12PM today. There are still 3 other characters (including the second secret character) that I could get.  This one's name is Riley and I'm feeding him apples and carrots in hopes that I get the Brontosaurus.

Buddy turned 50 years old yesterday! Yay! Also, I totally forgot to mention that I've been running my Pocket Pikachu 2 (GS) since early last week. I'm at the level of 'playmates' and hope to make it up to 'best friends' at some point. :) It's been quite a while since I played with this little guy... So I'm at a comfortable 3 virtual pets running now.

Later 10:37PM: Buddy was a comfort during the emergency Covid-19 update that took place 8:30PM... We are now in a full lock-down, at Alert Level 5.  I haven't talked about it until now, but things have been really bad in my city for the last 4 days now. I fear what is yet to come.... I have been trying to process everything the last couple of hours and I was able to take some refuge in playing "Stardew Valley" for a little while. Waiting to see if Matthew wants to watch a late night movie or try and get an early sleep... We watched one episode of "The Conners" before the pandemic update took place.

Saturday, February 14, 2021: Riley, my RakuRaku Dinokun changed into the bigger blob as soon as he awoke this morning at 9:00AM.  I have been successful in only feeding him apples and carrots so far!  I have nearly given him a burger or a chicken drumstick by accident a few times....! I can't wait to see how he looks tomorrow!!! I'm going to collect photos of every stage to post on a possible Dinkie Dino/RakuRaku Dinokun page....!

Sunday, February 14, 2021: Riley grew a little tail today and he stays in one place! So cute!! Buddy and Riley watched the (rather disturbing) documentary on the "Black Dahlia" this afternoon... I don't know if that was too much for a young Dino to be watching, but oh well.  I'm debating if I want to watch the 2006 movie starring the handsome Josh Hartnett and Aaron Eckhart ::melt:::.!! ;) And I think Scarlett Johansson is absolutely stunning and glamorous, SO we may need to watch it, hehe.

I put Buddy to sleep just shortly after 9PM but Riley will be awake until 10:00.  I think we will watch some cooking videos together.

Thursday, February 18, 2021: I felt like having another virtual pet around this evening, so my Bobo Panda Byte was born at 6:50PM. :) For more about Yogi Bear, visit my Bobo Panda Byte page.

Buddy and Riley got to watch most of the movie "Forest Gump" with me this afternoon.   I think we may look for something else to watch this evening.  I'm not sure what time Yogi Bear's sleep wake time will be....!

Later: We watched two movies this evening after the vpets went to bed.  First we watched "Waiting" which was HILARIOUS, followed by "Bachelorette"which was also very funny. I fell asleep near the end so I may need to re-watch the parts I missed.

Friday, February 19, 2021: I am happy to say that things are going well with Yogi Bear, my Bobo Panda Byte so far! He is still in the baby stage and only taking the bottle for food.  I have gotten his hunger, happiness, and IQ all up to full hearts as of this morning. He is soooo cute! The only thing I don't understand is that he keeps beeping and the attention light comes on, and as soon as I press A it turns off and he doesn't need anything.  I tried scolding him once but that didn't do anything but make him cry.

Still Friday, February 19, 2021: This afternoon we've all been watching the British TV Series "It's a Sin".  A friend of mine told me he recommends anyone under the age of 40 watches it so I finally did.  I am on the third episode now and there are only a total of five so I may need to update later to say how it went.....! It's a good show... But there's a lot of sad stuff too. :(

Later: We just finished watching"It's a Sin"... Some of it was pretty hard to take. Yogi Bear has been a comfort....! I don't think I could ever watch that series again....But I am really glad I saw it.

Saturday, February 20, 2021, 10:57AM: Yogi Bear turned 2 years old at 10:00AM and changed from a little baby to a more panda looking figure. He now eats apples in addition to the bottle! I've had to adjust the air conditioner once today as the temperature went over 19 degrees.  I've still been unable to wash his face or give him a bath since the 18th. I forgot to mention that he went to the bathroom twice yesterday and I selected a little toilet to clean his screen. So cute!  He still beeps for no reason (even though all of his hearts are full) and I have no idea what it is he wants....! I may consult the Facebook pages for help!

Riley is now a fully grown Brontosaurus as of today. It's so sad that he won't make it past the age of 11.... All that progress just to vanish! I hope Buddy and Yogi stay around for a while. :)

10:47PM: I put Buddy to bed at 9PM like I do most nights as that is when all GigaPet's are supposed to go to sleep.  Well I was just playing "Stardew Valley" and happened to glance over at my virtual pets on the bedside table to see that Buddy, someway, somehow had woken up.  That little imp! I fed and played with him and put him back to bed. :) I guess he wanted a late night up with me. :)

Wednesday, February 24, 2021: I read that Bobo Panda Byte's tend to reset very easily and that proved to be true earlier today. :( Let me back up a little, though. Yesterday Yogi Bear turned 5 years old at 10am and things got a lot more fun.  He got a little bigger, and began to move around the screen instead of just sitting in one spot. In addition to his growth, he was also able to do *a lot* more activities, and ate all of the different foods on the menu.  It was so cute and I was so happy that things were moving along with him.   I knew there was one more stage of growth yet to occur when he would change into one of four or five adult characters.  So fast-forward to this afternoon while I am waiting and stressing over an important phone call:  I look down at my Bobo Panda to see not my panda but a blank clock screen! I knew immediately he had reset. :( I haven't been this upset over a virtual pet in a really long time, and it has just been a bad day in general. I waited an hour or so and decided to try again so a new baby panda was born at 3:13PM.  I was SO careful with him and still it reset on me.  I don't know how much more careful I can be other than to not bring it out of the house with me... We will see how things go. Hopefully this Bobo can make it to a full and long adulthood.

As for my RakuRaku Dinokun, Riely, I ended up with the secret dragon character yesterday which meant I didn't take the best care of my Dino like I did with my last one, the T-Rex.  I am not ready to raise another Dinokun right now and he is now on the death screen as of day 12.  It's too bad they don't stay around longer.  I will try for the third adult character another time in the future.

At least Buddy is still here! He is hanging out next to my Bobo Panda. I'm comfortable caring with just 2 virtual pets now.