I'm on a roll with rats this week...

[soc_puppet]

Nine whole rat moods!

Irate, Apathetic, Frustrated


Amused, Bitchy, Grumpy


Aggravated, Cranky, Lethargic


That's a fair lot of rats right there!

Aggravated is actually running a bit late from the previous leg of moodthemeinayear's schedule, and is finally done, yay! It's also a pretty accurate ratty slap-fight 😂 Cranky and Grumpy are a callback to Content, because honestly, wouldn't you be cranky and/or grumpy if you were about to have a nap with your favorite teddy bear and got pulled away to do something else? I also had a fun time coming up with the "swear words" for Bitchy 😜 That said, I am looking forward to getting these "angry" moods out of the way and moving on to something new.

I also remembered to keep a separate file for Apathetic's wheel this time around; if I make another rat using a wheel, I'll be prepared!

Comments

[redsixwing]

Awwww, sleeping in its wheel!

Is Frustrated trying to push a square toy into a round hole? noooo, buddy, that's not where that goes.

[soc_puppet]

My rats absolutely had a habit of wheel-sleeping; it was adorable 💗

Honestly, if that's not frustration in a nutshell, what is? 😂

[pikkugen]

The lethargic one really vibes with me. Work has been hell lately and I feel like sleeping in my wheel too... maybe i will, then my boss should realize what she's expecting isn't humanly possible.

[soc_puppet]

Oof, that sounds like it sucks =_= Lethargic is entirely too relatable to entirely too many people for entirely too many reasons...

[pikkugen]

Honestly? I'm dreaming of quitting, going back to the university and getting my Master's out, so I could apply to a greater variety of jobs. Despite everything i feel like it's the less stressful option. Blue-collar jobs are really treating the workers like expendable rags to squeeze dry and cast away. /sorry about opening up, I've just needed to spit it out and most of my friends are in a worse rut, either jobless or having actual mental breakouts, so I feel like I'm complaining over nothing.

[soc_puppet]

Oof, I feel that. They like to work us to the bone and then some. Mind, I'm in food service, so I'm not sure if that properly counts as blue-collar, but still...

And no worries about venting; everyone's gotta let some go now and again, and this isn't a bad post for that level of rant, you know?

[pikkugen]

Food service absolutely counts! What I've heard it's almost worse than cleaning.

Haha, the level of identification definitely fits the icons...

not using your icon because it's the opposite of what I want to say, which is

[jesse_the_k]

Frustrated is perfect

Re: not using your icon because it's the opposite of what I want to say, which is

[soc_puppet]

😂 Thank you! I could think of nothing more frustrating than either being that rat, or observing that rat and not being able to intervene.