When I was 16 years old I fell in love with a boy named Noah. We met at a Halloween party up in New York where I used to live. Three years went by and I still was crazy about him. He decided one day that he was going to join the Navy instead of going to college. I was worried about the distance since he would be stationed in Virginia and I was going to The Art Institute of Atlanta, but I supported his decision and we went down the paths we chose. At the four year mark of our relationship right before one of my midterms he called from New York where he had been visiting his family and friends. He stated that he wanted to be with this other woman who has known for a long time. I said some choice words and hung up. I didn't know what to do at this point he had been everything to me.
Well I was down in the dumps and my friend and roommate Peter dragged me out of the house to go to the grocery store with him. I hadn't eaten in days and the fridge was empty. We passed by a Petco and I asked if we could stop by to see the animals.
We walked into the pet store and right away I saw an aquarium with 4 male guinea pigs. Three of them layed around while one very small guinea pig was jumping around.
"I want to buy him, " I said right away.
"Will it cheer you up?" Pete asked.
"Maybe."
"Alright then."
So we got all the supplies that a Petco employee recommended (what a mistake, but I didn't know at the time) and we went home.
We were told he was 2 months old and he was a tri-colored abby. His little mohawk inspired us to name him Sid Vicious after the ever popular member of the Sex Pistols. He was very scared at first, but slowly he explored the world around him.
Peter was the one who stumbled upon guineapigcages.com and we saw the very large C&C cages. I didn't realize how easy it was to build my own so I bought a medium sized one.
After spending a lot of time on the forums over at guineapigcages I realized that everything that I was told at the pet store was so incredibly wrong. I vowed that day I would never buy again from a pet store.
Sid and I became very close and I spent a lot of time with him. I started to forget all the sadness that I had been feeling. He brought so much warmth into my life. I started to wake up in the morning excited about the day. I couldn't remember the last time I had smiled and laughed. Sid was the love of my life.
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