Part 47

Friday, May 1, 2026:  This morning I hatched/awakened a new Tam--my green/purple garden design gen1! It's very suitable for spring time, and might help with melting what remains of the dirty snow left around town, heh! His name is Jeffrey! I'll be happy with any adult, just so long as he lives! It feels like a long time since I raised a re-release Tam, but it has only been a couple of months. As a young babitchi he got to listen to music: "Within You, Within Me" by Meltt; "Loose Your Smile" and "Wild" by Beach House; "Ride" by Empire of the Sun, and parts of various other songs on my 'Random' Spotify playlist. As for Potato, my Mori no Tamagotch, I've been pausing him periodically throughout the day, so as never to miss any predator attacks. Early this evening they both watched the TV film, "Sarah T.- Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic" (1975) starring Linda Blair.

Sunday, May 3, 2026:  I noticed that Potato, my little centipede on my mori no tamagotchi was dropping hunger/happiness hearts (leaves) a lot faster in the last couple days--every ten minutes or so to be exact. He was also getting attacked a lot more by the frog and bigfoot. I managed to protect him every single time! You can tell if you missed an attack because your Tam will make a different sound....and you find your character wrapped in bandages, looking very unhappy. Thankfully Potato lived very well!

I have been very sedentary as of lately, and have had time to dedicate lots of attention to the Tams I'm currently raising. Sadly, tonight at 7:10PM the high pitched death beeps sounded from across the couch, and I knew Potato was gone. There is a little ghost and grave stone on the screen now...! He lived to be 13 years old and weighed 99mg. Bye-bye, little one, I'll miss you! I want to raise another mori no tamagotch.....so Shawn and I will be doing a group hatching tomorrow morning!

Monday, May 4, 2026:  This afternoon at 12:12PM Shawn and I did a group hatching of our mori no tamagotchi's. I pressed A & C on Potato's death screen, and once again hatched the white egg. This ones name is Turnip! I hope to raise a ladybug or the beetle, but they're all very cute.

Wednesday, May 6, 2026:  Happy belated Children's Day, a recognized holiday in Japan (yesterday). It was also the 29 year anniversary of the original Tamagotchi (first 12 P1 colors) release in Canada and the USA--a long time ago in 1997! I had plans of hatching a Tam with Katherine in honour of the day, but I already have Jeffrey and Turnip to contend with, and I've not been feeling the best lately.

Well, this evening at exactly 6:58PM, Jeffrey changed into a masukutchi! Yay! This came as no surprise since I kept the sound turned off for almost the entire child and teen stage. OOPPS! (loud, scratchy beeps) I am going to take the best care possible and hope he changes into the secret character. :-) For now his hours will be 11pm-11am, but I may switch the clock so he better aligns with my own sleep schedule. I am *usually* asleep well before 11:00, and up early in the mornings. I am thinking about taking him along with me to my counselling session tomorrow as I've told her about my virutal pets in the past. Turnip, on the other hand will definitely have to be put on pause during that time.

I've still been playing "Pokemon Pokopia" every day, mostly in the evenings! It's one of those games that I'll likely never finish.....but I can sure try my best! As for what Jeffrey and Turnip have been watching: not a whole lot besides YouTube and true crime podcasts. I've also been doing more paper journalling, web-browsing, and little drives in the morning this week (a work-in-progress).

Sunday, May 10, 2026:  Happy Mother's Day to every woman who is a Mom or mother figure in any way; but especially to *my* Mom, who raised and nurtured me to adulthood. I will be seeing her later on today, as I do most days! I am blessed to have her.

ARRGGGG! I had been meticulously taking care of Turnip, following notes I had taken back in 2016 to get the golden beetle.....! I'd gotten his weight up to 45mg before he went into the cocoon and kept the temperature on the hot side. Yesterday he emerged to be a chobitamatchi, the "little round bug". He *is* very cute, but I've had him so many times in the past. Now that he is an adult he sleeps from 8PM-9AM which is just fine by me. I am going to raise another mori no tamagotchi after Turnip passes. I forgot just how much I enjoy this Tam! I hope they will do a re-release of it someday.

Speaking of re-relase Tams, Jeffrey, my masukutchi of 10 years is doing just fine! I am not sure if I will get the secret character since I may have missed a discipline, but time will tell. He watched "Terms of Endearment" with me on Friday afternoon! I've also been *busy* working on my webpages, particularly Ginji's Journal, inserting new background images, and playing around with font colors. It's a "work-in-progress"......but I am happy with the way things are looking now. I owe all my inspiration to Country Mouse and Katherine. They are true pioneers in my eyes.

Monday, May 11, 2026:  Poor little Turnip, my mori no tamagotchi, died today at the young age of 5. I was in the middle of getting my hair cut and coloured in the kitchen. :-P I heard beeping, followed by a long silence....and then an unfamiliar beep, meaning the frog mauled poor Turnip. Then I heard some soft little death beeps, and when I finally got to him there was nothing but a little wispy ghost on the screen. I am actually not up to raising another forest Tam right now, but maybe in a couple of days I may feel differently. Sorry I missed protecting you, little Turnip!

Jeffrey has been watching the show "Heated Rivalry", a Crave Original with me! I didn't like the first two episodes at all, but I've changed my tune with the third episode (sooooo romantic)! However, I feel like it's not going to be all sunshine and rainbows for much longer....! In other words, I think we are going to have a tragic love story on our hands.

Speaking of tragic endings, I am just one little person in this world; and lately there just seems to be *too* much stuff on TV, social media, the news, in the movies, and everywhere that is scary and terrible. I think it is time (again) for me to be more careful of what I let into my mind. Currently, we are daily bombarded with information that is engineered to make us frightened and scared all of the time. I know there are terrible things going on in the world, but doom scrolling and and getting caught up in online hysteria doesn't serve me well. I guess that is why now, more than ever, I am very thankful to have my own webpage where I can talk about my enjoyment of Tamagotchi, and the wonderful characters I raise on each of them. :-)

Tuesday, May 12, 2026:  Late this morning, at 11:39AM, I pressed A & C on my mori no tamagotchi and hatched a new (white) egg! This ones name is going to be Beans! I want to fast-track things and get his weight up quickly! I am so jealous of Shawn for getting the golden beetle.........!

Thursday, May 14, 2026:  I think I've definitely blown my chances of getting the secret character with Jeffrey, what with missing discipline calls, and then letting him fall asleep last night with poop at his bedside. Whoops! :-P I am not all that sorry about this because I really quite enjoy the masukutchi/masktchi, and I am not up to having a long-lived secret character right now (they can live to be over 30). I've had them change as late as age 15 in the past, and Jeffrey is 14 years old today, so I guess we will see what happens......!

Saturday, May 16, 2026:  ARRGG! I was trying so hard for a ladybug or the golden beetle with Beans, my mori no tamagotchi, but instead ended up with a rather ugly looking character named mushibatchi. .::sigh::. I know I've had this character before, but for some reason it's not listed in my character history. Shawn was nice enough to give me the animated GIF image of my current little forest Tam. As for Jeffrey, my masukutchi of 16 years is dropping hearts a lot faster. He's storing up food and energy for the flight home. They are currently watching an episode of "The Conners".

Monday, May 18, 2026, 2:30PM:  Happy Victoria Day to those of you who got a holiday today; and more so to the ones who had to work today! I hope you are enjoying your day either way, and can find time for yourselves. This day also marks the unofficial beginning of summer here in Canada. Jeffrey and Beans have been listening to a live from Julez with True Crime Reactions. I've been very active in the chat today. There are all kinds of people sending in messages, from all walks of life, and with differing opinions on the Idaho4 crime. Very interesting stream! Oh yes, last night they both got to watch the movie "Mars Attacks" (1996) starring SO many actors - too many to write! Either way it was a silly, and at times a little creepy, storyline about aliens invading earth. Eeeeeeeeep! :-P Oh yes, they've also been getting out for drives with us--we've been looking after my cousin's cat while they are away, travelling!

9:21PM: I somehow missed Beans passing away this evening.....though it's no surprise considering how light the death beeps are on this Tam! At least Jeffrey is still here! I hatched another mori no tamagotchi, and this ones name is going to be Twiggy! I hope to have better luck with this little guy.

Tuesday, May 19, 2026:  This morning not long after waking up, Jeffrey, my masukutchi passed away at the old age of 19 years old. I had been expecting him to depart days ago, but he managed to cling on until today. I will miss you, little Jeffrey! I hope you enjoyed your time here, even though most of it was spent in the game room, watching YouTube, T.V., and keeping me company working on webpages. Bye-bye, sweetie!

This afternoon at exactly 1:12PM I pulled the tab and set the time on my brand new pajama bedtime Gen2 Tamagotchi. Sleepy (I couldn't resist the name) was born at 1:17PM! This is such a *gorgeous* Tam, and it cost me more than I had originally bargained for, but it was totally worth it. I am aiming to raise a mimitchi! At 2:24PM Sleepy changed into a tonmarutchi. Let the perfect caretaking begin!

Saturday, May 23, 2026:  Twiggy, my mori no tamagotchi, went into his little cocoon early yesterday afternoon, weighing 51mgs! I let the temperature fall over to the cold side, and then switched over to the hot side before I went to bed last night. A couple of days ago, when he was still an imotchi, I accidentally missed a preadtor attack and found him all wrapped in bandages. :-/ He seemed no worse for wear, but I was still concerend about whether he'd make it to adulthood or not. Today I kept the temperature warm, switching back and forth; and praying for the ladybug or the golden beetle......! I took my two Tams shoe shopping with me this morning. I bought a brand new pair of blue Converse! :-D Anyways, it seemed to take forever....but at exactly 2:30PM my wish was granted. Twiggy emerged from his cocoon to be a ::ta-da!:: koganetchi, the golden beetle! Yay! Early this evening they both got to watch the new Netflix documentary: "The Crash". :-o Now for something more light hearted...re-runs of "Three's Company".....! I'll be going for an early bedtime soon.

Monday, May 25, 2026:  I had to be up quite early this morning for a Dr.'s appointment; much earlier than Sleepy, who I was expecting to change into adulthood very soon. I was standing at the reception area, waiting to get some forms filled out, and realized it was after 9AM at this point. I took Sleepy out of my 3Ds case to see that he had transformed into a hashizotchi! :-D Yay! I *had* been trying for a mimitchi, but I missed some discipline calls and didn't want a pochitchi or zukitchi, so I did the care miss requirements and got a hashi instead. He is so cute! I hope he lives a long time like the one I had back in January. I've not been feeling the best, so we are watching "World's Strictest Parents" in bed. As I've mentioned in the past, I try not to get *too* personal, or talk about heavy things on these webpages, but I have been going through a rough time mentally, anxiety and depression wise. I will likely be making some adjustments to my medications when I see my psychiatrist next week. I've been pausing Sleepy and Twiggy when my energy is low. I hate pausing them--but sometimes it's necessary. My dear friend Katherine is currently raising close to 30 Tamagotchi at once, give or take a few departures here and there! She has *tripled* my maximum which was 10 back in 2015.

Wednesday, May 27, 2026:  Sleepy, my Hashizotchi of 9 years, has gotten sick the last two nights, requiring two doses of medicine each time. I somehow don't think this one will make it as long as ones I've had in the past. I've had hashizotchi's that die as young as 10.... Time will tell, I guess! Twiggy is doing fine, requiring very little care! He has only been attacked by the foot once since emerging from the cocoon. Very easy-going little guy. I'd write more, but I'm still going through the waves of my most recent depressive episode, and don't want the negativity seeping into my webpages...

Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:30PM:  I'm doing a *little* better today, and sometimes a little can really mean a lot in the land of mental health. I got out of the apartment, went for a little drive, and got my usual at Starbucks (chocolate cream coldbrew--delish). Then I came home and did all my laundry; also folded, and put away. Sleepy and Twiggy are still here, but for how much longer, who knows....! They are 10 and 9 years old today.

I've been going through my collection and I think I'd like to attempt raising an Umino (Ocean) Tamagotchi sometime soon! It has been close to a decade since I raised one. My US Ocean Tams no longer work. .::sniffle::. I will see how I feel about hatching one of my Japanese ones next week, perhaps after my appointments are out of the way. The characters are adorable, but the caretaking is *intense*, and they live very short lives.

Friday, May 29, 2026:  This afternoon at or around 2:40PM, Sleepy, my hashizotchi of 11 years passed away. I was out of the room at the time, and came back to find him having taken off in his space ship. Poor little guy! I hatched a new egg on that very same Tam, so hereeeeee's Kip, which is apparently slang term for nap or sleep.......a most *perfect* name for my newest little visitor. In his early life (as a shirobabitchi) he got to listen in on a live from Julez with True Crime Reactions! He's a tonmarutchi now, and catching up on older Julez lives that I missed this week.

Saturday, May 30, 2026:  Well, it came as no surprise that Twiggy, my little mori no tamagotchi of 11 years passed away today. He'd actually been dropping leaves pretty rapidly since last night, which is unusual for a forest Tam. He left full and happy since his weight was maxed out to 99mg at the end, hehehe. I don't feel up to raising another mori right now. I have Kip to contend with, and I really want to raise a mimitchi this time around! I've been coddling him *a lot* so I think I have a good chance. I kept him snug in my hand this morning while walking through the super-market.

Kip has been watching me replay "The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time" on the 3DS and N64. I can't believe it's been three years since I *first* played this game. It is just one of those games I can play over and over, kinda like Mario 64. I've been listening to my podcasts at the same time I am playing and it's very enjoyable. I've also picked back up playing "Animal Crossing: New Leaf", and considering buying a second copy...... :-)

Sunday, May 31, 2026:  I've continued to be very tired as of lately, which is ironic considering I'm raising my "Tama Pajama" at the moment. :-P I am *trying* my best to keep regular sleep-wake hours, and Kip has helped me with that. Late this afternoon, at 4:37PM, I did an impromptu group hatching with my friend Jacob of our blue "Night Garden" Gen3 Angels. I've named my little spirit Uriel. In the midst of all this, we were cooking supper, and Kip became the healthy teen, tongaritchi. I am well on my way to getting a mimitchi! As for Uriel, I'd like a ginji or chubby angel.