Friday Chat w/ Vlad
Hey, it’s Vlad. You may have seen that Freddie Snowball is out of quarantine. Whenever a new animal comes to live here they need to be kept separated for 30 days to make sure they don’t have any communicable diseases. With Freddie we really didn’t know where that boy had been and what unsavory company he may have kept. Because of this, he could not be in any areas that the rest of us use. Now he is able to be in what we call the big house. He really enjoys it. He wanders all around checking everything out. I think he is looking for lemmings. I don’t have the heart to tell him that his searching will be in vain. We do have squirrels here but I am not sure that will be an adequate substitute for him.
In a few weeks I will need to have a sit down with Freddie to see what his deal is. I can always use another loyal resident to help me keep order. Unfortunately many of the others here continually try to challenge my efforts. Panda and Lucan are repeat offenders. They always seem to be plotting about ways to cause trouble. While those two are the worst, that’s not to say the others are angels. Viktor is a bit passive aggressive. In his encounters he comes across as this incredibly friendly, easy going guy. Behind the scenes he can be a prima donna who has yet to acknowledge my greatness. Leika can also be a bit of a pill. You may recall a few weeks back she attempted to inflict bodily harm upon me by propelling a rock towards me. Vasily and Dimitri are pretty cool and usually have my back but Sergei and Lena can be rabble rousers. So you see I have my “hands” pretty full here trying to get this place to function like a well oiled machine. Luckily my leadership skills are quite robust. I believe in allowing the others to see that I am a natural leader and trusting them to come to that conclusion on their own without force. There is a saying from Russia that goes “you can build a throne from bayonets but you can’t sit on it for long”. Of course there is also a saying that goes “fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me for not punching you on the throat the first time”.
Vlad out.