Eek! A mouse!!!

Well, I guess I did not leave much mystery with this one. But, when it comes to a mouse-situation, there is no time for subtelty.

Yes, my friends, we have a mouse. Maybe two.

The other night, Em had gone to bed and I was sitting in the living room. I began to notice a faint scratchy-scratchy sound coming from the kitchen. I froze, muted the TV, and listened closely.

Was I hearing things!?

No.

There it was again!

Well, I thought, our furnaces are loud, maybe it is the pipe and its odd array of pops, whistles and whirs...

I went into the kitchen and listened very carefully, trying to discern where the sound was originating.

No, it was NOT the furnace. The sound was coming from UNDER the stove!

It MUST be a mouse!!

Great.

I shook some boxes around on the floor and suddenly... the sound stopped. Yup. There was no denying it.

I tried not to be too disappointed or freaked out that we had acquired a dirty little mouse as a third roommate. I went to bed and attempted to not think about our new houseguest. However, this proved very difficult since I could hear a scrape-scraping, wiggle-wiggling noise IN MY CLOSEST!!!

I sat up quickly and with wide eyes, holding my breath, STARED at the closet... The scuttling noise got louder and LOUDER and more frantic! AND SUDDENLY!!!

Out of my closet shot a speedy little rodent!!! He scurried hurriedly near my dresser and over to the bedroom door, where he nimbly squeezed himself through the small gap between the door and floor.

OH NO!!!!!

It was IN MY ROOM!!! ACK!!!!

It was bigger than I thought it would be. It was in my closet. It was awake and running around our house!

How did it get here? What did it want? Where was it now!?

So... here we are, we have a new adventure to deal with. The removal of the mice. I am very nervous and fearful of the normal snap-traps... I mean, I feel bad enough killing the poor, defenseless animal just trying to scrape by in life, but then having to pick up its sad, lifeless little body and dispose of it!?!? No, no way.

We are thinking of bribing our Super (with some of Em's baked goods) to dispose of any successfully trapped rodents.

I have yet to see them again, but I am sure I heard one in the wall last night. EEEEKKK!!! Wish us luck with this new trial! hehe