Me and the Mouse

I have been living out in the country now for about a month. I didn't realize when i took this job exactly how far out in the country my house would be but here i am on a dirt road and in between two large fields (one field over has cows on it most of the day).

When Aatisha was here this weekend she said, " i know you said you were in the country but i didnt think you meant like this!."

Its actually very pretty and peaceful, the mountains are behind the property and daily i usually see the momma deer and her two twins eating right out in the field. Deer are overpopulated here as well like back in NY, there are way too many of them i'm told but i still enjoy seeing them especially the babies.

Well last Sunday (around 11:30 or 12) i was walking up the stairs to my bedroom when as i get towards the top of the stairs i see a little mouse scamper from under my dresser to under my bed. I dont scream but but definitely used a couple of words of profanity. All i'm thinking is its so late i cant call my boss so her husband can come over and get rid of this thing, so i'm stuck with it all night. I immediately call Aatisha (we had just been on the phone so i knew she was still awake) to find out what to do with this mouse, which is still under my bed.

As she looks up things you might normally have in your house that mice dont like the smell of (moth balls, ammonia, peppermint oil) none of which i had of course, the mouse runs out of my room into the closet and back rooms of the upstairs. I quickly slam my bedroom door and build a wall of pillows so it cant get back under the door. Not being a huge fan of small critter or insects i finally calmed down a little and fell asleep. I took some comfort in that the mouse was pretty small and kinda cute.

The next day i called my boss and told her about the mouse and she said she would get her husband over here to put some traps down and find out how it got in. So i came home the next day and there were the traps and i guess there were some holes around the pipes upstairs which were in the process of being fixed. I did not see the mouse anywhere so I thought ok maybe its gone. I go to get in bed and what do i see on the edge of the inside of my pillow case but a mouse poop. And there was a spider in my bed....

Well that was a very rough night needless to say but in the morning there was still no caught mouse. So i come home the next night and again no sign of the mouse and no poop in my bed, so again i try to convince myself maybe the mouse is gone now. I awake in the morning, check the traps again and nothing.

I come home that night feeling more confident the mouse is gone and i sit at the kitchen table working on my laptop. Out of the corner of eye i see something start to scamper towards me, its the mouse running right towards the table to get the radiator underneath it. Ok this time i screamed and jumped up. This time i called my boss cause it was still early enough and her husband told me where to move the traps so they were more strategically placed. She said if i bang pots around and make noise the mouse wont come back out. So i finally calm down and assure myself the mouse wont come back out and sit back down to work. Every few minutes i stamp my feet, look under the table and bang a pot with a spoon. Very productive night.

I awake in the morning and cautiously walk through the house to see if i can find this mouse. He's not in any of the traps. I slowly walk into the kitchen and while hes not in any of the traps there either, my kitchen table has several mouse droppings on it. That night i cleaned the whole kitchen very well.

Since then i haven't seen the mouse, or any sign of him thankfully. I am still checking the traps cautiously every day though. I really hope he just got out the way he came in because to see him stuck to one of these traps, would make me feel bad for him even though i dont want him in my house.

My First Blog

I have never blogged before but one of my friends has been blogging for a while and it seems like a good way to keep in touch with people and to reflect a little on life. I will try my best to keep it interesting.

When writing informally i dont typically follow correct grammar or punctuation rules. If that kind of stuff annoys you, you should probably stop reading. Dont worry, i do know how to write and punctuate properly when writing formal papers and so on.

Anyways i'm off to bed tonight as i would really like to get up early to go to for a run- more to come soon!