October 4, 2008
The Cherry On My Lousy Week…
…was my cat waking me up at five a.m. while decapitating a mouse next to my bed. (I suppose it could have been worse. She could have been on my bed at the time. Ew! Blech! Shudder.) So yeah, it seems we have mice again. This is when the suburban girl (me) doesn’t do so well with country living, and the charm of living in an old house dims ever so slightly. I like nature, but I like it outdoors not scurrying inside my walls. That said, I believe I must come to terms with the reality that a house this old and the colder weather will lead to mice. We got rid of them last winter, and we’ll do it again, damn it.
I’ve been helping out a lot with ds’s class recently, which I believe has led to the nasty cold that’s been dogging me for the past week and a half. Actually, by the beginning of this week I was so wiped a gave myself a few sick days. Not that it mattered. I’ve been a touch burned out creatively lately.
Overall, not my most productive week. On the upside, the cold seems to be fading and I don’t have any concrete plans this weekend so hopefully I can get back into the swing of things.
And hopefully I won’t wake to any mouse executions through the night. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
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Hee hee, yep, mouse guts on the covers are not fun! Take care of yourself! Your muse will return in no time!
October 6th, 2008 at 5:08 pmMICE!?!?!?!?!? Freak!!!!! you are sooo brave girl. IN THE BEDROOM?!?!? blech. Exterminator???
October 9th, 2008 at 2:32 amThe mice aren’t in our room–at least I hope not. The cat’s food is on the basement stairs’ landing (to keep the dog out of it) and I suspect she caught the little beast there, then brought it to our room to play with it undisturbed and to show us. She’s quite proud of herself when she catches a mouse, and struts around the house for days after.
October 11th, 2008 at 3:53 pm