Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Someday I'll Think This is Funny



So, I haven't wanted to blog about this (because if you don't blog about a problem then it's not true--does anyone else do this? note: this is also why I haven't said much about Luke's potty training), but we have a rodent infestation. Nate will say they're mice; I suspect they are, too, but I'm not sure.

We've killed 9 since December, including 1 in the wall. (Note: don't poison the rodents IN your house.)

I'm completely neurotic, trying to make enough noise to scare them away, and up until a few weeks ago, they stayed in the kitchen and pantry.

Then, they started to get brave. We'd see one scurry across the kitchen floor early in the evening while we were in the living room.

The final straw came one night when Luke and I were watching Enchanted. So, there's the part where Gezel calls all the New York animals to her, right? I'm watching her sing out the apartment window when I swear I see a mouse run into my room, under my dresser.

I think, "Now, you're crazy, Emily...seeing a mouse just as Gezel calls to them."

So, we continue watching the show, and I get up to go to the bathroom. I come back and see a mouse running back under the dresser from my bed.

Sigh...

2 comments:

Adrianne said...

I remember having mice in Boston. Dan once vacuumed one up with the shop vac. yuck! hope you get rid of them soon!

Stella said...

Yeah, I had rats in my wall when I lived in Harlem. I named them Mitzi and Betsy and talked to them when they scratched too much.

They went away once it got warmer.

I knew I had crossed a line when I made them confidants.