We Shall Call Him... Frank

We have not slept for virtually two nights now. My head hurts... My back hurts... And I am ready to fall asleep even though it is only 9pm. Why you ask? We have had a visitor.... Not so much a visitor or guest... But more like an invader. Yes, we have a "wee moose". A wee furry friend that decided two nights ago that he prefers our bedroom to his own little nest in the neighboring field. We first heard him as I was drifting off to sleep around 1am on Tuesday night. It was a scratching sound that made both of us flip on the lights and jump up... Just in time to see the cheeky thing hop up out of a paper bag about three feet from our bed! He looked like a miniature winged squirrel... Vertically springing out of the bag... Legs wide out... Tail straight... Little toes stretched to their limit. In a really cool slow motion 'matrix' like move - I jumped out of bed grabbing my glasses and chased the pointy-eared little guy out of our room and down the hall into the hot water closet. I immediately went to work setting up traps in the hot water closet. An hour later (2am)- as I was falling asleep - we heard a snap. I jumped out of bed - flung open the closet door only to see the cheeky guy still eating the cheese! I couldn't catch him... And so I reset the traps. Around 3:45am we decided that it was hopeless. No sleep for us.

It is extremely common for mice to invade everyone's homes this time of year. Everyone seems to working to get rid of at least one... And we have not had one yet... So it is our turn. Dee and I retreated. We made our way down to the living room. Dee took the couch... And I got the recliner. We have decided to name him Frank. We have also decided to just give him the upstairs. Now... Before you laugh... You didn't see Frank. He is scary! Really fast..... They will claw your eyes out while you sleep - you know. Scary and fast! ...And don't start me about their teeth! So... We are content to living down here and let him live in peace up there. We had been talking about taking a vacation and staying in the guest bedroom down here for a change of pace. I figure that we can live down here for about a week... You know... We want to give Frank his space.... We value hospitality.