April 11, 2005
Meet Rudolph… my friendly mouse.
Well, I’m back in Regina. I’m not very happy about it because guess what? Another mouse. This time it was on my kitchen counter. My own fault though, because I neglected to take out a pizza box with a crust inside to the trash before I left on Friday. That’s like an open invitation to the mouse, like “Hey come inhabit this apartment! Nobody is here and there’s FOOD!”
I’m trying really hard to listen to everyone’s advice. You know “the mouse is more afraid of you than you are of it” type of advice. It’s not working. My landlord wasn’t home last night either, so I have no trap set out. Just the poisonous pellets. After having a really good cry I decided that I’ve got to get over my fear of mice. Like the girl in The Little Princess, I will befriend the mouse. I always wanted a pet right? Now I have one. His name is Rudolph. When he runs by, instead of freaking out and hopping on a chair, now I can say “Hey there Rudolph! How ya doing today?” Nevermind the fact I’ve left poison out to kill my pet.
I’m still afraid though. I tucked my bedskirt under my mattress out of fear Rudolph can climb it and crawl across me during the night. I had a crappy sleep, filled with nightmares about mice. I’ll get over it because like everyone says, the poor thing is more scared of me. So now, before I enter a room, I turn on the light and make some noise. Gives him time to scram before I get in there.
Yes, I’m sure none of you like reading about my frightening rodent experiences. It’s kind of consuming my thoughts right now. Plus, nothing else is really new. Finals start a week from today, and I’m moving my computer to Saskatoon this weekend. I’m guessing my entries will be fairly sporadic for awhile. Hopefully something fun and exciting (not frightening and horrible like these mice stories) happens to me soon, and I can write better entries.
April 11th, 2005 at 10:31 am
this is in response to yr blog abt books… i dont really care for rats…
to get a fuller argument u can view an ongoing debate at zephyred.blogspot.com
hope u gain something…maybe it’ll stop u reading books when u dont want to!!!
i refer u to Eliot ” All shall be well
And all manner of things shall be well” - ‘Little Gidding’.
April 11th, 2005 at 11:35 am
Congratulations on your new pet! Just think, you’re outta there in less than a month anyway. Speaking of which, I have a new home for my chair so I need to know when you’re moving out. Celine is moving out of her townhouse and she’s taking ALL the furniture with her, so they need a chair. But she’s not moving out till the end of April so if I can keep it there until then that’d be way coo!
April 11th, 2005 at 6:26 pm
Well, give Rudolph my best. And you’ll be moving out before you know. You’ll probably find yourself missing the little guy! JK
April 12th, 2005 at 11:38 am
“..Rudolph can climb it and crawl across me during the night”
As a carrier of the “Y” chromesome I have have to make this comment: Who wouldn’t want to be climbing across you at night?!
With that out of my system…It’s good that you turned your mortal enemy into a friend though he’ll likely turn on you one day and lock you out of the apartment (kidding…right?). You could try training him/her by leaving food in a specific area of the apartment. Once he/she gets used to eating whatever is there…sneak in some poison pellets…and BAM! Or rather a subtle *choking sound*. Doublecross the mouse before he doublecrosses you!
M-I-C…K-E-Y…M-O-U-S-E
April 12th, 2005 at 6:10 pm
I took that 1-bedroom suite I talked about in my blog. It was a pretty quick decision, I said yes on the spot.