One of Dante's levels of hell....
.......Must be vermin.
I'm sure of it.
You see, we are in our own personal nightmare that began last Thursday.
Greg woke up at 5 AM to the dog barfing up a Wii remote cover he ate on Sunday.
In his haste to rush him outside, he forgot to turn off the alarm.
Yeah.
Then the security company called my cell phone (not the house) and said they had already dispatched the police.
You know when you JUST KNOW it's going to be a bad day?
Then Ryan comes up and says that there are mice in their apartment that woke him and Chelsea.
OR it was the alarm blaring at 5 AM when the back door opened.
I can't remember which.
Anyhoo, Greg marched right off to Home De-pot and bought traps and came home to put them in the walls.
As he was removing an access panel, he stuck his head in, and guess what greeted him?
Just guess.
Nevermind. I'll tell you.
A SNAKE.
So the barfing dog at 5 AM kinda pales in comparison.
When he called me and told me, I calmly told him that when I got home, we were going to "go for a walk with the kids and dogs" and if the house blew up due to an unfortunate gasoline spill near a lit candle, then we would just rebuild our house sans MICE and SNAKES.
Kidding.
(not really, but sort of)
So it has been almost a week and we have killed THIRTEEN MICE.
THIRTEEN.
Most of them outside, by the air conditioning unit where they are making their way in.
And the snake?
No sign of him.
Comforting?
Notsomuch.
Is he deep inside MY HOUSE?!?
Or outside as all the snake experts we have consulted suspect?
I may never know.
And now the wretched mice are waging their own counter-assault.
Today, our AC broke.
The brand new one we purchased last year.
An emergency call to the repair guy and $109 later it is determined
that MICE ATE THE WIRES.
I am in mice hell.
And have a snake on the loose.
Please help me.
I'm sure of it.
You see, we are in our own personal nightmare that began last Thursday.
Greg woke up at 5 AM to the dog barfing up a Wii remote cover he ate on Sunday.
In his haste to rush him outside, he forgot to turn off the alarm.
Yeah.
Then the security company called my cell phone (not the house) and said they had already dispatched the police.
You know when you JUST KNOW it's going to be a bad day?
Then Ryan comes up and says that there are mice in their apartment that woke him and Chelsea.
OR it was the alarm blaring at 5 AM when the back door opened.
I can't remember which.
Anyhoo, Greg marched right off to Home De-pot and bought traps and came home to put them in the walls.
As he was removing an access panel, he stuck his head in, and guess what greeted him?
Just guess.
Nevermind. I'll tell you.
A SNAKE.
So the barfing dog at 5 AM kinda pales in comparison.
When he called me and told me, I calmly told him that when I got home, we were going to "go for a walk with the kids and dogs" and if the house blew up due to an unfortunate gasoline spill near a lit candle, then we would just rebuild our house sans MICE and SNAKES.
Kidding.
(not really, but sort of)
So it has been almost a week and we have killed THIRTEEN MICE.
THIRTEEN.
Most of them outside, by the air conditioning unit where they are making their way in.
And the snake?
No sign of him.
Comforting?
Notsomuch.
Is he deep inside MY HOUSE?!?
Or outside as all the snake experts we have consulted suspect?
I may never know.
And now the wretched mice are waging their own counter-assault.
Today, our AC broke.
The brand new one we purchased last year.
An emergency call to the repair guy and $109 later it is determined
that MICE ATE THE WIRES.
I am in mice hell.
And have a snake on the loose.
Please help me.
Um, maybe the snake will eat the mice? Sorry sweetie. Mice are gross, no two ways about it.
ReplyDeleteOh, my. I'm so sorry. How do feel about a cat??? A cat could take on the snake & all the mice! I hope your vermin problem & your reptile & soon history.
ReplyDeleteJan
Ooooo yuck! Don't like mice!! We had a pipe burst outside our house last week that flooded the basement. Go figure! Of course Matt was in FL paddle boarding- I mean working! ;) so now we have to get all new carpet, etc. Fun except the basement was brand new. So my water seems minor compared to your mice. I think I may have moved out!!
ReplyDeleteI went thru the mice thing last winter...don't remember how many I caught but it was in the high teens. Snake..yikes....I hope you find him soon.....I hope those mice are gone.....hugs
ReplyDeleteWhat can be better for a snake than a houseful of mice? I think that once you get rid of the mice, the snake will look elsewhere for dinner. Or, get a few more snakes to help get rid of the mice. Just kidding.
ReplyDeleteOh, also make sure you go around the outside of your house and seal up any little holes. Check the dryer vents, especially!
ReplyDeleteDid I ever tell you about the time we had BABY mice when oldest was a baby???
I know your spirit needs to be lifted but I can't think of anything cute or funny to say about this chapter of Dante. But I did think of another chapter - Chapter 1 (verse 9) of Joshua. He WILL deal with the vermin and get you through this and we will be praying that He will do it quickly! We love you!
ReplyDeleteOur snake story will make you and Greg laugh. Michael took out the trash one night and when he came in he spied a "dead banana peel" on the floor. Odd, he thought. Then the "dead banana peel" slithered behind a set of nine storage cabinets (all screwed together) and a lateral file. He comes upstairs, turns on all the lights and screams about the snake. It is 1AM at the time and I am in a dead sleep. Ugh! I come and help get said snake and as it is slithering across the tile, I calmly remark that it is just a baby copperhead and would be awesome to put in a jar for science (nutty homeschool MaMa). Michael totally freaks out. Did I mention that he is deathly afraid of snakes?!? Snake finally makes it to the front yard where Michael pulverized it into uncountable pieces. I can totally relate.
ReplyDeleteWhen I see you at Timothy, I will relate our snake story.
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