Nest: Found

I found the mouse nest today. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!

Yes, I was going through a box of material and I could smell that little-animal-lives-here smell (which is also a I'm-potty-training-and-I'm-not-sure-where-the-toilet-is--isn't-it-here-on-the-floor? smell). So, I was very slowly and carefully taking each scrap of material out of the box, and Voila! THERE WAS THE ROGUE MOUSE!!!! It moved to bury itself a little more and I screamed like a banshee (funnily enough, however, NO ONE ELSE HEARD ME!! The kids were watching a movie at the time...and even Peter slept through it...) I ran downstairs to grab the sticky trap. With the trap in hand, I went back to my box to find that stinking (literally) mouse. I slowly moved a few things and found it sitting quite still (probably thinking, as my kids do, that if you just close your eyes and don't move then I won't be able to see you!) so I threw that trap right down on top of it and pressed it down! I have now discovered why the rodents have been able to avoid our traps. They're sticky, but just not sticky enough. I had to really squish that little monster to get it to stick enough so that I felt confident in picking it up, and I had to take a whole bolt of cloth with it! I took it out and showed the kids and the nanny, and took it out to the guard so he could take care of it. I feel so proud of myself!! and I'm still shaking like a leaf! Whew! Hopefully that's the mouse that Dev and I have been chasing for weeks. Guess we'll find out tonight!! :)

I was going to take a picture, but couldn't manage the camera and still hold onto the mouse at the same time. Too bad. It was a momentous occasion.