20 May - Sunday

My liv-in alarm clock woke me up today at o'dark thirty. Well I did not know he was a liv-in alarm clock until he was crawling on my blanket. At 0535 I felt this strange sensation on my leg - I thought what could that be - but before I could finish my thought I flinched and the rodent made a mad dash toward my head. I lifted the blanket to protect my face but the rodent was able to skip off my head as it dashed to safety. Okay...I am UP; time to start the day. I searched and searched but no luck in finding the critter - let's go find a mouse trap. I had breakfast and started the day; after dealing with numerous crisis and pop-up problems I returned to my room after dark without a mouse trap. I did a quick search but found no roommate. I laid down to sleep but I started to hear things or at least I thought I heard things. Three seconds later I was up making a second sweep of my room to ensure I would be sleeping alone tonight. After making enough noise to wake-up my neighbors I caught a glimpse of my freeloading roommate. I chased him around corners and behind furniture as he headed counter-clockwise around the room toward the door. My goal was to evict the pest not send it to the after world. After moving a few more boxes and a small refrigerator the critter made a dash to the door and slipped under the door jam to freedom. I quickly butted a few boxes up against the door in order to close the portal and resumed my position in bed. As I lay there trying to fall asleep I could hear the mouse trying to push or nibble against the box - not tonight little guy...come back tomorrow and try again. With that I went to sleep and had a good night of rest. Have a good night.