Mouse Hunt

I remember a movie "Mouse Hunt" coming out when I was a lot younger. The basic plot of the movie is a mouse taking over a house and ruining the two villians plans. I remember thinking how adorable and cute the mouse was and how if I had a mouse like that in my house I'd treat it really nice and set food out in little thimbles for it.

Well that turned out to be a totally stupid idea.

Between Christmas and New Year's my hubby and I were sitting on the couch watching a movie late one night. I saw something black flash by and run behind the TV. My husband got a flashlight and looked behind the TV stand. He didn't see anything. I was content to believe I had imagined it...a side affect of staying up too late.

I decided to go make sure it was nothing for myself. When I kicked the cords around that black thing ran somewhere down the hall in our little apartment. My husband was then sure it was a MOUSE!

After screaming (just a little) and making a scene by standing on the couch we went through each room and taped off closets and picked up anything that was on the floor. We didn't really worry about the bathroom, thinking the mouse would definitely not want to be in there. We made a 3am trip to the pharmacy to buy some mouse traps and we went home setting them with velveeta and peanut butter.

It turns out, the problem was much bigger than we thought. After several days of agony (no trapped mouse, but food-less traps) and a trip to the apartment complex manager (she lived in our building and also had mice), we realized the entire building was infested with mice. They were in the vents, scratching in the walls, in every cabinet in the kitchen, and even in my silverwear!

The apartment manager gave us the run-around and finally after almost a week sent pest control. This exterminator (and I use that term loosely) not only looked and acted stoned but set out two sticky pads and two boxes of poison. REALLY effective...NOT!!!!

We finally ended up moving to a new apartment which just happens to be a little roomier and much cuter. We're also on the second floor and our building doesn't back an alley...which makes the whole feel a little less sketchy.

We've been here 2 1/2 weeks and I'm still not quite done unpacking. I guess I should be doing that instead of blogging...