four mice in four days

Escher left a dead mouse on the bathroom rug, on sunday morning. Cyn's not sure she'd ever killed a mouse before. She used to find them and play with them for a while, until she'd lose interest and they'd run away. This one looked... worked over. Messed up, but not chewed up.

The one Cyn found in the family room on monday morning was chewed up, but most of its parts were there.

I'm surprised. Until the dead ones showed up, I hadn't seen any sign we had mice. And now there were two in two days.

Last night, the thought of a mouse in the house - or bedroom - kept me awake, for some reason. At one point, I dreamed I heard one scurrying across the hardwood floor... I *think* it was a dream, anyway. After a while, I heard Escher chasing one around. Cyn found it in the morning, fully intact, in the middle of the family room.

When I got home from work today, Escher came out of the back hall, instead of waiting by the front door. As usual, she was relentless in her quest to get food from me. After ten minutes, I went to the back hall to put more food in her dish, and saw a live mouse run into the laundry room.

Crap.

bat

I saw a bat flying around the back yard. That was cool. I want to put up a bat house. I should have turned on the lights to attract food for it.

slow

I spent a sunday and a monday night installing two cable/network/phone jacks in the office (back bedroom). Still don't have the phone jacks hooked up, and that's going on the back burner. I was surprised at how long it took me.

I mowed for half an hour yesterday afternoon (in between doctor appointments). Then the rest after supper. Tonight, a little trim mowing.

I'm building shelves in the garage. After a late supper, and the bit of mowing, I started on them. I got the four shelves put together (plywood and two-by-fours). Tomorrow night or friday, I'll make room for them and hopefully put them up. I wonder how much of the crap in there I can fit on them. I'd really like to put my car in there again. And Cyn's is in the driveway until I'm done.

I'm supposed to be scanning some pictures for my mom. Haven't gotten around to it.