AAAAAIIIIIIEEEEEE

I'm sorry if I don't keep up with your entries well for a few days. Congrats to anyone who has something good happen to them, and eek to anyone who's dealing with something bad. Hugs to you. I'm not sure what will be up for that time because I have a MOUSE in my apartment. Apparently, I am one of those cartoon women who jumps up on a chair and screams, "Mouse mouse mouse mouse!" when she sees one. I saw it zip across the floor of my BEDROOM (AAAIIIIIEEEEE!!!) three times, running from one piece of furniture to another, faster than fucking Speedy Gonzales. There's no food in my bedroom, so I'm not sure why it was in there. Being a stupid mouse, I guess.

I wish I wasn't afraid of it, but I am - seeing it made me want to throw up. I've been shaky just about the whole day. I guess I'm more disgusted by it than scared of it. I just want it gone. These are times when I wish I had a cat.

I'd really appreciate it if no one would give me mouse facts that just make it all worse; I know some people think it's silly, but it just about gave me a panic attack to think that the thing is in my apartment. They chew through stuff. I am woefully unprepared for this, and have no time to mouseproof everything. I know that it came inside because of the overabundance of rain we've had this summer. Every time we have a rainy season, bugs and other animals come inside at higher levels than usual. I am serious when I say no one torture me because you think it's funny - I only need to hear encouraging stuff that's going to calm me down. If you think I'm being silly, I'm sure there are things that freak you out, and you don't think it's at all funny when people make light of it. So don't, please. I had an exhausting day otherwise and it was really hot today, so I'm not in a forgiving mood.

I wanted to get some more writing done today... was all prepared for it, but had to spend my day cleaning my apt instead so they can come look for the mousehole. There may be no mousehole, but maintanence wants to look for one anyway. Pretty much ruined my entire day off. :(

Oh well. I watched an Asian movie called Three Extremes tonight while I was cleaning. It has three segments, each directed by a different Asian director. The first two were bad (dumplings are gross anyway; I don't need a movie to make them more disgusting), the last one was some pretty gorgeous horror (mixed gorgeous imagery with a tragically horrific storyline). So wee.

Yee?

I think my mouse problem is over, at least this mouse. The landlady insisted that I use poison to get rid of it. Yeah, I know, it's not the nice way to do it, but they use it all the time and they swear by how fast it is. They really wanted to get rid of the mouse quickly, which I understand since they can't have mice in the building. When I have time to go shopping, I want to get some other types of traps for the future, incase there's another mouse. Anyway, the pellet poison had fallen out of the box in a big pile (you're supposed to make a trail) before I went to work. When I got home, the big pile was gone. I haven't seen the mouse since Friday afternoon; it's probably dead now. Most of my anxiety is gone in reaction.