why nature and i are at odds this week.

You may have noticed that I've been complaining of sleep deprivation lately.  Yes, part of it is due to a little pup who refuses to sleep through the night.

But, I can ignore him.  Or at least give in, take him out, then go right back to sleep.  So my inability to sleep more than two hours at time is not really due to him.

In reality, it's due to a recent development in our house.  A new enemy of the night.  Behold:

Cute, huh?  I'd say so.  I am nature lover.  I think little furry animals are cute, provided that they cannot make me part of their meal.  But this little bugger is FAR from cute.  He actually looks more like this:

Still looks cute you say?  You try sleeping through the night when there is a SQUIRREL RAVE being thrown in your attic!! That's right...we have houseguests and they are not quiet.

Apparently before we moved in our house, the seller found a family of squirrels living in the attic.  He took the proper measures to get rid of them and fill in any holes, but he must have missed one because voila!  The return of the squirrels.

Don't let their size fool you, they actually have feet of lead and exercise religiously.  I spend half the night listening to them scambering across the attic floor over my bed and the other half praying that we have a really strong ceiling.

Because if one of them pokes his head through the ceiling, I'm moving. 

Comments

[Em]

HAHAHAHAHA!!! The same thing used to happen in the house where I grew up. Maybe you should consult your uncle for ideas of how to get rid of them...

[busyteacheramy]

I don't like squirrels ever since they stuck an acorn up in my car. Evil, evil creatures.

[Patty]

I could send over Uncle Billy - he took care of the ones we had with a bb gun - just hope they don't land on you like they did me when I was sleeping.