there's a mouse in the house!

i guess thats what you get when living in an apartment.

a couple of nights ago, my mom found droppings under the kitchen sink. we cleaned them up and by the next morning there were more. we called maintenance, they came and put down sticky mouse traps under the sink. today, mom and i went through everything under the sink and cleaned it out. after not finding the mouse we taped up the holes to the walls under all the sinks in my apartment.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS.

the fact that i own a cat is somewhat comforting. if that mouse makes it out of the cabinet under the sink Cleo will be on it. however, having just finished my parasitology class at school you could say that i am slightly neurotic about parasites... which rodents can carry. so if in fact that rodent has parasites and Cleo kills it, she will get parasites. which would not be ideal. so if that mouse would pick a different apartment or live outside where it belongs that would be best for everyone!

my tuesday dilemma

every tuesday i have the same dilemma. the choice whether to nap or not to nap.

here is the situation.

tuesday mornings i wake up at 5am to be at school at 6am for kennel - we clean the cages and let the animals out. it takes about an hour and a half. then i have classes until noon. i usually don't have homework because i have tests on mondays so we have just started new material. but i am always so tired when i get home from school. i eat lunch and it just feels like taking a nap is the right thing to do.

and every tuesday i work at 3:30pm. in the past when i have napped before work, i sleep too long so i'm groggy and grumpy when i wake up. then i go to work for 6 hours and i'm home a little before 10pm. do whatever and end up going to bed at 11-11:30pm. sometimes i can't fall asleep because i took a stupidly long nap.

do you see the dilemma?

it is a problem.

today this is probably what will happen.

i won't go out because its cold and i'll end up spending money. there is nothing on tv, but i'll watch it anyways get bored and the next thing i know i'll be asleep.

so i guess you could say this blog helped me to shorten the unavoidable nap that i will be taking.

:)