Friday, February 29, 2008

Playing Peekaboo

Peekaboo, it's a phenomial game. Babies any where in the world like it, Adults use it--even if they look like dorks, but did you ever know rats like it as well. Okay so maybe not all rats, but rats in my house--their a special breed.
Picture this....
My roomate and I are sleeping peacefully under our mosquito net when all of a sudden half of the mosquito net falls on us. I wake up only to hear rats laughing at us. shreech shreech, scratch scratch. I shine my flash light on wall and yet more sounds. Sara wakes up--also surprised to find the mosquito net drapped on our feet. We get up, turn on the light to investigate. What do we find you ask. the rats have chewed through two out of the four strings holding our net up. This means that either two rats where chewing the string at the same time or one rat chewed through one string just enough and then chewed the other string to make them both fall at the same time. We also find that the rats have covered up our glue trap with plastic bags...oh and stolen my roomates washcloth only to drop it in a corner. (sidenote they stole my washcloth the next day and it has yet to be found--not that I want it back now) Well at this point in the middle of the night it is funny, but then... the rat pops it's head out of the wall--looks at us and runs outside. A few seconds later it pops in runs along the wall, looks at us and goes back into the wall. This scene is repeated 4-6 more times. Meanwhile we are hitting the wall and laughing hysterically. Yes! Peekaboo has once again proven it's self to be a hilarious matter. Grown adults playing peekaboo is a funny sight, rats playing peekaboo ridiculous. Sara and I thankfully manged to get back to sleep that night....not with out a few more laughs though.

2 comments:

johnsonpack said...

Yes, the rats are out to get you!

Here's a question from your bro: Do the Thai people sleep under mosquito nets too, or just the crazy foriegners who attract rats?

janel said...

Oh this is giving me the creeps reading about this. I cannot imagine! And I thought you ad adventures in Pomona.....hoping the rats will leave SOON!
Thinking of you and miss your sweet smile. hugs
sunni