The Mouse

As I'm writing this very blog post, Chad and I are currently stationed on the couch because we are both afraid of leaving it.  Just keep that in mind as I tell you the rest of the story.

So.  Chad had work from 7-9pm tonight so I was chilling in the apartment reading the Interwebs.  And I felt kinda sleepy and the couch was super comfy and my blanket was super warm, so I deciding napping was obviously the next logical option.

BUT THEN I WAS WOKEN UP FROM MY NAP BY THIS:

DEMON MOUSE OF DOOOOOOOOM

Okay, so maybe it wasn't actually a demon mouse with red eyes and horns.  But it was totally a mouse.  And I was totally sleeping.  And it totally woke me up by RUNNING ACROSS MY HAND... hhhhhhhhhhhhgggrrrhhhh.  Then it ran back to the Hell from whence it came (under the couch).

So after some profuse screaming on my part, I immediately called Chad to inform him of the situation.  He went to Wegmans' after work to get some mouse traps and came back immediately after that.  I was still on the couch, because... I don't know if I moved the mouse might come out again and I wasn't going to take that sort of an insane risk.

Chad set up one of the traps in the corner and then we decided we should shine a flashlight under the couch to look for the mouse.  This proved to be FAR TOO SCARY for either of us to do, so Chad tied rubber bands around his iPhone, climbed on the couch, perched over the edge of the couch like some sort of crazed spider monkey, and lowered the iPhone down with the flash on to try and capture ACTUAL FOOTAGE of the mouse.  This went on for several minutes when we eventually captured this video: 

IT'S TOTALLY IN THAT FIBERONE BAR WRAPPER YOU GUYS!  (in the first 10 seconds of the video)  (Also, keep in mind that the video is upside down due to the mechanics of Chad's rubber band contraption.)

Also, due to the mechanics of the rubber band contraption, we couldn't see the screen while recording so we watched it afterwards.  The following was our conversation:

Chad: OH GOD I THINK I SAW IT!!! 

Me: I ACTUALLY SAW IT IN REAL LIFE!!!

So, returning to where we started with this post: Chad and I are hiding on the couch from a tiny mouse.  He kicked one of the traps under there (he was too scared to put his hand under the couch).  Chad is perched on the arm of the couch and I am curled up in a corner protecting my laptop.  

This mouse now runs the apartment.  I hope it can hold a pen to sign the lease. 

**Update:  We are still totally afraid of the mouse.  Every time there is any sort of a sound we both stop moving and look at each other in abject horror.

We are now using this opportunity of being confined to the couch to watch The Princess and The Frog.  

Our last conversation:

Me: Sorry, I really need to write this blog post right now before I forget all the funny stuff.  I'll cuddle you when I finish.  

Chad: Sorry, I really need to drink this beer so I don't go crazy and kill something, so that's really okay.  (Chad is totally more afraid of the mouse than I am, teehee)